We just got word that our bipartisan resolution condemning Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army, which Senator Coons introduced today, now has 36 37 39 40 cosponsors! The updated list of cosponsors is below:
In addition to Senator Coons and Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), the resolution is now cosponsored by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Carl Levin (D-Mich.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Dan Coats (R-Ind.), Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.).
UPDATE: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) signed-on as the 37th cosponsor on Thursday.
UPDATE: Senators Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) have signed-on as cosponsors.
UPDATE: Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) makes it 40!
Click here to learn more about Kony and his crimes against humanity in central Africa.