House Roll Call 1148, 109th Congress · September 26, 2006

Public Expression of Religion Act

Question before the chamber: On Passage

244 yea · 173 nayPassed15 not voting or present

Democrat26 yea · 166 nay

Republican218 yea · 6 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2679 ↗

Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006

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 “Narrow protections”
model(0.85): Prevents recovery of attorneys fees in Establishment Clause suits, narrowing legal remedies.
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 (244)

Nay (173)

Not voting or present (15)

Sherrod BrownDid not vote
Michael N. CastleDid not vote
James DavisDid not vote
Lane A. EvansDid not vote
Harold E. Ford Jr.Did not vote
Mark A. GreenDid not vote
Ernest J. Istook Jr.Did not vote
William J. JeffersonDid not vote
John LewisDid not vote
Martin T. MeehanDid not vote
Juanita Millender-McDonaldDid not vote
Robert William NeyDid not vote
James Allen NussleDid not vote
Richard W. PomboDid not vote
Ted StricklandDid not vote

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