H.Con.Res. 31 — 105th Congress
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the display of the Ten Commandments by Judge Roy S. Moore, a judge on the circuit court of the State of Alabama.
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Mar 6, 1997Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
CRS summary
As of Mar 3, 1997Introduced in House
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Ten Commandments are a declaration of fundamental principles that are the cornerstones of a fair and just society; and (2) the public display of the Ten Commandments, including in government offices and courthouses, should be permitted.
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1 on recordMar 5, 1997 · Suspend the rules and agree
Full roll call311 of 432 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 295: 51 R · 18 D
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| RAMSTAD, James | MN |
| McCOLLUM, Ira William, Jr. | FL |
| TRAFICANT, James A., Jr. | OH |
| HYDE, Henry John | IL |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| WHITE, Richard Alan | WA |
| WELLER, Gerald C. | IL |
| SHADEGG, John B. | AZ |
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| GEKAS, George William | PA |
| McINNIS, Scott | CO |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| SCHAFFER, Robert W. | CO |
| ALLEN, Thomas H. | ME |
| PETERSON, John | PA |
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| MCHALE, Paul F., Jr. | PA |
| ROUKEMA, Margaret Scafati | NJ |
| CANADY, Charles Terrance | FL |
| McDADE, Joseph Michael | PA |
| MCCRERY, James O., III | LA |
| STUMP, Robert Lee | AZ |
| BALLENGER, Cass | NC |
| LAHOOD, Ray H. | IL |
| LaTOURETTE, Steven C. | OH |
| GILLMOR, Paul Eugene | OH |
| COX, Charles Christopher | CA |
| RYUN, Jim | KS |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| GOODE, Virgil H., Jr. | VA |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W. | MN |
| HOSTETTLER, John Nathan | IN |
| LINDER, John Elmer | GA |
| RILEY, Robert | AL |
| BUNNING, James Paul David | KY |
| CLEMENT, Robert Nelson | TN |
| FRANKS, Robert Douglas | NJ |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| KASICH, John Richard | OH |
| ARMEY, Richard Keith | TX |
| MALONEY, James H. | CT |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| BILBRAY, Brian P. | CA |
| HAYWORTH, John D., Jr. | AZ |
| ROEMER, Timothy John | IN |
| SPENCE, Floyd Davidson | SC |
| CAMPBELL, Thomas J. | CA |
| DOOLITTLE, John Taylor | CA |
| HOBSON, David Lee | OH |
| SCHAEFER, Daniel | CO |
| COMBEST, Larry Ed | TX |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| BONILLA, Henry | TX |
| HANSEN, James Vear | UT |
| ARCHER, William Reynolds, Jr. | TX |
| GREENWOOD, James Charles | PA |
| BONO, Sonny | CA |
| BARCIA, James A. | MI |
| LAMPSON, Nicholas V. | TX |
| ENSIGN, John Eric | NV |
| FAWELL, Harris W. | IL |
| BASS, Charles Foster | NH |
| SKEEN, Joseph Richard | NM |
| SOLOMON, Gerald Brooks Hunt | NY |
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| SHAYS, Christopher H. | CT |
| DAVIS, Thomas M., III | VA |
| TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph | LA |
| BARR, Bob | GA |
| NORTHUP, Anne Meagher | KY |
| FLAKE, Floyd Harold | NY |
| WATKINS, Wesley Wade | OK |
| HUTCHINSON, Asa | AR |
| DANNER, Patsy Ann | MO |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| BARRETT, William E. | NE |
| BORSKI, Robert Anthony, Jr. | PA |
| INGLIS, Robert Durden | SC |
| SNOWBARGER, Vincent K. | KS |
| PEASE, Edward Allan | IN |
| HOOLEY, Darlene | OR |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| SISISKY, Norman | VA |
| KLUG, Scott L. | WI |
| MOLINARI, Susan | NY |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| KOLBE, James Thomas | AZ |
| LARGENT, Steve | OK |
| KIM, Jay C. | CA |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| TURNER, Jim | TX |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| PAPPAS, Michael James | NJ |
| KNOLLENBERG, Joseph | MI |
| CRANE, Philip Miller | IL |
| HILLEARY, Van | TN |
| BLILEY, Thomas Jerome, Jr. | VA |
| LaFALCE, John Joseph | NY |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr. | NY |
| GANSKE, Greg | IA |
| HALL, Tony Patrick | OH |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| HEFNER, Willie Gathrel | NC |
| MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr. | PA |
| LAZIO, Enrico A. | NY |
| POMBO, Richard William | CA |
| BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R. | IL |
| McHUGH, John Michael | NY |
| HILL, Rick | MT |
| DICKEY, Jay W., Jr. | AR |
| EHRLICH, Robert L., Jr. | MD |
| FORD, Harold, Jr. | TN |
| POSHARD, Glenn | IL |
| GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas | MD |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| TAYLOR, Charles Hart | NC |
| JOHN, Christopher | LA |
| PACKARD, Ronald C. | CA |
| BRYANT, Ed | TN |
| CHRISTENSEN, Jon Lynn | NE |
| FOWLER, Tillie Kidd | FL |
| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
| DeLAY, Thomas Dale | TX |
| JOHNSON, Nancy Lee | CT |
| STENHOLM, Charles Walter | TX |
| STEARNS, Clifford Bundy | FL |
| WELDON, Wayne Curtis | PA |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| HEFLEY, Joel M. | CO |
| CANNON, Christopher B. | UT |
| HAMILTON, Lee Herbert | IN |
| CUBIN, Barbara L. | WY |
| KELLY, Sue W. | NY |
| GIBBONS, James A. | NV |
| FOX, Jon D. | PA |
| DAVIS, Jim | FL |
| HULSHOF, Kenny | MO |
| REGULA, Ralph Straus | OH |
| SANDLIN, Max A. | TX |
| PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr. | MS |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| COOK, Merrill | UT |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| EVERETT, Robert Terry | AL |
| LEWIS, Ron | KY |
| CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. | AL |
| LIVINGSTON, Robert Linlithgow, Jr. | LA |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| SCARBOROUGH, Charles Joseph | FL |
| RIGGS, Frank D. | CA |
| BATEMAN, Herbert Harvell | VA |
| BEREUTER, Douglas Kent | NE |
| SHUSTER, E. G. | PA |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| COLLINS, Michael Allen | GA |
| CUNNINGHAM, Randall | CA |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn | WA |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| BILIRAKIS, Michael | FL |
| JOHNSON, Jay W. | WI |
| NEUMANN, Mark W. | WI |
| ROGAN, James E. | CA |
| EMERSON, Jo Ann | MO |
| CONDIT, Gary Adrian | CA |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| MYRICK, Sue | NC |
| MINGE, David R. | MN |
| PAXON, L. William | NY |
| METCALF, Jack | WA |
| QUINN, John Francis | NY |
| SMITH, Nick H. | MI |
| THOMAS, William Marshall | CA |
| TALENT, James Matthes | MO |
| SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr. | FL |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| NEY, Robert William | OH |
| JENKINS, William Lewis | TN |
| BAESLER, Henry Scott | KY |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| LEACH, James Albert Smith | IA |
| SMITH, Linda | WA |
| ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan | PA |
| WATTS, Julius Caesar, Jr. | OK |
| NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr. | GA |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| MILLER, Daniel | FL |
| LIPINSKI, William Oliver | IL |
| HASTERT, John Dennis | IL |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| CAPPS, Walter Holden | CA |
| GOSS, Porter J. | FL |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| WALSH, James T. | NY |
| FOLEY, Mark A. | FL |
| BARRETT, Thomas M. | WI |
| WELDON, David Joseph | FL |
| HERGER, Walter William | CA |
| OXLEY, Michael Garver | OH |
| GOODLING, William Franklin | PA |
| GALLEGLY, Elton W. | CA |
| FORBES, Michael Patrick | NY |
| NUSSLE, James Allen | IA |
| KLINK, Ronald | PA |
| SMITH, Robert Freeman | OR |
| WYNN, Albert Russell | MD |
| HUNTER, Duncan Lee | CA |
| NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr. | WA |
| CALLAHAN, Herbert Leon | AL |
| BAKER, Richard Hugh | LA |
| MANTON, Thomas J. | NY |
| ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr. | OK |
| PRYCE, Deborah D. | OH |
| EWING, Thomas W. | IL |
| SUNUNU, John E. | NH |
| MASCARA, Frank R. | PA |
| SAXTON, Hugh James | NJ |
| McINTOSH, David Martin | IN |
| TIAHRT, Todd | KS |
| CHENOWETH-HAGE, Helen P. | ID |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| David E. Price | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Sherrod Brown | OH |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Don Young | AK |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| Matt Salmon | AZ |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Edward R. Royce | CA |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| Ken Calvert | CA |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Jack Kingston | GA |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA |
| Tom Latham | IA |
| Mike Crapo | ID |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
| Harold Rogers | KY |
| Dave Camp | MI |
| Fred Upton | MI |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS |
| Howard Coble | NC |
| Richard Burr | NC |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Rob Portman | OH |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Tom Coburn | OK |
| Joseph R. Pitts | PA |
| Lindsey Graham | SC |
| Mark Sanford | SC |
| John Thune | SD |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN |
| Joe Barton | TX |
| Kay Granger | TX |
| Kevin Brady | TX |
| Lamar Smith | TX |
| Mac Thornberry | TX |
| Pete Sessions | TX |
| Ralph M. Hall | TX |
| Sam Johnson | TX |
| Bob Goodlatte | VA |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| Doc Hastings | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
Nay — 125: 48 D · 1 I
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| SKAGGS, David Evans | CO |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| PICKETT, Owen Bradford | VA |
| MORELLA, Constance A. | MD |
| BENTSEN, Kenneth E., Jr. | TX |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| FOGLIETTA, Thomas Michael | PA |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| GONZÁLEZ, Henry B. | TX |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| OWENS, Major Robert Odell | NY |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann | GA |
| SAWYER, Thomas Charles | OH |
| KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick, II | MA |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| FAZIO, Victor Herbert, Jr. | CA |
| KENNELLY, Barbara Bailey | CT |
| MARTÍNEZ, Matthew G. | CA |
| EVANS, Lane Allen | IL |
| YATES, Sidney Richard | IL |
| DEUTSCH, Peter R. | FL |
| LUTHER, William Paul | MN |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| CLAYTON, Eva M. | NC |
| WEYGAND, Robert A. | RI |
| CLAY, William Lacy, Sr. | MO |
| DELLUMS, Ronald V. | CA |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| COYNE, William Joseph | PA |
| MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita | CA |
| TORRES, Esteban Edward | CA |
| McCARTHY, Karen | MO |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| BALDACCI, John Elias | ME |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| HORN, John Stephen | CA |
| MEEHAN, Martin Thomas | MA |
| MOAKLEY, John Joseph | MA |
| DOOLEY, Calvin M. | CA |
| MINK, Patsy Takemoto | HI |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| FROST, Jonas Martin | TX |
| VENTO, Bruce Frank | MN |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| SABO, Martin Olav | MN |
| BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis | NY |
| THURMAN, Karen L. | FL |
| KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel | WI |
| MEEK, Carrie P. | FL |
| GEJDENSON, Samuel | CT |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| DIXON, Julian Carey | CA |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| JEFFERSON, William Jennings | LA |
| RIVERS, Lynn Nancy | MI |
| MATSUI, Robert T. | CA |
| BONIOR, David Edward | MI |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| STOKES, Louis | OH |
| BROWN, George Edward, Jr. | CA |
| GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew | MO |
| HILLIARD, Earl Frederick | AL |
| McNULTY, Michael Robert | NY |
| GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur | NY |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| FURSE, Elizabeth | OR |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Nancy Pelosi | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Robert Menendez | NJ |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Bernard Sanders | VT |
Not Voting — 12: 2 D · 1 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| PARKER, Michael | MS |
| WISE, Robert Ellsworth, Jr. | WV |
| PORTER, John Edward | IL |
| SCHIFF, Steven Harvey | NM |
| COOKSEY, John | LA |
| LANTOS, Thomas Peter | CA |
| STRICKLAND, Ted | OH |
| DREIER, David Timothy | CA |
| CARSON, Julia May | IN |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Steve Chabot | OH |
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