House Roll Call 618, 105th Congress · November 9, 1997

Regarding Religious Persecution in Germany — H.C.R.22 BY PAYNE (D-NJ) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MEMBERS OF MINORITY RELIGIOUS GROUPS (HOUSE FAILED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. CON. RES. 22, AMENDED, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO THE DISCRIMINATION BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT AGAINST MEMBERS OF MINORITY RELIGIOUS GROUPS, PARTICULARLY THE CONTINUED AND INCREASING DISCRIMINATION BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT AGAINST PERFORMERS, ENTERTAINERS, AND OTHER ARTISTS FROM THE UNITED STATES ASSOCIATED WITH SCIENTOLOGY.)

Question before the chamber: Suspend the rules and agree, as amended

101 yea · 318 nayFailed14 not voting or present

Democrat58 yea · 139 nay

Republican43 yea · 178 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 22 ↗

Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the discrimination by the German Government against members of minority religious groups, particularly the continued and increasing discrimination by the German Government against performers, entertainers, and other artists from the United States associated with Scientology.

Policy area: International Affairs — 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) Non-binding sense of Congress resolution.
Tagged by: keyword:discrimination
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 (101)

Nay (318)

Not voting or present (14)

Benjamin L. CardinPresent
Barbara L. CubinDid not vote
Philip EnglishPresent
Paul E. GillmorDid not vote
Henry Barbosa GonzálezDid not vote
Steny H. HoyerPresent
Scott L. KlugDid not vote
Dennis J. KucinichPresent
Jim McDermottDid not vote
Charles W. Pickering Jr.Did not vote
Bob RileyDid not vote
Marge RoukemaDid not vote
Steven Harvey SchiffDid not vote
Sidney Richard YatesDid not vote

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