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Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of Senate Bills (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised April 21, 2003
Report Number 98-279GOV
Authors Richard C. Sachs
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

A Senator who introduces a bill or other measure in the Senate is called its sponsor. Senators may together submit a bill, but the first-named Senator is considered the chief sponsor. The others are considered cosponsors. A bill can have only one chief sponsor