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House Roll Call 829, 105th Congress · June 4, 1998

Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment — (WITH TWO-THIRDS REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE, HOUSE FAILED TO PASS H.J. RES. 78, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES RESTORING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

224 yea · 203 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat26 yea · 173 nay
Republican198 yea · 29 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 RightsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.60) The constitutional amendment involves competing civil rights interpretations regarding religious practice and government establishment.

    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 (224)

Nay (203)

Not voting or present (7)

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