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Senate Roll Call 884, 117th Congress · November 16, 2022

A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

62 yea · 37 nayCloture Motion Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat46 yea · 0 nay
Republican12 yea · 37 nay
Independent4 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 8404

Respect for Marriage Act

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(0.95): Cloture on repealing DOMA advances LGBTQ civil rights protections.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • LGBTQ PolicyA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Cloture on repealing DOMA advances LGBTQ rights.

    Tagged by: keyword:defense of marriage

    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.

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