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House Roll Call 827, 105th Congress · June 4, 1998

(ON DEMAND FOR A DIVISION OF THE QUESTION, HOUSE REJECTED THE BISHOP AMENDMENT, PART 2, THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE DEALING WITH THE DENIAL OF "EQUAL ACCESS TO A BENEFIT ON ACCOUNT OF RELIGION" AND INSERT "OR OTHERWISE COMPEL OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST RELIGION".)

Question before the chamber: On agreeing to Part 2 of the amendment

23 yea · 399 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat17 yea · 180 nay
Republican6 yea · 218 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(0.85): Adding language prohibiting discrimination on account of religion broadens civil rights protections.

    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 (23)

Nay (399)

Not voting or present (11)

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