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 · 12:31 PM EDT HCONRES 245

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PASSED

383–31

+352 margin

Democrats

156 31

Republicans

226

Independents

Majority threshold YES 383 31 NO

414 members voted · 8 Present · 11 Not Voting Passed by 352 votes

Crossed the aisle 9

Members who voted against their own party's majority position.

Democratic Voted YEA (28 for, 9 against), but 9 members below broke ranks and voted NAY.

Cleaver, Emanuel Democratic

Nay
DeGette, Diana Democratic

Nay
Markey, Edward Democratic

Nay
Nadler, Jerrold Democratic

Nay
Schakowsky, Janice Democratic

Nay
Scott, Robert Democratic

Nay
Velázquez, Nydia Democratic

Nay
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie Democratic

Nay
Waters, Maxine Democratic

Nay

Voted yes 50

Aderholt R Baldwin D Bishop D Blackburn R Boozman R Calvert R Capito R Carter R Case D Clyburn D Cole R Costa D Cuellar D Davis D DeLauro D Diaz-Balart R Doggett D Foxx R Graves R Hoyer D Kaptur D Larsen D Larson D Lofgren D Lucas R Lynch D Matsui D McCaul R McCollum D McGovern D Meeks D Moran R Neal D Pallone D Pelosi D Rogers R Rogers R Sanders I Schiff D Sessions R Sherman D Simpson R Smith D Smith R Thompson D Thompson D Turner R Van Hollen D Wicker R Wilson R

Voted no 9

Cleaver D DeGette D Markey D Nadler D Schakowsky D Scott D Velázquez D Wasserman Schultz D Waters D

Present or didn't vote

Green D Moore D Sánchez D Issa R