Biden-Lugar Amendment Co-sponsors
Senators Joseph Biden, Jr. (D-DE) and Richard Lugar (D-IN) co-sponsored an amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution to restore $4.1 billion to the International Affairs Budget, which was cut from the Administration’s request of $39.8 billion by the Senate Budget Committee.
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Sununu (R-NH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), and Norm Coleman (R-MN) initially co-sponsored an amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution to restore $2.6 billion to the International Affairs Budget. They withdrew their amendment in support of the Biden-Lugar Amendment. Below are the Senators who co-sponsored the Biden-Lugar Amendment.
Co-Sponsors:
| 1. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) | 19. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) |
| 2. Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) | 20. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) |
| 3. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) | 21. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) |
| 4. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) | 22. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) |
| 5. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) | 23. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) |
| 6. Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) | 24. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) |
| 7. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) | 25. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) |
| 26. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) | |
| 8. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) | 27. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) |
| 9. Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) | 28. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) |
| 10. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) | 29. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) |
| 11. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) | 30. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) |
| 12. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) | 31. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) |
| 13. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) | 32. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) |
| 14. Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) | 33. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) |
| 15. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) | 34. Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) |
| 16. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) | |
| 17. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) | |
| 18. Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) |
