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House Roll Call 826, 105th Congress · June 4, 1998

H.J.R.78 BY ISTOOK (R-OK) -- CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AMENDMENT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (ON DEMAND FOR A DIVISION OF THE QUESTION, HOUSE REJECTED THE BISHOP AMENDMENT, PART 1, THAT SOUGHT TO, STRIKE LANGUAGE TO SECURE THE RIGHT TO "ACKNOWLEDGE GOD" AND INSERT THE RIGHT TO "FREEDOM OF RELIGION".)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to Part 1 of the amendment

6 yea · 419 nayFailed8 not voting or present
Democrat5 yea · 193 nay
Republican1 yea · 225 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 78 ↗

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States restoring religious freedom.

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 RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.75): Inserting explicit freedom of religion protections broadens civil rights guarantees.

    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 (6)

Nay (419)

Not voting or present (8)

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