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House Roll Call 30, 105th Congress · March 5, 1997

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the display of the Ten Commandments by Judge Roy S. Moore, a judge on the circuit court of the State of Alabama — H.C.R.31 BY ADERHOLT (R-AL) -- RESOLUTION REGARDING THE DISPLAY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BY A FEDERAL JUDGE (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. CON. RES. 31, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE DISPLAY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BY JUDGE ROY S. MOORE, A JUDGE ON THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA.)

Question before the chamber: Suspend the rules and agree

295 yea · 125 nayPassed12 not voting or present
Democrat78 yea · 119 nay
Republican217 yea · 5 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 31 ↗

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the display of the Ten Commandments by Judge Roy S. Moore, a judge on the circuit court of the State of Alabama.

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues — 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.

  • Civil RightsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) This is a non-binding sense-of-Congress resolution.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    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 (295)

Nay (125)

Not voting or present (12)

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