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* 2001: Representative [[Dennis Kucinich]] (D-Ohio) re-introduced a bill to create a U.S. Department of Peace. This bill was introduced in each session of Congress from 2001 to 2011. It was re-introduced as H.R. 808 on February 3, 2009 and is currently supported by 72 cosponsors. In July 2008, the first Republican cosponsor, Rep. [[Wayne Gilchrest]] (R-MD) signed on.
* 2005: Senator [[Mark Dayton]] (D-Minnesota) introduced legislation in the Senate to create a cabinet-level department of peace a week after Dennis Kucinich introduced a similar bill in the House.
* 2013: Representative Barbara Lee (D-California) introduced a substantially similar bill to the Kucinich bill. She has introduced updated versions in each session of Congress since then, now H.R. 1111, and is currently supported by
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