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Senate Roll Call 885, 117th Congress · November 17, 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 Motion to Proceed

53 yea · 23 nayMotion to Proceed Agreed to24 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 0 nay
Republican6 yea · 23 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): Proceeding to repeal DOMA advances LGBTQ and 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): Proceeding to repeal 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.

Yea (53)

Nay (23)

Not voting or present (24)

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