House Roll Call 1182, 104th Congress · July 12, 1996

Defense of Marriage Act — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3396, TO DEFINE AND PROTECT THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

342 yea · 67 nayPassed24 not voting or present

Democrat118 yea · 64 nay

Republican224 yea · 2 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 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 “Narrow protections”
model(0.95): Passing the Defense of Marriage Act defined marriage strictly, narrowing LGBTQ rights and 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 (342)

Nay (67)

Not voting or present (24)

William K. BrewsterDid not vote
William Lacy Clay Sr.Did not vote
Jay DickeyDid not vote
Jennifer B. DunnDid not vote
John Eric EnsignDid not vote
Cleo FieldsDid not vote
Michael P. FlanaganDid not vote
Harold Eugene FordDid not vote
Sam Melville GibbonsDid not vote
James C. GreenwoodDid not vote
Tony P. HallDid not vote
Sheila Jackson LeePresent
Harry A. Johnston IIDid not vote
John J. LaFalceDid not vote
Blanche Lambert LincolnDid not vote
James LongleyDid not vote
Joseph Michael McDadeDid not vote
Martin T. MeehanDid not vote
Major R. OwensPresent
Pat RobertsDid not vote
Bennie G. ThompsonDid not vote
Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr.Did not vote
Melvin L. WattDid not vote
C. W. Bill YoungDid not vote

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