co-sponsors
Shared bill endorsers
Co-sponsors are additional sponsors who share responsibility for backing something—typically legislation, an event, or an organization.
In legislative contexts, co-sponsors are lawmakers who formally support a bill introduced by another member: The senator signed on as a co-sponsor of the healthcare reform bill.
For events or programs, co-sponsors share funding, promotion, or organizational duties.
The verb co-sponsor means to join in sponsoring: Several companies co-sponsored the charity marathon.
People who work jointly
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- partnersJoint venture participants
- associatesConnected persons or links
- affiliatesConnected member organizations
counterparts · colleagues · coalition · consortium · cooperation · teamwork · coordination · tandem
Financial supporters
- donorsPeople who give gifts
- financiersProviders of capital
- underwritersThose who assess risk
- contributorsThose who give help
benefactors · patrons · subsidizers · funders · investors · grants · endowment · philanthropy
Pleading for a cause
- backingAid or sponsorship
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- supportTo uphold or sustain
approval · validation · ratification · sanction · affirmation · vouching · legitimization · confirmation
Amount owed, written
- amendmentChange to official text
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- bipartisanInvolving both major parties
committee · congressional · senate · house · caucus · motion · proposal · act
Those who coordinate activities
- hostsThose who entertain guests
- promotersThose who advance causes
- presentersThose who deliver information
- exhibitorsThose who display publicly
venues · festivals · conferences · galas · fundraisers · tournaments · brand · logo
collaborators
People who work jointly
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- partnersJoint venture participants
- associatesConnected persons or links
affiliates · counterparts · colleagues · coalition · consortium · cooperation · teamwork · coordination · tandem · duo
backers
Financial supporters
- donorsPeople who give gifts
- financiersProviders of capital
- underwritersThose who assess risk
contributors · benefactors · patrons · subsidizers · funders · investors · grants · endowment · philanthropy · charity
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- backingAid or sponsorship
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- promotionRank increase or publicity
support · approval · validation · ratification · sanction · affirmation · vouching · legitimization · confirmation · accreditation
bill
Amount owed, written
- amendmentChange to official text
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
bipartisan · committee · congressional · senate · house · caucus · motion · proposal · act · statute
organizers
Those who coordinate activities
- hostsThose who entertain guests
- promotersThose who advance causes
- presentersThose who deliver information
exhibitors · venues · festivals · conferences · galas · fundraisers · tournaments · brand · logo · visibility
- UN AssemblyGeneral Assembly, resolutions, delegates, delegations, member states
- legislationbills, acts, laws, statutes, bill
co-sponsorsopponents
Those who compete against
detractors · objectors · blockers · opposers · adversaries
co-sponsor, sponsor, sponsors, sponsored, sponsoring, sponsorship, sponsorships, response, respond