House roll call 1046 · 109th Congress · Jul 18, 2006
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage
On Jul 18, 2006, the House voted 236–187 on “On Passage” (HJRES 88). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 202–27, Democrats 34–159, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 61 members voted against their own party.
During the 109th Congress (2005–2006), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Failed
- Yes
- 236
- No
- 187
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jul 18, 2006
By party
- Republicans202 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 159 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Artur Davis D-AL voted yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted yes
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
- Mary Bono R-CA voted no
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT voted no
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted no
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT voted no
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Mark A. Foley R-FL voted no
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Jim Marshall D-GA voted yes
- John Barrow D-GA voted yes
- David Scott D-GA voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted no
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted no
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN voted no
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
- John J. H. (Joe) Schwarz R-MI voted no
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI voted no
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Bennie Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH voted no
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John E. Sweeney R-NY voted no
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY voted no
- David Lee Hobson R-OH voted no
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted no
- Daniel David Boren D-OK voted yes
- Jim Gerlach R-PA voted no
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA voted no
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted yes
- Lincoln Davis D-TN voted yes
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Henry Cuellar D-TX voted yes
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted yes
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Bob Beauprez R-CO
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Katherine Harris R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Chris Chocola R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Michael E. Sodrel R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Bobby Jindal R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Thomas Osborne R-NE
- Jeb Bradley R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Jon C. Porter R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Thelma D. Drake R-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Ed Case D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- John J. H. (Joe) Schwarz R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Al Green D-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Voted present
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Did not vote
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Shelley Sekula Gibbs R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Ron Kind D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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