Key Votes
H Con Res 31 - Display of the Ten Commandments - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Frank Pallone, Jr. voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Note
NOTE: THIS IS A NON-BINDING CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. IT IS NOT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THEREFORE DOES NOT HOLD THE WEIGHT OF LAW.
Stage Details
Legislation-Resolution - Referred to Committee (Senate) - March 6, 1997
Legislation-Resolution - Resolution Passed (House) (295-125) - March 5, 1997 (Key vote)
Title: Display of the Ten Commandments
Vote to adopt a resolution declaring the sense of Congress that the public display of the Ten Commandments should be permitted in government offices and courthouses.
- States that the Ten Commandments have "a significant impact on the development of the fundamental legal principles of Western Civilization" by setting a code of moral conduct and promoting respect for the laws of the United States.
- States that the Ten Commandments are a "declaration of fundamental principles that are the cornerstones of a fair and just society".
- States that the public display of the Ten Commandments should be permitted in government offices and courthouses.
NOTE: THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO CUT OFF DEBATE EARLY AND VOTE TO PASS THE BILL, THEREBY REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.
Legislation-Resolution - Introduced (House) - March 3, 1997
Title: Display of the Ten Commandments
NOTE: THIS IS A NON-BINDING CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. IT IS NOT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THEREFORE DOES NOT HOLD THE WEIGHT OF LAW.
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Spencer T. Bachus (AL - R)
- Robert Laurence 'Bob' Barr Jr. (GA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Herbert L. 'Sonny' Callahan (AL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Charles T. Canady (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas Allen 'Tom' Coburn (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert E. 'Bud' Cramer (AL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Philip M. Crane (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Jay W. Dickey (AR - ) (Out Of Office)
- Terry Everett (AL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Goodlatte (VA - R)
- Van Hilleary (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Nathan Hostettler (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert 'Bob' Inglis Sr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ernest J. Istook Jr. (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Chip' Pickering Jr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert R. 'Bob' Riley (AL - ) (Out Of Office)
- James E. Rogan (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim R. Ryun (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Scarborough (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Schaffer (CO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Julius Caesar 'J.C.' Watts Jr. (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Weldon (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Roger F. Wicker (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank Rudolph Wolf (VA - R)
