| Federal Legislation | October 25, 2004 |
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Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA)
The debate over marriage has continued. The following is a summary of the actions which have occurred in the Senate and House of Representatives.
Senate - on July 14, 2004, the Senate voted on a procedural motion to debate the Marriage Protection Amendment (S.J. Res 40) which would have led to an eventual vote on the amendment. The effort failed, however, because 60 votes were needed to bring the amendment to a vote. Forty-eight Senators voted in favor and 50 opposed.
Click here to see how your Senators voted.
House – on Thursday, September 30, 2004 the House of Representatives voted on the Marriage Protection Amendment, H.J. Res. 106. A two-thirds majority is required to pass an amendment. The MPA received a simple majority with a vote of 227 to 186.
Click here to see how your Representative voted.
While HSLDA supports amending the U.S. Constitution to defend the institution of marriage, we believe that this Amendment was substantially flawed. At least one member, Hostettler (IN), voted against this Amendment because he wanted something stronger.
To read more about HSLDA's position
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| Nays (50) | |||||
| Akaka (HI) | Baucus (MT) | Bayh (IN) | |||
| Biden (DE) | Bingaman (NM) | Boxer (CA) | |||
| Breaux (LA) | Campbell (CO) | Cantwell (WA) | |||
| Carper (DE) | Chafee (RI) | Clinton (NY) | |||
| Collins (ME) | Conrad (ND) | Corzine (NJ) | |||
| Daschle (SD) | Dayton (MN) | Dodd (CT) | |||
| Dorgan (ND) | Durbin (IL) | Feingold (WI) | |||
| Feinstein (CA) | Graham (FL) | Harkin (IA) | |||
| Hollings (SC) | Inouye (HI) | Jeffords (VT) | |||
| Johnson (SD) | Kennedy (MA) | Kohl (WI) | |||
| Landrieu (LA) | Lautenberg (NJ) | Leahy (VT) | |||
| Levin (MI) | Lieberman (CT) | Lincoln (AR) | |||
| McCain (AZ) | Mikulski (MD) | Murray (WA) | |||
| Nelson (FL) | Pryor (AR) | Reed (RI) | |||
| Reid (NV) | Rockefeller (WV) | Sarbanes (MD) | |||
| Schumer (NY) | Snowe (ME) | Stabenow (MI) | |||
| Sununu (NH) | Wyden (OR) | ||||
| Yays (48) | |||||
| Alexander (TN) | Allard (CO) | Allen (VA) | |||
| Bennett (UT) | Bond (MO) | Brownback (KS) | |||
| Bunning (KY) | Burns (MT) | Byrd (WV) | |||
| Chambliss (GA) | Cochran (MS) | Coleman (MN) | |||
| Cornyn (TX) | Craig (ID) | Crapo (ID) | |||
| DeWine (OH) | Dole (NC) | Domenici (NM) | |||
| Ensign (NV) | Enzi (WY) | Fitzgerald (IL) | |||
| Frist (TN) | Graham (SC) | Grassley (IA) | |||
| Gregg (NH) | Hagel (NE) | Hatch (UT) | |||
| Hutchison (TX) | Inhofe (OK) | Kyl (AZ) | |||
| Lott (MS) | Lugar (IN) | McConnell (KY) | |||
| Miller (GA) | Murkowski (AK) | "Nelson, Ben (NE)" | |||
| Nickles (OK) | Roberts (KS) | Santorum (PA) | |||
| Sessions (AL) | Shelby (AL) | Smith (OR) | |||
| Specter (PA) | Stevens (AK) | Talent (MO) | |||
| Thomas (WY) | Voinovich (OH) | Warner (VA) | |||
| Not Voting (2) | |||||
| Edwards (NC) | Kerry (MA) | ||||
| Yeas (227) | |||||
| Aderholt (AL-R) | Akin (MO-R) | Alexander (LA-D) | |||
| Bachus (AL-R) | Baker (LA-R) | Ballenger (NC-R) | |||
| Barrett (SC-R) | Barlett (MD-R) | Barton (TX-R) | |||
| Beauprez (CO-R) | Berry (AR-D) | Bilirakis (FL-R) | |||
| Bishop (GA-D) | Bishop (UT-R) | Blackburn (TN-R) | |||
| Blunt (MO-R) | Boehner (OH-R) | Bonilla (TX-R) | |||
| Bonner (AL-R) | Boozman (AR-R) | Boucher (VA-D) | |||
| Boyd (FL-D) | Bradley (NH-R) | Brady (TX-R) | |||
| Brown (SC-R) | Brown-Waite (FL-R) | Burgess (TX-R) | |||
| Burns (GA-R) | Burr (NC-R) | Burton (IN-R) | |||
| Buyer (IN-R) | Calvert (CA-R) | Camp (MI-R) | |||
| Cantor (VA-R) | Capito (WV-R) | Carson (OK-D) | |||
| Carter (TX-R) | Chabot (OH-R) | Chandler (KY-D) | |||
| Chocola (IN-R) | Coble (NC-R) | Cole (OK-R) | |||
| Collins (GA-R) | Cooper (TN-D) | Costello (IL-D) | |||
| Cramer (AL-D) | Crane (IL-R) | Crenshaw (FL-R) | |||
| Cubin (WY-R) | Culberson (TX-R) | Cunningham (CA-R) | |||
| Davis (AL-D) | Davis (TN-D) | Davis, Jo Ann (VA-R) | |||
| Davis, Tom (VA-R) | Deal (GA-R) | DeLay (TX-R) | |||
| DeMint (SC-R) | Doolittle (CA-R) | Duncan (TN-R) | |||
| Edwards (TX-D) | Ehlers (MI-R) | Emerson (MO-R) | |||
| English (PA-R) | Etheridge (NC-D) | Everett (AL-R) | |||
| Feeney (FL-R) | Ferguson (NJ-R) | Flake (AZ-R) | |||
| Forbes (VA-R) | Ford (TN-D) | Fossella (NY-R) | |||
| Franks (AZ-R) | Gallegly (CA-R) | Garrett (NJ-R) | |||
| Gillmor (OH-R) | Gingrey (GA-R) | Goode (VA-R) | |||
| Goodlatte (VA-R) | Gordon (TN-D) | Granger (TX-R) | |||
| Graves (MO-R) | Green (WI-R) | Gutknecht (MN-R) | |||
| Hall (TX-R) | Harris (FL-R) | Hart (PA-R) | |||
| Hastert (IL-R) | Hastings (WA-R) | Hayes (NC-R) | |||
| Hayworth (AZ-R) | Hefley (CO-R) | Hensarling (TX-R) | |||
| Herger (CA-R) | Herseth (SD-D) | Hoekstra (MI-R) | |||
| Holden (PA-D) | Hulshof (MO-R) | Hyde (IL-R) | |||
| Isakson (GA-R) | Issa (CA-R) | Istook (OK-R) | |||
| Jefferson (LA-D) | Jenkins (TN-R) | John (LA-D) | |||
| Johnson (IL-R) | Johnson, Sam (TX-R) | Jones (NC-R) | |||
| Keller (FL-R) | Kelly (NY-R) | Kennedy (MN-R) | |||
| King (IA-R) | King (NY-R) | Kingston (GA-R) | |||
| Kline (MN-R) | LaHood (IL-R) | Lampson (TX-D) | |||
| Latham (IA-R) | LaTourette (OH-R) | Lewis (CA-R) | |||
| Lewis (KY-R) | Linder (GA-R) | LoBiondo (NJ-R) | |||
| Lucas (KY-D) | Lucas (OK-R) | Manzullo (IL-R) | |||
| Marshall (GA-D) | Matheson (UT-D) | McCotter (MI-R) | |||
| McCrery (LA-R) | McHugh (NY-R) | McIntyre (NC-D) | |||
| McKeon (CA-R) | Mica (FL-R) | Miller (FL-R) | |||
| Miller (MI-R) | Miller, Gary (CA-R) | Moran (KS-R) | |||
| Murphy (PA-R) | Musgrave (CO-R) | Myrick (NC-R) | |||
| Neugebauer (TX-R) | Ney (OH-R) | Northup (KY-R) | |||
| Norwood (GA-R) | Nunes (CA-R) | Nussle (IA-R) | |||
| Oritz (TX-D) | Osborne (NE-R) | Otter (ID-R) | |||
| Oxley (OH-R) | Pearce (NM-R) | Pence (IN-R) | |||
| Peterson (MN-D) | Peterson (PA-R) | Petri (WI-R) | |||
| Pickering (MS-R) | Pitts (PA-R) | Platts (PA-R) | |||
| Pombo (CA-R) | Porter (NV-R) | Portman (OH-R) | |||
| Putnam (FL-R) | Quinn (NY-R) | Radanovich (CA-R) | |||
| Rahall (WV-D) | Ramstad (MN-R) | Regula (OH-R) | |||
| Rehberg (MT-R) | Renzi (AZ-R) | Reynolds (NY-R) | |||
| Rogers (AL-R) | Rogers (KY-R) | Rogers (MI-R) | |||
| Rohrabacher (CA-R) | Ross (AR-D) | Royce (CA-R) | |||
| Ryan (WI-R) | Ryun (KS-R) | Sandlin (TX-D) | |||
| Saxton (NJ-R) | Shrock (VA-R) | Scott (GA-D) | |||
| Sensenbrenner (WI-R) | Sessions (TX-R) | Shadegg (AZ-R) | |||
| Shaw (FL-R) | Sherwood (PA-R) | Shimkus (IL-R) | |||
| Shuster (PA-R) | Simpson (ID-R) | Skelton (MO-D) | |||
| Smith (MI-R) | Smith (NJ-R) | Smith (TX-R) | |||
| Souder (IN-R) | Spratt (SC-D) | Stearns (FL-R) | |||
| Stenholm (TX-D) | Sullivan (OK-R) | Tancredo (CO-R) | |||
| Tanner (TN-D) | Taylor (MS-D) | Taylor (NC-R) | |||
| Terry (NE-R) | Thomas (CA-R) | Thompson (MS-D) | |||
| Thornberry (TX-R) | Tiahrt (KS-R) | Tiberi (OH-R) | |||
| Toomey (PA-R) | Turner (OH-R) | Upton (MI-R) | |||
| Vitter (LA-R) | Walden (OR-R) | Walsh (NY-R) | |||
| Wamp (TN-R) | Weldon (FL-R) | Weldon (PA-R) | |||
| Weller (IL-R) | Whitfield (KY-R) | Wicker (MS-R) | |||
| Wilson (NM-R) | Wilson (SC-R) | Wolf (VA-R) | |||
| Young (AK-R) | Young (FL-R) | ||||
| Nays (186) | |||||
| Abercrombie (HI-D) | Ackerman (NY-D) | Allen (ME-D) | |||
| Andrews (NJ-D) | Baca (CA-D) | Baird (WA-D) | |||
| Baldwin (WI-D) | Bass (NH-R) | Becerra (CA-D) | |||
| Bell (TX-D) | Berkley (NV-D) | Berman (CA-D) | |||
| Biggert (IL-R) | Bishop (NY-D) | Blumenauer (OR-D) | |||
| Bono (CA-R) | Boswell (IA-D) | Brady (PA-D) | |||
| Brown (OH-D) | Butterfield (NC-D) | Capps (CA-D) | |||
| Capuano (MA-D) | Cardin (MD-D) | Cardoza (CA-D) | |||
| Carson (IN-D) | Case (HI-D) | Castle (DE-R) | |||
| Clay (MO-D) | Clyburn (SC-D) | Conyers (MI-D) | |||
| Cox (CA-R) | Crowley (NY-D) | Cummings (MD-D) | |||
| Davis (CA-D) | Davis (FL-D) | DeFazio (OR-D) | |||
| DeGette (CO-D) | Delahunt (MA-D) | DeLauro (CT-D) | |||
| Deutsch (FL-D) | Dicks (WA-D) | Dingell (MI-D) | |||
| Doggett (TX-D) | Dooley (CA-D) | Doyle (PA-D) | |||
| Dreier (CA-R) | Emanuel (Il-D) | Engel (NY-D) | |||
| Eshoo (CA-D) | Evans (IL-D) | Farr (CA-D) | |||
| Fattah (PA-D) | Filner (CA-D) | Foley (FL-R) | |||
| Frank (MA-D) | Frelinghuysen (NJ-R) | Frost (TX-D) | |||
| Gephardt (MO-D) | Gerlach (PA-R) | Gibbons (NV-R) | |||
| Gilchrest (MD-R) | Gonzalez (TX-D) | Green (TX-D) | |||
| Greenwood (PA-R) | Grijalva (AZ-D) | Gutierrez (IL-D) | |||
| Hill (IN-D) | Hinchey (NY-D) | Hinojosa (TX-D) | |||
| Hobson (OH-R) | Hoeffel (PA-D) | Holt (NJ-D) | |||
| Honda (CA-D) | Hooley (OR-D) | Hostettler (IN-R) | |||
| Houghton (NY-R) | Hoyer (MD-D) | Inslee (WA-D) | |||
| Israel (NY-D) | Jackson (IL-D) | Jackson-Lee (TX-D) | |||
| Johnson (CT-R) | Johnson, E.B. (TX-D) | Jones (OH-D) | |||
| Kanjorski (PA-D) | Kaptur (OH-D) | Kennedy (RI-D) | |||
| Kildee (MI-D) | Kilpatrick (MI-D) | Kind (WI-D) | |||
| Kirk (IL-R) | Kleczka (WI-D) | Knollenberg (MI-R) | |||
| Kolbe (AZ-R) | Kucinich (OH-D) | Langevin (RI-D) | |||
| Lantos (CA-D) | Larsen (WA-D) | Larson (CT-D) | |||
| Leach (IA-R) | Lee (CA-D) | Levin (MI-D) | |||
| Lewis (GA-D) | Lipinski (IL-D) | Lofgren (CA-D) | |||
| Lowey (NY-D) | Lynch (MA-D) | Majette (GA-D) | |||
| Maloney (NY-D) | Markey (MA-D) | Matsui (CA-D) | |||
| McCarthy (MO-D) | McCarthy (NY-D) | McCollum (MN-D) | |||
| McDermott (WA-D) | McGovern (MA-D) | McInnis (CO-R) | |||
| McNulty (NY-D) | Meehan (MA-D) | Michaud (ME-D) | |||
| Millender-McDonald (CA-D) | Miller (NC-D) | Miller, George (CA-D) | |||
| Mollohan (WV-D) | Moore (KS-D) | Moran (VA-D) | |||
| Nadler (NY-D) | Napolitano (CA-D) | Neal (MA-D) | |||
| Obey (WI-D) | Olver (MA-D) | Ose (CA-R) | |||
| Owens (NY-D) | Pallone (NJ-D) | Pascrell (NJ-D) | |||
| Pastor (AZ-D) | Paul (TX-R) | Payne (NJ-D) | |||
| Pelosi (CA-D) | Pomeroy (ND-D) | Price (NC-D) | |||
| Pryce (OH-R) | Rodriguez (TX-D) | Rothman (NJ-D) | |||
| Roybal-Allard (CA-D) | Ruppersberger (MD-D) | Rush (IL-D) | |||
| Ryan (OH-D0 Sabo (MN-D) | Sanchez, Linda (CA-D) | Sanchez, Loretta (CA-D) | |||
| Sanders (VT-I) | Schakowsky (IL-D) | Schiff (CA-D) | |||
| Scott (VA-D) | Serrano (NY-D) | Shays (CT-R) | |||
| Sherman (CA-D) | Simmons (CT-R) | Slaughter (NY-D) | |||
| Smith (WA-D) | Snyder (AR-D) | Solis (CA-D) | |||
| Stark (CA-D) | Strickland (OH-D) | Stupak (MI-D) | |||
| Sweeney (NY-R) | Tauscher (CA-D) | Thompson (CA-D) | |||
| Tierney (MA-D) | Towns (NY-D) | Turner (TX-D) | |||
| Udall (CO-D) | Udall (NM-D) | Van Hollen (MD-D) | |||
| Valazquez (NY-D) | Visclosky (IN-D) | Waters (CA-D) | |||
| Watson (CA-D) | Watt (NC-D) | Waxman (CA-D) | |||
| Weiner (NY-D) | Wexler (FL-D) | Woolsey (CA-D) | |||
| Wu (OR-D) | Wynn (MD-D) | ||||
| Not Voting (20) | |||||
| Boehlert (NY-R) | Brown, Corrine (FL-D) | Cannon (UT-R) | |||
| Davis (IL-D) | Diaz-Balart, L. (FL-R) | Diaz-Balart, M. (FL-R) | |||
| Dunn (WA-R) | Harman (CA-D) | Hastings (FL-D) | |||
| Hunter (CA-R) | Meek (FL-D) | Meeks (NY-D) | |||
| Menendez (NJ-D) | Murtha (PA-D) | Nethercutt (WA-R) | |||
| Oberstar (MN-D) | Rangel (NY-D) | Reyes (TX-D) | |||
| Ros-Lehtinen (FL-R) | Tauzin (LA-R) | ||||
