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House Roll Call 1181, 104th Congress · July 12, 1996

Defense of Marriage Act — (HOUSE REJECTED THE BERMAN MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE BILL BACK FORTHWITH WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REQUIRE A STUDY OF THE DIFFERENCES IN BENEFITS, RIGHTS, AND PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO PERSONS IN A MARRIAGE AND TO PERSONS IN A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP. .)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

164 yea · 249 nayFailed20 not voting or present
Democrat133 yea · 52 nay
Republican30 yea · 197 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(0.80): Recommit instructions to study differences in benefits between marriage and domestic partnerships favors broader recognition.

    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 (164)

Nay (249)

Not voting or present (20)

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