cosponsor

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Definition of cosponsor in English English dictionary: A joint sponsor; To sponsor jointly with another; —When a member of the House or Senate supports a pending bill, but is not the primary sponsor, they sign their name onto the bill as a cosponsor to illustrate their support; sponsor together with another sponsor; Member who joins in sponsoring legislation but who is not the principal sponsor or the one who introduced the measure; One of two or more members who introduce a bill jointly; Any of the additional members of a legislature who show their support for a piece of legislation proposed by its sponsor by signing the bill before it is introduced; {i} co-supporter, one of two or more sponsors; {f} support, sponsor in conjunction with other sponsors; A legislator who joins with the primary sponsor to guide a bill or resolution through the legislative process in the opposite chamber A cosponsor must be a member of the opposite chamber from the one in which the bill was filed; Once one member introduces a bill, other members may show their support by putting their names on the bill as a cosponsor In general, a bill's sponsor wants as many cosponsors for the bill as possible to give the bill a greatly likelihood of being passed
cosponsored: past of cosponsor
cosponsoring: present participle of cosponsor
cosponsors: plural of , cosponsor
cosponsors: third-person singular of cosponsor