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Floor vote

House vote #816

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Reaffirming “In God We Trust” as the official motto of the United States and supporting and encouraging the public display of the national motto in all public buildings, public schools, and other government institutions

Passed Congress 112 · Session 1 Nov 1, 2011 · 6:55 PM EDT  HCONRES 13
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PASSED
396–9
+387 margin
Democrats
163 8
Republicans
233 1
Majority threshold YES 396 9 NO
405 members voted · 2 Present · 26 Not Voting Passed by 387 votes
Crossed the aisle 5

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

Democratic Voted YEA (48 for, 5 against), but 5 members below broke ranks and voted NAY.
 Voted yes 94
Aderholt R Amodei R Baldwin D Bilirakis R Blackburn R Buchanan R Calvert R Capito R Carter R Cassidy R Castor D Clarke D Clyburn D Cohen D Cole R Costa D Crawford R Cuellar D Davis D DeGette D DesJarlais R Doggett D Fleischmann R Foxx R Garamendi D Gosar R Graves R Green D Guthrie R Harris R Heinrich D Himes D Hirono D Hoyer D Huizenga R Issa R Jordan R Kaptur D Keating D Kelly R Lankford R Larsen D Larson D Lofgren D Lucas R Luján D Lummis R Markey D Matsui D McCaul R McClintock R McCollum D McGovern D Meeks D Moore D Neal D Pallone D Pelosi D Peters D Pingree D Quigley D Rogers R Rogers R Sánchez D Scalise R Schakowsky D Schiff D Schweikert R Scott R Scott R Sessions R Sewell D Sherman D Simpson R Smith D Smith R Smith R Stutzman R Thompson R Thompson D Tonko D Turner R Van Hollen D Velázquez D Walberg R Wasserman Schultz D Waters D Webster R Welch D Wilson R Wilson D Wittman R Womack R Young R
 Voted no 5
Chu D Cleaver D Johnson D Nadler D Scott D
Present or didn't vote
Bishop D Carson D Courtney D DeLauro D Diaz-Balart R Griffith R Latta R Lynch D Murphy D Thompson D
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