House Votes on 2006-378

Notebooks:

Bill Sponsorships

Policy Reports

Memberships/ Affiliations

Memberships / Affiliations

Group Ratings

Court Rulings

Bill Sponsorships by Presidential Contenders:

Rep. Bob Barr (L)

Sen. Joe Biden (D, VP)

Sen. John McCain (R)

Rep. Cynthia McKinney (G)

Sen. Barack Obama (D)

Gov. Sarah Palin (R, VP)

Primary contenders:

Candidate Grids

Book Reviews

(from Amazon.com)

(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about Gore from Amazon.com)

Site Map

Home
(Main page)

Issues
(Quotations organized by topic)

Leaders
(Quotations organized by politician)

Recent
(Most recent quotation for each person)

Candidate Grid
(Summary by candidate of positions on each topic)

House Votes on 2006-378

Presidential contenders

Bill Sponsorships

Senate Signature Issues

Memberships / Affiliations

Court Rulings

Bill Sponsorships by Presidential Contenders:

Rep. Cynthia McKinney

Candidate Grids

Book Reviews

(from Amazon.com)

(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about Gore from Amazon.com)

Site Map

Home
(Main page)

Issues
(Quotations organized by topic)

Leaders
(Quotations organized by politician)

Recent
(Most recent quotation for each person)

Candidate Grid
(Summary by candidate of positions on each topic)

Vote number 2006-378 Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
on Jul 18, 2006 regarding bill H J RES 88 Marriage Protection Amendment
Results: Resolution failed, 236-187 (2/3 required)

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution stating: "Marriage in the US shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman."
Proponents support voting YES because:
The overwhelming majority of the American people support traditional marriage, marriage between a man and a woman. The people have a right to know whether their elected Representatives agree with them about protecting traditional marriage.
Every child deserves both a father and a mother. Studies demonstrate the utmost importance of the presence of a child's biological parents in a child's happiness, health and future achievements. If we chip away at the institution which binds these parents and the family together, the institution of marriage, you begin to chip away at the future success of that child.
Opponents support voting NO because:
This amendment does not belong in our Constitution. It is unworthy of our great Nation. We have amended the Constitution only 27 times. Constitutional amendments have always been used to enhance and expand the rights of citizens, not to restrict them. Now we are being asked to amend the Constitution again, to single out a single group and to say to them for all time, you cannot even attempt to win the right to marry.
From what precisely would this amendment protect marriage? From divorce? From adultery? No. Evidently, the threat to marriage is the fact that there are millions of people in this country who very much believe in marriage, who very much want to marry but who are not permitted to marry. I believe firmly that in the not-too-distant future people will look back on these debates with the incredulity with which we now view the segregationist debates of years past.

Categorized under Civil Rights

Voting NO counts for 2 points on VoteMatch question 3:
Same-sex domestic partnership benefits;
Voting YES counts for -2 points on VoteMatch question 3.

Democrats voting on 2006-378

Neil Abercrombie NO Hawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)

Gary Ackerman NO New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Tom Allen NO Maine Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Rob Andrews NO New Jersey Democrat

Joe Baca NO California Democrat

Brian Baird NO Washington Democrat (until 2010)

Tammy Baldwin NO Wisconsin Democrat

John Barrow YES Georgia Democrat

Melissa Bean NO Illinois Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Xavier Becerra NO California Democrat

Shelley Berkley NO Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Howard Berman NO California Democrat

Sanford Bishop YES Georgia Democrat

Timothy Bishop NO New York Democrat

Earl Blumenauer NO Oregon Democrat

Dan Boren YES Oklahoma Democrat (Retiring 2012)

Leonard Boswell NO Iowa Democrat

Rick Boucher YES Virginia Democrat (until 2010)

Robert Brady NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Corrine Brown NO Florida Democrat

G.K. Butterfield NO North Carolina Democrat

Lois Capps NO California Democrat

Michael Capuano NO Massachusetts Democrat

Benjamin Cardin NO Maryland Democrat

Dennis Cardoza NO California Democrat

Russ Carnahan NO Missouri Democrat

Julia Carson NO Indiana Democrat (Deceased 2008)

Ed Case NO Hawaii Democrat

Ben Chandler YES Kentucky Democrat

William Lacy Clay NO Missouri Democrat

Emmanuel Cleaver NO Missouri Democrat

James Clyburn NO South Carolina Democrat

John Conyers NO Michigan Democrat

Jim Cooper YES Tennessee Democrat

Jim Costa NO California Democrat

Bud Cramer YES Alabama Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Crowley NO New York Democrat

Henry Cuellar YES Texas Democrat

Elijah Cummings NO Maryland Democrat

Jim Davis NO Florida Democrat

Lincoln Davis YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Susan Davis NO California Democrat

Peter Defazio NO Oregon Democrat

Diana DeGette NO Colorado Democrat

Bill Delahunt NO Massachusetts Democrat (until 2010)

Rosa DeLauro NO Connecticut Democrat

Norm Dicks NO Washington Democrat

John Dingell NO Michigan Democrat

Lloyd Doggett NO Texas Democrat

Mike Doyle NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Chet Edwards YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Eliot Engel NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Anna Eshoo NO California Democrat

Bob Etheridge YES North Carolina Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Sam Farr NO California Democrat

Chaka Fattah NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Bob Filner NO California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)

Harold Ford YES Tennessee Democrat

Barney Frank NO Massachusetts Democrat

Bart Gordon YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Al Green NO Texas Democrat

Gene Green NO Texas Democrat

Raul Grijalva NO Arizona Democrat

Luis Gutierrez NO Illinois Democrat

Jane Harman NO California Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Alcee Hastings NO Florida Democrat

Stephanie Herseth YES South Dakota Democratic (until 2010)

Brian Higgins NO New York Democrat

Maurice Hinchey NO New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Tim Holden YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Rush Holt NO New Jersey Democrat

Mike Honda NO California Democrat

Darlene Hooley NO Oregon Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Steny Hoyer NO Maryland Democrat

Jay Inslee NO Washington Democrat

Steve Israel NO New York Democrat

Jesse Louis Jackson NO Illinois Democrat

Sheila Jackson Lee NO Texas Democrat

William Jefferson YES Louisiana Democrat

Eddie Bernice Johnson NO Texas Democrat

Stephanie Tubbs Jones NO Ohio Democrat (Deceased, 2008)

Paul Kanjorski NO Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Marcy Kaptur NO Ohio Democrat

Patrick Kennedy NO Rhode Island Democrat (until 2010)

Dale Kildee NO Michigan Democrat

Carolyn Kilpatrick NO Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Dennis Kucinich NO Ohio Democrat

James Langevin NO Rhode Island Democrat

Rick Larsen NO Washington Democrat

John Larson NO Connecticut Democrat

Barbara Lee NO California Democrat

Sander Levin NO Michigan Democrat

John Lewis NO Georgia Democrat

Zoe Lofgren NO California Democrat

Nita Lowey NO New York Democrat

Steve Lynch NO Massachusetts Democrat

Carolyn Maloney NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Ed Markey NO Massachusetts Democrat

Jim Matheson YES Utah Democrat

Doris Matsui NO California Democrat

Carolyn McCarthy NO New York Dem./Ind./Working-Families

Betty McCollum NO Minnesota Democrat

Jim McDermott NO Washington Democrat

Jim McGovern NO Massachusetts Democrat

Mike McIntyre YES North Carolina Democrat

Michael McNulty NO New York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)

Marty Meehan NO Massachusetts Democrat (Retired 2007)

Gregory Meeks NO New York Dem./Working-Families

Michael Michaud NO Maine Democrat

Juanita Millender-McDonald NO California Democrat

Brad Miller NO North Carolina Democrat

George Miller NO California Democrat

Alan Mollohan NO West Virginia Democrat

Dennis Moore NO Kansas Democrat (until 2010)

Gwen Moore NO Wisconsin Democrat

James Moran NO Virginia Democrat

John Murtha NO Pennsylvania Democrat (Deceased Feb. 2010)

Jerrold Nadler NO New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Grace Napolitano NO California Democrat

Richard Neal NO Massachusetts Democrat

James Oberstar NO Minnesota Dem./Farmer/Labor (until 2010)

David Obey NO Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

John Olver NO Massachusetts Democrat

Solomon Ortiz YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Major Owens NO New York Democrat (until 2007)

Frank Pallone NO New Jersey Democrat

Bill Pascrell NO New Jersey Democrat

Ed Pastor NO Arizona Democrat

Donald Payne NO New Jersey Democrat

Nancy Pelosi NO California Democrat

Collin Peterson YES Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

Earl Pomeroy NO North Dakota Democrat (until 2010)

David Eugene Price NO North Carolina Democrat

Nick Rahall YES West Virginia Democrat

Silvestre Reyes NO Texas Democrat

Steven Rothman NO New Jersey Democrat

Lucille Roybal-Allard NO California Democrat

Dutch Ruppersberger NO Maryland Democrat

Tim Ryan NO Ohio Democrat

Martin Sabo NO Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

John Salazar NO Colorado Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Linda Sanchez NO California Democrat

Loretta Sanchez NO California Democrat

Jan Schakowsky NO Illinois Democrat

Adam Schiff NO California Democrat

Allyson Schwartz NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Bobby Scott NO Virginia Democrat

David Scott YES Georgia Democrat

Jose Serrano NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Brad Sherman NO California Democrat

Ike Skelton YES Missouri Democrat (until 2010)

Louise Slaughter NO New York Democrat

John Spratt YES South Carolina Democrat (until 2010)

Pete Stark NO California Democrat

Bart Stupak NO Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

John Tanner YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Gene Taylor YES Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)

Bennie Thompson YES Mississippi Democrat

Mike Thompson NO California Democrat

John Tierney NO Massachusetts Democrat

Ed Towns NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Mark Udall NO Colorado Democrat (Senate 2008)

Tom Udall NO New Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)

Chris Van Hollen NO Maryland Democrat

Nydia Velazquez NO New York Democrat/Working-Families

Peter Visclosky NO Indiana Democrat

Debbie Wasserman Schultz NO Florida Democrat

Maxine Waters NO California Democrat

Mel Watt NO North Carolina Democrat

Henry Waxman NO California Democrat

Anthony Weiner NO New York Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Robert Wexler NO Florida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)

Lynn Woolsey NO California Democrat (Retiring 2012)

David Wu NO Oregon Democrat

Albert Wynn NO Maryland Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Republicans voting on 2006-378

Robert Aderholt YES Alabama Republican

Todd Akin YES Missouri Republican (Senate run 2012)

Rodney Alexander YES Louisiana Republican

Spencer Bachus YES Alabama Republican

Richard Hugh Baker YES Louisiana Republican (Resigned 2008)

Gresham Barrett YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Roscoe Bartlett YES Maryland Republican

Joe Linus Barton YES Texas Republican

Charlie Bass NO New Hampshire Republican

Bob Beauprez YES Colorado Republican

Judy Biggert NO Illinois Republican

Brian Bilbray YES California Republican

Gus Bilirakis YES Florida Republican

Rob Bishop YES Utah Republican

Marsha Blackburn YES Tennessee Republican

Roy Blunt YES Missouri Republican (until 2010)

Sherry Boehlert NO New York Republican/Independence

John Boehner YES Ohio Republican

Henry Bonilla YES Texas Republican

Jo Bonner YES Alabama Republican

Mary Bono NO California Republican

Charles Boustany YES Louisiana Republican

Jeb Bradley YES New Hampshire Republican

Kevin Brady YES Texas Republican

Henry Brown YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Michael Burgess YES Texas Republican

Dan Burton YES Indiana Republican

Steve Buyer YES Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Ken Calvert YES California Republican

Dave Camp YES Michigan Republican

John Campbell YES California Republican

Chris Cannon YES Utah Republican

Eric Cantor YES Virginia Republican

Shelley Moore Capito YES West Virginia Republican

John Carter YES Texas Republican

Steve Chabot YES Ohio Republican

Chris Chocola YES Indiana Republican

John Howard Coble YES North Carolina Republican

Tom Cole YES Oklahoma Republican

Mike Conaway YES Texas Republican

Ander Crenshaw YES Florida Republican

Barbara Cubin YES Wyoming Republican (Retiring 2008)

John Culberson YES Texas Republican

Geoff Davis YES Kentucky Republican

Jo Ann Davis YES Virginia Republican

Tom Davis YES Virginia Republican (Retiring 2008)

Nathan Deal YES Georgia Republican (Resigned 2010)

Mario Diaz-Balart NO Florida Republican

John Doolittle YES California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thelma Drake YES Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

David Dreier NO California Republican

Jimmy Duncan YES Tennessee Republican

Vernon Ehlers YES Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Jo Ann Emerson YES Missouri Republican

Phil English YES Pennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)

Terry Everett YES Alabama Republican (Retiring 2008)

Mike Ferguson YES New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Mike Fitzpatrick NO Pennsylvania Republican

Jeff Flake YES Arizona Republican (Senate run 2012)

Mark Foley NO Florida Republican

Randy Forbes YES Virginia Republican

Jeff Fortenberry YES Nebraska Republican

Vito Fossella YES New York Rep./Cons. (Unseated 2008)

Virginia Foxx YES North Carolina Republican

Trent Franks YES Arizona Republican

Rodney Frelinghuysen NO New Jersey Republican

Elton Gallegly YES California Republican

Scott Garrett YES New Jersey Republican

Jim Gerlach NO Pennsylvania Republican

Jim Gibbons YES Nevada Republican

Wayne Gilchrest NO Maryland Republican (Unseated 2008)

Paul Gillmor YES Ohio Republican (Deceased 2007)

Phil Gingrey YES Georgia Republican

Louie Gohmert YES Texas Republican

Virgil Goode YES Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

Bob Goodlatte YES Virginia Republican

Kay Granger YES Texas Republican

Samuel Graves YES Missouri Republican

Mark Green YES Wisconsin Republican

Gil Gutknecht YES Minnesota Republican

Katherine Harris YES Florida Republican (until 2007)

Melissa Hart YES Pennsylvania Republican

Denny Hastert YES Illinois Republican (Retired 2007)

Doc Hastings YES Washington Republican

Robin Hayes YES North Carolina Republican (Unseated 2008)

J.D. Hayworth YES Arizona Republican (until 2007)

Joel Hefley YES Colorado Republican

Jeb Hensarling YES Texas Republican

Wally Herger YES California Republican

Dave Hobson NO Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Peter Hoekstra YES Michigan Republican (until 2010)

John Hostettler NO Indiana Republican

Kenny Hulshof YES Missouri Republican (Governor 2008)

Duncan Hunter YES California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Henry Hyde YES Illinois Republican

Bob Inglis YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Darrell Issa YES California Republican

Ernest Istook YES Oklahoma Republican

Bill Jenkins YES Tennessee Republican (Retired 2006)

Bobby Jindal YES Louisiana Republican (Governor 2008)

Nancy Lee Johnson NO Connecticut Republican

Timothy Johnson YES Illinois Republican

Walter Beaman Jones YES North Carolina Republican

Ric Keller YES Florida Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Kelly YES New York Republican (until 2007)

Mark Kennedy YES Minnesota Republican

Peter King YES New York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life

Steve King YES Iowa Republican

Jack Kingston YES Georgia Republican

Mark Kirk NO Illinois Republican (until 2010)

John Kline YES Minnesota Republican

Joe Knollenberg NO Michigan Republican (Unseated 2008)

Jim Kolbe NO Arizona Republican

Randy Kuhl YES New York Republican (Unseated 2008)

Ray LaHood YES Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Tom Latham YES Iowa Republican

Steven LaTourette YES Ohio Republican

Jim Leach NO Iowa Republican

Jerry Lewis YES California Republican

Ron Lewis YES Kentucky Republican (Retiring 2008)

Frank LoBiondo YES New Jersey Republican

Frank Dean Lucas YES Oklahoma Republican

Dan Lungren YES California Republican

Connie Mack IV YES Florida Republican

Donald Manzullo YES Illinois Republican

Kenny Marchant YES Texas Republican

Michael McCaul YES Texas Republican

Thad McCotter YES Michigan Republican

Jim McCrery YES Louisiana Republican (Retiring 2008)

Patrick McHenry YES North Carolina Republican

John McHugh YES New York Republican/Conservative

Buck McKeon YES California Republican

John Mica YES Florida Republican

Candice Miller YES Michigan Republican

Gary Miller YES California Republican

Jeff Miller YES Florida Republican

Jerry Moran YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Tim Murphy YES Pennsylvania Republican

Marilyn Musgrave YES Colorado Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Myrick YES North Carolina Republican

Randy Neugebauer YES Texas Republican

Bob Ney YES Ohio Republican

Charlie Norwood YES Georgia Republican

Devin Nunes YES California Republican

Jim Nussle YES Iowa Republican

Tom Osborne YES Nebraska Republican

Butch Otter YES Idaho Republican

Michael Oxley YES Ohio Republican

Ron Paul NO Texas Republican

Steve Pearce YES New Mexico Republican

Mike Pence YES Indiana Republican (Gov. run 2012)

John Peterson YES Pennsylvania Republican (Retired 2008)

Tom Petri YES Wisconsin Republican

Joseph Pitts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Todd Platts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Ted Poe YES Texas Republican

Richard Pombo YES California Republican

Jon Porter YES Nevada Republican (Unseated 2008)

Tom Price YES Georgia Republican

Deborah Pryce NO Ohio Republican

Jim Ramstad YES Minnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)

Ralph Regula YES Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Dennis Rehberg YES Montana Republican (Senate run 2012)

Dave Reichert YES Washington Republican (Governor run 2012)

Rick Renzi YES Arizona Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thomas Reynolds YES New York Republican (Retiring 2008)

Hal Rogers YES Kentucky Republican

Michael Rogers YES Alabama Republican

Mike Rogers YES Michigan Republican

Dana Rohrabacher YES California Republican

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen NO Florida Republican

Ed Royce YES California Republican

Paul Ryan YES Wisconsin Republican

Jim Ryun YES Kansas Republican

Jim Saxton YES New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jean Schmidt YES Ohio Republican

Joe Schwarz NO Michigan Republican

James Sensenbrenner YES Wisconsin Republican

Pete Sessions YES Texas Republican

John Shadegg YES Arizona Republican

Clay Shaw YES Florida Republican

Christopher Shays NO Connecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)

Don Sherwood YES Pennsylvania Republican

John Shimkus YES Illinois Republican

Bill Shuster YES Pennsylvania Republican

Rob Simmons NO Connecticut Republican

Mike Simpson YES Idaho Republican

Christopher Smith YES New Jersey Republican

Lamar Smith YES Texas Republican

Linda Smith NO Washington Republican Former (1994-)

Mike Sodrel YES Indiana Republican

Mark Souder YES Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Cliff Stearns YES Florida Republican

John Sullivan YES Oklahoma Republican

John Sweeney NO New York Republican/Conservative

Tom Tancredo YES Colorado Republican

Charles Taylor YES North Carolina Republican

Lee Terry YES Nebraska Republican

Bill Thomas YES California Republican

Mac Thornberry YES Texas Republican

Todd Tiahrt YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Pat Tiberi YES Ohio Republican

Fred Upton YES Michigan Republican

Greg Walden YES Oregon Republican

Jim Walsh YES New York Rep./Ind. (Retiring 2008)

Zach Wamp YES Tennessee Republican (until 2010)

Curt Weldon YES Pennsylvania Republican

Dave Weldon YES Florida Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jerry Weller YES Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Lynn Westmoreland YES Georgia Republican

Ed Whitfield YES Kentucky Republican

Roger Wicker YES Mississippi Republican (Senate 2008)

Heather Wilson YES New Mexico Republican (Senate 2008)

Joe Wilson YES South Carolina Republican

Bill Young YES Florida Republican

Don Young YES Alaska Republican

Independents voting on 2006-378

Marion Berry YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

John Boozman YES Arkansas Former GOP (until 2010)

Allen Boyd YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Ginny Brown-Waite YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Michael Castle NO Delaware Former GOP (until 2010)

Artur Davis YES Alabama Former Democrat (until 2010)

Lincoln Diaz-Balart NO Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Rahm Emanuel NO Illinois Former Democrat (until 2009)

Tom Feeney YES Florida Former GOP

Tom Lantos NO California Former Democrat (until 2008)

John Linder YES Georgia Former GOP (until 2010)

Jim Marshall YES Georgia Former Democrat (until 2010)

Kendrick Meek NO Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Adam Putnam YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

George Radanovich YES California Former GOP (until 2010)

Bernie Sanders NO Vermont Independent

Vic Snyder NO Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

Hilda Solis NO California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Ellen Tauscher NO California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Diane Watson NO California Former Democrat (until 2010)

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 27; NO 148
Republicans: YES 190; NO 26
Independents: YES 10; NO 10

Vote number 2006-378 Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman on Jul 18, 2006 regarding bill H J RES 88 Marriage Protection Amendment Results: Resolution failed, 236-187 (2/3 required)

Categorized under Civil Rights

Voting NO counts for 2 points on VoteMatch question 3:Same-sex domestic partnership benefits; Voting YES counts for -2 points on VoteMatch question 3.

Democrats voting on 2006-378

Republicans voting on 2006-378

Independents voting on 2006-378

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Vote number 2006-378 Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
on Jul 18, 2006 regarding bill H J RES 88 Marriage Protection Amendment
Results: Resolution failed, 236-187 (2/3 required)

Voting NO counts for 2 points on VoteMatch question 3:
Same-sex domestic partnership benefits;
Voting YES counts for -2 points on VoteMatch question 3.