cosponsor

noun

co·spon·sor | \(ˌ)kō-ˈspän(t)-sər

variants: or co-sponsor

plural cosponsors or co-sponsors

Definition of cosponsor

: a joint sponsor The senator was a cosponsor for both bills. Michigan Tech Student Relay For Life is a participating cosponsor of this event. — The Daily Mining Gazette

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cosponsor or co-sponsor transitive verb cosponsored or co-sponsored; cosponsoring or co-sponsoring

This year Simpson is carrying on the legislative struggle without Mazzoli, who has declined to cosponsor the bill without support from the Democratic House leadership … — George Russell The following summer, Bingham returned to Machu Picchu with an expedition co-sponsored by the National Geographic Society. — Duane Damon

cosponsorship \(ˌ)kō-ˈspän(t)-sər-ˌship

\ or co-sponsorship noun

Increasingly, large urban malls are being built with the co-sponsorship of city governments. — Witold Rybczynski

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Excited to announce our legislation to honor former @Saints star Steve Gleason with the #CongressionalGoldMedal now has 67 Senate cosponsors--enough for the legislation to move forward in the Senate! — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, "Congress finally finds something it can agree on: Steve Gleason," 6 June 2018 Corker has drawn eight Republican cosponsors — and five Democrats — for a bill that would force the president to get congressional approval before imposing tariffs in the name of national security. — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202: Sen. Flake’s pledge to block Trump judges could force showdown on trade," 25 June 2018 Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand are all cosponsors. — Gregory Krieg, CNN, "There's a new Democratic agenda taking shape. It's more and more progressive. Can it survive success?," 30 Apr. 2018 McCain’s bill garnered 18 cosponsors, including three Democrats. — Alex Daugherty, miamiherald, "Rubio’s record on guns: one bill, no cosponsors — and a higher NRA rating | Miami Herald," 4 Mar. 2018 Keating has a bipartisan roster of a dozen cosponsors, including four Republicans and much of the Massachusetts delegation. — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, "In Taunton, a gamble that has yet to pay off," 6 Apr. 2018 The multiple new pieces of legislation aimed at regulating tech platforms, including a new consumer privacy protection act, have attracted few Republican cosponsors, and the bills have yet to receive a single hearing. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Congress roasted Facebook on TV, but won’t hear any bills to regulate it," 7 June 2018 Booker introduced the legislation last August and Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand signed on earlier this year to be a cosponsor. — Daniella Diaz, CNN, "Harris says she'll back Booker's legislation to legalize marijuana," 10 May 2018 Northwest Side aldermen Ariel Reboyras, 30th, and Nick Sposato, 38th, are cosponsors. — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, "Alderman's proposal would once again allow pigeon racing in Chicago," 28 June 2018

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