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National
Key Vote
Same-Sex Marriage Resolution
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment providing that marriage in the U.S. consists only of the union of a man and a woman, and federal and state constitutions can not be construed to require marriage or legal incidents of marriage be conferred in other unions.
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER OF CONGRESS, AND RATIFICATION BY THREE-FOURTHS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OF THE DATE THE AMENDMENT WAS SUBMITTED.
Official Title of Legislation:
H J Res 88: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
Highlights:
-Prohibits individual states from recognizing marital status and/or legal benefits from any other unions other than that of a man and a woman.
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:hjres88:
House Passage: 07/18/2006 : Joint Resolution Failed 236 - 187 (Roll no. 378)
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn (R-CO) (out of office)
Cosponsors: Rep. Aderholt, Robert (R-AL)
Rep. Akin, W. Todd (R-MO)
Rep. Alexander, Rodney (R-LA)
Rep. Bachus, Spencer (R-AL)
Rep. Baker, Richard Hugh (R-LA) (out of office)
Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham (R-SC)
Rep. Barrow, John (D-GA)
Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe (R-MD)
Rep. Barton, Joe (R-TX)
Rep. Beauprez, Bob (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Bilbray, Brian (R-CA)
Rep. Bishop, Sanford Jr. (D-GA)
Rep. Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN)
Rep. Blunt, Roy (R-MO)
Rep. Boehner, John (R-OH)
Rep. Boozman, John (R-AR)
Rep. Boustany, Charles Jr. (R-LA)
Rep. Brady, Kevin (R-TX)
Rep. Brown, Henry Jr. (R-SC)
Rep. Burgess, Michael (R-TX)
Rep. Burton, Dan (R-IN)
Rep. Buyer, Stephen (R-IN)
Rep. Calvert, Ken (R-CA)
Rep. Cannon, Chris (R-UT) (out of office)
Rep. Cantor, Eric (R-VA)
Rep. Carter, John (R-TX)
Rep. Chabot, Steven (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Chocola, Chris (R-IN) (out of office)
Rep. Cole, Tom (R-OK)
Rep. Conaway, K. Michael (R-TX)
Rep. Crenshaw, Ander (R-FL)
Rep. Cubin, Barbara (R-WY) (out of office)
Rep. Culberson, John (R-TX)
Rep. Davis, Geoff (R-KY)
Rep. Davis, Jo Ann (R-VA) (out of office)
Rep. Davis, Lincoln (D-TN)
Rep. Deal, Nathan (R-GA) (out of office)
Rep. Doolittle, John (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Drake, Thelma (R-VA) (out of office)
Rep. Duncan, John Jr. (R-TN)
Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann (R-MO)
Rep. Everett, Terry (R-AL) (out of office)
Rep. Feeney, Tom (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Flake, Jeff (R-AZ)
Rep. Forbes, James Randy (R-VA)
Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff (R-NE)
Rep. Foxx, Virginia (R-NC)
Rep. Franks, Trent (R-AZ)
Rep. Garrett, Scott (R-NJ)
Rep. Gingrey, Phil (R-GA)
Rep. Gohmert, Louie (R-TX)
Rep. Goode, Virgil Jr. (R-VA) (out of office)
Rep. Goodlatte, Robert (R-VA)
Rep. Graves, Samuel (R-MO)
Rep. Gutknecht, Gilbert (R-MN) (out of office)
Rep. Hall, Ralph (R-TX)
Rep. Harris, Katherine (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Hart, Melissa (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Hayes, Robert (R-NC) (out of office)
Rep. Hayworth, John Jr. (R-AZ) (out of office)
Rep. Hensarling, Jeb (R-TX)
Rep. Herger, Walter Jr. (R-CA)
Rep. Hoekstra, Peter (R-MI)
Rep. Hulshof, Kenny (R-MO) (out of office)
Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Hyde, Henry (R-IL) (out of office)
Rep. Istook, Ernest Jr. (R-OK) (out of office)
Rep. Jindal, Piyush (R-LA) (out of office)
| Rep. Johnson, Samuel (R-TX)
Rep. Jones, Walter Jr. (R-NC)
Rep. Kennedy, Mark (R-MN) (out of office)
Rep. King, Steve (R-IA)
Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA)
Rep. Kline, John (R-MN)
Rep. Kuhl, John Jr. (R-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Lewis, Ron (R-KY) (out of office)
Rep. Linder, John (R-GA)
Rep. Lucas, Frank (R-OK)
Rep. Lungren, Daniel (R-CA)
Rep. Manzullo, Donald (R-IL)
Rep. Marchant, Kenny (R-TX)
Rep. Marshall, James (D-GA)
Rep. McCaul, Michael (R-TX)
Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus (R-MI)
Rep. McHenry, Patrick (R-NC)
Rep. McIntyre, Douglas (D-NC)
Rep. McKeon, Howard (R-CA)
Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (R-WA)
Rep. Miller, Candice (R-MI)
Rep. Miller, Gary (R-CA)
Rep. Miller, Jeff (R-FL)
Rep. Murphy, Tim (R-PA)
Rep. Myrick, Suellen (R-NC)
Rep. Neugebauer, Randy (R-TX)
Rep. Northup, Anne (R-KY) (out of office)
Rep. Norwood, Charles Jr. (R-GA) (out of office)
Rep. Nussle, James (R-IA) (out of office)
Rep. Osborne, Thomas William (R-NE) (out of office)
Rep. Oxley, Michael (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Pearce, Stevan (R-NM) (out of office)
Rep. Pence, Mike (R-IN)
Rep. Peterson, Collin (D-MN)
Rep. Peterson, John (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Pickering, Charles Jr. (R-MS) (out of office)
Rep. Pitts, Joseph (R-PA)
Rep. Price, Thomas (R-GA)
Rep. Putnam, Adam (R-FL)
Rep. Radanovich, George (R-CA)
Rep. Renzi, Richard (R-AZ) (out of office)
Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY)
Rep. Rogers, Michael (R-AL)
Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA)
Rep. Ryun, Jim (R-KS) (out of office)
Rep. Sessions, Peter (R-TX)
Rep. Shadegg, John (R-AZ)
Rep. Shuster, Bill (R-PA)
Rep. Smith, Christopher (R-NJ)
Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX)
Rep. Sodrel, Mike (R-IN) (out of office)
Rep. Souder, Mark (R-IN)
Rep. Stearns, Clifford (R-FL)
Rep. Sullivan, John (R-OK)
Rep. Tancredo, Tom (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Taylor, Charles (R-NC) (out of office)
Rep. Taylor, Gene (D-MS)
Rep. Tiahrt, Todd (R-KS)
Rep. Turner, Michael (R-OH)
Rep. Wamp, Zach (R-TN)
Rep. Weldon, David (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn (R-GA)
Rep. Whitfield, Edward (R-KY)
Rep. Wicker, Roger (R-MS) (out of office)
Rep. Wilson, Addison Sr. (R-SC)
Rep. Wolf, Frank (R-VA)
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