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Key Votes
H J Res 88 - Same-Sex Marriage Resolution - Key Vote
National Key Votes
John Dingell voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation-Joint Resolution.
Read statements John Dingell made in this general time period.
Stages
Family
Issues
Note
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.
Stage Details
Legislation-Joint Resolution - Joint Resolution Failed (House) (236-187) - July 18, 2006(Key vote)
Title: Same-Sex Marriage Resolution
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
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.
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.
Legislation-Joint Resolution - Introduced (House) - June 6, 2006
Title: Same-Sex Marriage Resolution
Sponsors
- Marilyn N. Musgrave (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Robert B. Aderholt (AL - R)
- W. Todd Akin (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rodney M. Alexander (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Spencer T. Bachus (AL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard Hugh Baker (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- J. Gresham Barrett (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Barrow (GA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Linus Barton (TX - R)
- Bob Beauprez (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brian P. Bilbray (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA - D)
- Marsha Blackburn (TN - R)
- Roy Blunt (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Boehner (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- John N. Boozman (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. Boustany Jr. (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kevin P. Brady (TX - R)
- Henry E. Brown Jr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael C. Burgess (TX - R)
- Dan L. Burton (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Stephen E. 'Steve' Buyer (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ken S. Calvert (CA - R)
- Chris Cannon (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eric I. Cantor (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Carter (TX - R)
- Steven J. 'Steve' Chabot (OH - R)
- Chris Chocola (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Cole (OK - R)
- K. Michael 'Mike' Conaway (TX - R)
- Ander Crenshaw (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara L. Cubin (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Culberson (TX - R)
- Geoff Davis (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lincoln Davis (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jo Ann S. Davis (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nathan Deal (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John T. Doolittle (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thelma D. Drake (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John J. 'Jimmy' Duncan Jr. (TN - R)
- Jo Ann Emerson (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Terry Everett (AL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Feeney (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeff Flake (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- James Randy Forbes (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeff Fortenberry (NE - R)
- Virginia Ann Foxx (NC - R)
- Trent Franks (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Scott Garrett (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Phil Gingrey (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Louie Gohmert (TX - R)
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Goodlatte (VA - R)
- Samuel B. 'Sam' Graves (MO - R)
- Gilbert W. 'Gil' Gutknecht (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ralph Moody Hall (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Katherine Harris (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Melissa A. Hart (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert C. 'Robin' Hayes (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- John David 'J.D.' Hayworth Jr. (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeb Hensarling (TX - R)
- Walter 'Wally' Herger Jr. (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Peter 'Pete' Hoekstra (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kenny C. Hulshof (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Duncan L. Hunter (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Henry J. Hyde (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ernest J. Istook Jr. (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Piyush Amrit 'Bobby' Jindal (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel Robert 'Sam' Johnson (TX - R)
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. (NC - R)
- Mark R. Kennedy (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steve A. King (IA - R)
- Jack Kingston (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John P. Kline (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- John R. 'Randy' Kuhl Jr. (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ron Lewis (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Linder (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank D. Lucas (OK - R)
- Daniel E. 'Dan' Lungren (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Donald A. 'Don' Manzullo (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kenny E. Marchant (TX - R)
- James 'Jim' Marshall (GA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael T. McCaul (TX - R)
- Thaddeus G. 'Thad' McCotter (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick Timothy McHenry (NC - R)
- Douglas Carmichael 'Mike' McIntyre (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA - R)
- Candice S. Miller (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jefferson B. 'Jeff' Miller (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gary G. Miller (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy F. 'Tim' Murphy (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Suellen W. 'Sue' Myrick (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Randy Neugebauer (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Anne Meagher Northup (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Norwood Jr. (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Nussle (IA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas William 'Tom' Osborne (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael G. Oxley (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Stevan Edward 'Steve' Pearce (NM - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Pence (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- John E. Peterson (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Collin C. Peterson (MN - D)
- Charles W. 'Chip' Pickering Jr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph R. 'Joe' Pitts (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas E. 'Tom' Price (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Adam H. Putnam (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- George P. Radanovich (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard 'Rick' Renzi (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael Dennis 'Mike' Rogers (AL - R)
- Harold 'Hal' Rogers (KY - R)
- Dana T. Rohrabacher (CA - R)
- Jim R. Ryun (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Peter A. 'Pete' Sessions (TX - R)
- John B. Shadegg (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Shuster (PA - R)
- Lamar S. Smith (TX - R)
- Christopher H. 'Chris' Smith (NJ - R)
- Mike Sodrel (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Edward Souder (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Clifford Bundy 'Cliff' Stearns (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Sullivan (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Gerald Tancredo (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gene Taylor (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles H. Taylor (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Todd Tiahrt (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael R. 'Mike' Turner (OH - R)
- Zach Wamp (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Weldon (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn A. Westmoreland (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Edward 'Ed' Whitfield (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Roger F. Wicker (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Addison Graves 'Joe' Wilson Sr. (SC - R)
- Frank Rudolph Wolf (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
