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House Roll Call 1180, 104th Congress · July 12, 1996

H.R.3396 BY BARR (R-GA) -- DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT (PUB.L. 104-199, APPROVED 9/21/96) (HOUSE REJECTED THE FRANK OF MASSACHUSETTS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO SUSPEND THE FEDERAL DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE WHEN A STATE THROUGH ITS NORMAL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS DETERMINES A DEFINITION DIFFERENT THAN THAT WHICH IS PROVIDED IN THE MEASURE.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

103 yea · 311 nayFailed19 not voting or present
Democrat98 yea · 88 nay
Republican4 yea · 223 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3396 ↗

Defense of Marriage Act

Policy area: Families — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • LGBTQ PolicyA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Allows state recognition of same-sex marriage, broadening LGBTQ legal protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:defense of marriage

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (103)

Nay (311)

Not voting or present (19)

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