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Floor vote

House vote #591

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit deplorably infringed on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District

Passed Congress 109 · Session 1 Nov 16, 2005 · 8:38 PM  HRES 547
PASSED
320–91
+229 margin
Democrats
94 91
Republicans
225
Independents
1
Majority threshold YES 320 91 NO
411 members voted · 22 present/absent Passed by 229 votes
Crossed the aisle 13

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

Democratic Voted NAY (23 against, 13 for) — but 13 members below broke ranks and voted YEA.
Present or didn't vote