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S J Res 12 - Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment - Key Vote
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Legislation-Resolution - Resolution Failed (Senate) (66-34) - June 27, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
Vote to pass a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that authorized Congress to ban physical desecration of the U.S. flag.
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.
Legislation-Resolution - Introduced (Senate) - April 14, 2005
Title: Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
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Co-sponsors
- Lamar Alexander (TN - R)
- Wayne A. Allard (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- George Felix Allen (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Max S. Baucus (MT - D)
- Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Bunning (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Conrad R. Burns (MT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard M. Burr (NC - R)
- Clarence Saxby Chambliss (GA - R)
- Thomas Allen 'Tom' Coburn (OK - R)
- Thad Cochran (MS - R)
- Norm Coleman (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Susan M. Collins (ME - R)
- John Cornyn (TX - R)
- Larry E. Craig (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo (ID - R)
- Mark Dayton (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- James W. 'Jim' DeMint (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Elizabeth H. Dole (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Pete V. Domenici Jr. (NM - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Eric Ensign (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael B. 'Mike' Enzi (WY - R)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA - D)
- William H. 'Bill' Frist (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsey O. Graham (SC - R)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley (IA - R)
- Judd A. Gregg (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Inhofe (OK - R)
- John H. 'Johnny' Isakson (GA - R)
- Timothy Peter 'Tim' Johnson (SD - D)
- Jon Kyl (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mary L. Landrieu (LA - D)
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chester Trent Lott Sr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard G. 'Dick' Lugar (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Melquiades Rafael 'Mel' Martinez (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Sidney McCain III (AZ - R)
- Lisa A. Murkowski (AK - R)
- E. Benjamin 'Ben' Nelson (NE - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles Patrick 'Pat' Roberts (KS - R)
- John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV (WV - D)
- Ken Salazar (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Rick' Santorum (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III (AL - R)
- Richard C. Shelby (AL - R)
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
- Arlen Specter (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Stevens (AK - R) (Out Of Office)
- John E. Sununu (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Talent (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Craig Thomas (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Thune (SD - R)
- David B. Vitter (LA - R)
- George V. Voinovich (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- John William Warner (VA - R) (Out Of Office)