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House Roll Call 828, 105th Congress · June 4, 1998

Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment — (HOUSE REJECTED THE SCOTT MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE JOINT RESOLUTION TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT PROPOSES AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES THAT STATES THAT "CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAWS RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.".)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

203 yea · 223 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat179 yea · 20 nay
Republican23 yea · 203 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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(0.80): Recommitting to adopt standard First Amendment establishment and free exercise guarantees broadens 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 (203)

Nay (223)

Not voting or present (7)

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