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Floor vote

House vote #504

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Expressing the sense of Congress that the U.S. Supreme Court should speedily find the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution of the United States

Passed Congress 109 · Session 1 Sep 29, 2005 · 4:31 PM  HCONRES 245
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PASSED
383–31
+352 margin
Democrats
156 31
Republicans
226
Independents
1
Majority threshold YES 383 31 NO
414 members voted · 19 present/absent Passed by 352 votes
Crossed the aisle 9

Members who voted against their own party's majority position. What does this mean?

Democratic Voted YEA (28 for, 9 against) — but 9 members below broke ranks and voted NAY.
 Voted yes 50
AderholtR BaldwinD BishopD BlackburnR BoozmanR CalvertR CapitoR CarterR CaseD ClyburnD ColeR CostaD CuellarD DavisD DeLauroD Diaz-BalartR DoggettD FoxxR GravesR HoyerD KapturD LarsenD LarsonD LofgrenD LucasR LynchD MatsuiD McCaulR McCollumD McGovernD MeeksD MoranR NealD PalloneD PelosiD RogersR RogersR SandersI SchiffD SessionsR ShermanD SimpsonR SmithR SmithD ThompsonD ThompsonD TurnerR Van HollenD WickerR WilsonR
 Voted no 9
CleaverD DeGetteD MarkeyD NadlerD SchakowskyD ScottD VelázquezD Wasserman SchultzD WatersD
Present or didn't vote
GreenD MooreD SánchezD IssaR