Pledge Protection Act

109th Congress, 2nd Session

July 19, 2006

The Pledge Protection Act denies federal courts jurisdiction over interpretation of and the constitutional validity of the Pledge of Allegiance. Opponents consider such legislation antithetical to the rule of law and a political ploy. The bill passed 260-167 (5 not voting), with 39 Democrats including 6 Congressional Black Caucus members (Reps. Harold Ford, David Scott, Sanford Bishop, Al Wynn and Bennie Thompson) supporting passage. Details are in the table below and columns my be sorted by clicking on Sort in a column heading.

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Harold E. Ford Jr.
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TN
9
D
B
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ND
Edolphus Towns
Y
NY
10
D
B
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Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
Y
GA
2
D
B
BD
RURAL
Bennie G. Thompson
Y
MS
2
D
B
P
RURAL
Albert Russell Wynn
Y
MD
4
D
B
RURAL
David Scott
Y
GA
13
D
B
BD
ND
Cynthia McKinney
NV
GA
4
D
B
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
N
OH
11
D
B
P
Maxine Waters
N
CA
35
D
B
P
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
N
MI
13
D
B
Robert C. Scott
N
VA
3
D
B
Alcee L. Hastings
N
FL
23
D
B
Artur Davis
N
AL
7
D
B
ND
James E. Clyburn
N
SC
6
D
B
RURAL
Corrine Brown
N
FL
3
D
B
P
John Lewis
N
GA
5
D
B
P
Danny K. Davis
N
IL
7
D
B
P
RURAL
Kendrick B. Meek
N
FL
17
D
B
Elijah E. Cummings
N
MD
7
D
B
Wm. Lacy Clay
N
MO
1
D
B
P
Barbara Lee
N
CA
9
D
B
P
John Conyers Jr.
N
MI
14
D
B
P
Sheila Jackson-Lee
N
TX
18
D
B
P
Major R. Owens
N
NY
11
D
B
P
Diane E. Watson
N
CA
33
D
B
P
G. K. Butterfield
N
NC
1
D
B
Bobby L. Rush
N
IL
1
D
B
P
Emanuel Cleaver
N
MO
5
D
B
P
Gwen Moore
N
WI
4
D
B
Julia Carson
N
IN
7
D
B
P
Charles B. Rangel
N
NY
15
D
B
Juanita Millender-McDonald
N
CA
37
D
B
ND
RURAL
Chaka Fattah
N
PA
2
D
B
P
Eddie Bernice Johnson
N
TX
30
D
B
Melvin L. Watt
N
NC
12
D
B
P
Al Green
N
TX
9
D
B
William J. Jefferson
N
LA
2
D
B
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
N
IL
2
D
B
P
Donald M. Payne
N
NJ
10
D
B
Gregory W. Meeks
N
NY
6
D
B
ND
Henry J. Hyde
Y
IL
6
R
Fred Upton
Y
MI
6
R
Stevan Pearce
Y
NM
2
R
John R. Carter
Y
TX
31
R
RSC
John Boozman
Y
AR
3
R
RSC
RURAL
Ron Lewis
Y
KY
2
R
RURAL
Roger F. Wicker
Y
MS
1
R
RURAL
John M. McHugh
Y
NY
23
R
RURAL
John J. Duncan Jr.
Y
TN
2
R
Mark Foley
Y
FL
16
R
RURAL
Leonard L. Boswell
Y
IA
3
D
BD
RURAL
Roscoe G. Bartlett
Y
MD
6
R
RSC
Christopher H. Smith
Y
NJ
4
R
Frank D. Lucas
Y
OK
3
R
RURAL
Don Young
Y
AK
A-L
R
RURAL
Mary Bono
Y
CA
45
R
RURAL
Dan Burton
Y
IN
5
R
RSC
Vito Fossella
Y
NY
13
R
Cliff Stearns
Y
FL
6
R
RSC
RURAL
Lynn A. Westmoreland
Y
GA
8
R
Michael T. McCaul
Y
TX
10
R
Peter T. King
Y
NY
3
R
Don Sherwood
Y
PA
10
R
Rob Simmons
Y
CT
2
R
Charlie Melancon
Y
LA
3
D
BD
Walter B. Jones
Y
NC
3
R
RSC
RURAL
Steve Chabot
Y
OH
1
R
RSC
Alan B. Mollohan
Y
WV
1
D
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
Y
CA
25
R
Daniel Lipinski
Y
IL
3
D
Vernon J. Ehlers
Y
MI
3
R
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Y
NJ
11
R
Henry Cuellar
Y
TX
28
D
H
RURAL
Duncan Hunter
Y
CA
52
R
RSC
Roy Blunt
Y
MO
7
R
RURAL
John E. Sweeney
Y
NY
20
R
RURAL
David G. Reichert
Y
WA
8
R
Katherine Harris
Y
FL
13
R
Robert W. Ney
Y
OH
18
R
RURAL
Chet Edwards
Y
TX
17
D
RURAL
Gary G. Miller
Y
CA
42
R
RSC
Chris Chocola
Y
IN
2
R
RSC
Tim Holden
Y
PA
17
D
BD
Frank R. Wolf
Y
VA
10
R
Patrick T. McHenry
Y
NC
10
R
John A. Boehner
Y
OH
8
R
John Abney Culberson
Y
TX
7
R
RSC
Mark Steven Kirk
Y
IL
10
R
Candice S. Miller
Y
MI
10
R
Jon C. Porter
Y
NV
3
R
Curt Weldon
Y
PA
7
R
Chris Cannon
Y
UT
3
R
John B. Shadegg
Y
AZ
3
R
RSC
Thomas G. Tancredo
Y
CO
6
R
RSC
Ben Chandler
Y
KY
6
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RURAL
Dennis R. Rehberg
Y
MT
A-L
R
RSC
RURAL
Bart Gordon
Y
TN
6
D
Thomas E. Petri
Y
WI
6
R
RURAL
William M. Thomas
Y
CA
22
R
Michael K. Simpson
Y
ID
2
R
RURAL
Greg Walden
Y
OR
2
R
RURAL
Robert B. Aderholt
Y
AL
4
R
RSC
RURAL
Darrell E. Issa
Y
CA
49
R
Michael E. Sodrel
Y
IN
9
R
Ike Skelton
Y
MO
4
D
RURAL
J. Gresham Barrett
Y
SC
3
R
RSC
Cathy McMorris
Y
WA
5
R
C. W. Bill Young
Y
FL
10
R
John Barrow
Y
GA
12
D
BD
Tom Osborne
Y
NE
3
R
RURAL
Deborah Pryce
Y
OH
15
R
Ron Paul
Y
TX
14
R
RURAL
Ray LaHood
Y
IL
18
R
RURAL
John Kline
Y
MN
2
R
RSC
Eric Cantor
Y
VA
7
R
RSC
RURAL
Wally Herger
Y
CA
2
R
RSC
RURAL
Michael N. Castle
Y
DE
A-L
R
Charles W. Boustany Jr.
Y
LA
7
R
Mike McIntyre
Y
NC
7
D
BD
ND
RURAL
Paul E. Gillmor
Y
OH
5
R
RURAL
Ralph M. Hall
Y
TX
4
R
RURAL
John J. H. ``Joe'' Schwarz
Y
MI
7
R
Melissa A. Hart
Y
PA
4
R
Pete Sessions
Y
TX
32
R
RSC
Mike Ross
Y
AR
4
D
BD
RURAL
John T. Salazar
Y
CO
3
D
H
BD
Sherwood Boehlert
Y
NY
24
R
RURAL
Zach Wamp
Y
TN
3
R
RURAL
George Radanovich
Y
CA
19
R
RSC
Tom Latham
Y
IA
4
R
RURAL
Scott Garrett
Y
NJ
5
R
RSC
Tom Cole
Y
OK
4
R
RSC
Lamar S. Smith
Y
TX
21
R
Jo Bonner
Y
AL
1
R
Mike Pence
Y
IN
6
R
RSC
John L. Mica
Y
FL
7
R
Charlie Norwood
Y
GA
9
R
RSC
Patrick J. Tiberi
Y
OH
12
R
RSC
K. Michael Conaway
Y
TX
11
R
Timothy V. Johnson
Y
IL
15
R
RURAL
J. Randy Forbes
Y
VA
4
R
RSC
Tom Feeney
Y
FL
24
R
RSC
Jim McCrery
Y
LA
4
R
RURAL
Tom Price
Y
GA
6
R
Jean Schmidt
Y
OH
2
R
Louie Gohmert
Y
TX
1
R
Shelley Moore Capito
Y
WV
2
R
RURAL
David Dreier
Y
CA
26
R
Dave Camp
Y
MI
4
R
RSC
Gene Green
Y
TX
29
D
Marion Berry
Y
AR
1
D
BD
RURAL
Todd Tiahrt
Y
KS
4
R
RSC
Jo Ann Emerson
Y
MO
8
R
RURAL
Stephanie Herseth
Y
SD
A-L
D
BD
ND
Connie Mack
Y
FL
14
R
Jim Nussle
Y
IA
1
R
Frank A. LoBiondo
Y
NJ
2
R
RURAL
John Sullivan
Y
OK
1
R
RSC
Mark E. Souder
Y
IN
3
R
RSC
RURAL
Mark R. Kennedy
Y
MN
6
R
RURAL
Tim Murphy
Y
PA
18
R
RSC
Tom Davis
Y
VA
11
R
Ander Crenshaw
Y
FL
4
R
Charles H. Taylor
Y
NC
11
R
RSC
RURAL
Kevin Brady
Y
TX
8
R
RURAL
Jerry Weller
Y
IL
11
R
Thaddeus G. McCotter
Y
MI
11
R
Michael G. Fitzpatrick
Y
PA
8
R
Jo Ann Davis
Y
VA
1
R
RSC
Bob Beauprez
Y
CO
7
R
RSC
Bobby Jindal
Y
LA
1
R
RURAL
Marsha Blackburn
Y
TN
7
R
RSC
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Y
FL
21
R
H
Michael C. Burgess
Y
TX
26
R
RSC
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.
Y
AL
5
D
BD
Brian Bilbray
Y
CA
50
R
Jerry Moran
Y
KS
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Jeb Bradley
Y
NH
1
R
RURAL
Ralph Regula
Y
OH
16
R
Rubén Hinojosa
Y
TX
15
D
H
Edward R. Royce
Y
CA
40
R
John Shimkus
Y
IL
19
R
RURAL
Jim Ramstad
Y
MN
3
R
Charles W. Dent
Y
PA
15
R
Daniel E. Lungren
Y
CA
3
R
Jeff Miller
Y
FL
1
R
RSC
Jim Marshall
Y
GA
3
D
Robin Hayes
Y
NC
8
R
RSC
RURAL
Jeb Hensarling
Y
TX
5
R
RSC
Mike Rogers
Y
MI
8
R
John E. Peterson
Y
PA
5
R
RURAL
Rob Bishop
Y
UT
1
R
Rick Renzi
Y
AZ
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Marilyn N. Musgrave
Y
CO
4
R
RSC
Geoff Davis
Y
KY
4
R
Charles W. ``Chip'' Pickering
Y
MS
3
R
RURAL
James T. Walsh
Y
NY
25
R
Lincoln Davis
Y
TN
4
D
BD
RURAL
Jim Costa
Y
CA
20
D
BD
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Y
FL
18
R
H
Steve King
Y
IA
5
R
RSC
RURAL
Ernest J. Istook Jr.
Y
OK
5
R
RSC
Henry Bonilla
Y
TX
23
R
H
Terry Everett
Y
AL
2
R
RURAL
W. Todd Akin
Y
MO
2
R
RSC
Henry E. Brown Jr.
Y
SC
1
R
RSC
Ric Keller
Y
FL
8
R
Nathan Deal
Y
GA
10
R
RURAL
Jeff Fortenberry
Y
NE
1
R
Kay Granger
Y
TX
12
R
Donald A. Manzullo
Y
IL
16
R
RURAL
Virgil H. Goode Jr.
Y
VA
5
R
RSC
RURAL
Mario Diaz-Balart
Y
FL
25
R
H
RSC
Rodney Alexander
Y
LA
5
R
Virginia Foxx
Y
NC
5
R
Michael R. Turner
Y
OH
3
R
Ted Poe
Y
TX
2
R
Nick J. Rahall II
Y
WV
3
D
RURAL
Heather Wilson
Y
NM
1
R
RURAL
Ed Whitfield
Y
KY
1
R
RURAL
Kenny C. Hulshof
Y
MO
9
R
RURAL
William L. Jenkins
Y
TN
1
R
RURAL
Paul Ryan
Y
WI
1
R
RSC
Dave Weldon
Y
FL
15
R
RSC
James A. Leach
Y
IA
2
R
RURAL
Jim Saxton
Y
NJ
3
R
Dan Boren
Y
OK
2
D
BD
Randy Neugebauer
Y
TX
19
R
RURAL
Ken Calvert
Y
CA
44
R
Steve Buyer
Y
IN
4
R
Collin C. Peterson
Y
MN
7
D
BD
RURAL
Todd Russell Platts
Y
PA
19
R
Ginny Brown-Waite
Y
FL
5
R
John Linder
Y
GA
7
R
Jerry F. Costello
Y
IL
12
D
RURAL
Bill Shuster
Y
PA
9
R
RURAL
Thelma D. Drake
Y
VA
2
R
RSC
J. D. Hayworth
Y
AZ
5
R
RSC
RURAL
Bob Etheridge
Y
NC
2
D
ND
RURAL
John R. ``Randy'' Kuhl Jr.
Y
NY
29
R
John S. Tanner
Y
TN
8
D
BD
RURAL
Mark Green
Y
WI
8
R
RSC
RURAL
Elton Gallegly
Y
CA
24
R
E. Clay Shaw Jr.
Y
FL
22
R
Peter Hoekstra
Y
MI
2
R
Spencer Bachus
Y
AL
6
R
RSC
Jim Ryun
Y
KS
2
R
RSC
RURAL
Sam Graves
Y
MO
6
R
RURAL
Sue W. Kelly
Y
NY
19
R
Adam H. Putnam
Y
FL
12
R
Charles F. Bass
Y
NH
2
R
RURAL
Jerry Lewis
Y
CA
41
R
RSC
Joseph R. Pitts
Y
PA
16
R
RSC
Rick Boucher
Y
VA
9
D
RURAL
John T. Doolittle
Y
CA
4
R
RSC
Allen Boyd
Y
FL
2
D
BD
RURAL
Sue Wilkins Myrick
Y
NC
9
R
RSC
David L. Hobson
Y
OH
7
R
RURAL
Joe Barton
Y
TX
6
R
RSC
RURAL
Joe Knollenberg
Y
MI
9
R
Jim Gibbons
Y
NV
2
R
RURAL
Jim Gerlach
Y
PA
6
R
Jim Matheson
Y
UT
2
D
BD
RURAL
Trent Franks
Y
AZ
2
R
RSC
Joel Hefley
Y
CO
5
R
Harold Rogers
Y
KY
5
R
RURAL
Gene Taylor
Y
MS
4
D
BD
RURAL
Thomas M. Reynolds
Y
NY
26
R
RSC
RURAL
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr.
Y
WI
5
R
Devin Nunes
Y
CA
21
R
C. L. ``Butch'' Otter
Y
ID
1
R
RURAL
Mike Ferguson
Y
NJ
7
R
Kenny Marchant
Y
TX
24
R
Mike Rogers
Y
AL
3
R
John Campbell
Y
CA
48
R
RSC
John N. Hostettler
Y
IN
8
R
RSC
Russ Carnahan
Y
MO
3
D
ND
Joe Wilson
Y
SC
2
R
RSC
RURAL
Doc Hastings
Y
WA
4
R
RURAL
Richard W. Pombo
Y
CA
11
R
RSC
RURAL
Michael Bilirakis
Y
FL
9
R
Phil Gingrey
Y
GA
11
R
RSC
Lee Terry
Y
NE
2
R
RSC
Steven C. LaTourette
Y
OH
14
R
Mac Thornberry
Y
TX
13
R
RSC
RURAL
Gil Gutknecht
Y
MN
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Bob Goodlatte
Y
VA
6
R
RSC
RURAL
Nancy L. Johnson
Y
CT
5
R
RURAL
Jack Kingston
Y
GA
1
R
Richard H. Baker
Y
LA
6
R
RURAL
Howard Coble
Y
NC
6
R
Michael G. Oxley
Y
OH
4
R
Sam Johnson
Y
TX
3
R
RSC
Barbara Cubin
Y
WY
A-L
R
RSC
RURAL
Jay Inslee
NV
WA
1
D
ND
Anne M. Northup
NV
KY
3
R
RSC
Luis V. Gutierrez
NV
IL
4
D
H
P
Lane Evans
NV
IL
17
D
P
RURAL
Phil English
N
PA
3
R
RURAL
Mark Udall
N
CO
2
D
Tammy Baldwin
N
WI
2
D
P
Dennis A. Cardoza
N
CA
18
D
BD
Charles A. Gonzalez
N
TX
20
D
H
James L. Oberstar
N
MN
8
D
RURAL
Patrick J. Kennedy
N
RI
1
D
Nancy Pelosi
N
CA
8
D
P
John F. Tierney
N
MA
6
D
P
Brad Miller
N
NC
13
D
Judy Biggert
N
IL
13
R
Jeff Flake
N
AZ
6
R
RSC
Darlene Hooley
N
OR
5
D
ND
RURAL
Dennis Moore
N
KS
3
D
BD
ND
Michael M. Honda
N
CA
15
D
Ed Case
N
HI
2
D
BD
ND
RURAL
Benjamin L. Cardin
N
MD
3
D
Robert E. Andrews
N
NJ
1
D
Martin Olav Sabo
N
MN
5
D
Doris Matsui
N
CA
5
D
James P. McGovern
N
MA
3
D
P
Hilda L. Solis
N
CA
32
D
H
P
Brian Higgins
N
NY
27
D
ND
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
N
FL
20
D
Michael H. Michaud
N
ME
2
D
BD
Bill Pascrell Jr.
N
NJ
8
D
Lloyd Doggett
N
TX
25
D
Eliot L. Engel
N
NY
17
D
ND
Tom Lantos
N
CA
12
D
P
William D. Delahunt
N
MA
10
D
RURAL
Linda T. Sánchez
N
CA
39
D
H
Joseph Crowley
N
NY
7
D
ND
Michael F. Doyle
N
PA
14
D
Adam B. Schiff
N
CA
29
D
BD
ND
Tom Udall
N
NM
3
D
P
ND
RURAL
Ron Kind
N
WI
3
D
ND
RURAL
Dana Rohrabacher
N
CA
46
R
Carolyn B. Maloney
N
NY
14
D
James R. Langevin
N
RI
2
D
Rick Larsen
N
WA
2
D
ND
Edward J. Markey
N
MA
7
D
Earl Pomeroy
N
ND
A-L
D
BD
RURAL
Jane Harman
N
CA
36
D
BD
ND
Carolyn McCarthy
N
NY
4
D
ND
Paul E. Kanjorski
N
PA
11
D
RURAL
Raúl M. Grijalva
N
AZ
7
D
H
P
Rosa L. DeLauro
N
CT
3
D
P
Rush D. Holt
N
NJ
12
D
ND
Robert A. Brady
N
PA
1
D
Susan A. Davis
N
CA
53
D
Michael R. McNulty
N
NY
21
D
Adam Smith
N
WA
9
D
ND
Zoe Lofgren
N
CA
16
D
Joe Baca
N
CA
43
D
H
BD
Lynn C. Woolsey
N
CA
6
D
P
David E. Price
N
NC
4
D
ND
Barney Frank
N
MA
4
D
P
Marcy Kaptur
N
OH
9
D
P
RURAL
Timothy H. Bishop
N
NY
1
D
Ed Pastor
N
AZ
4
D
H
P
RURAL
Louise McIntosh Slaughter
N
NY
28
D
David R. Obey
N
WI
7
D
Lois Capps
N
CA
23
D
ND
RURAL
Bart Stupak
N
MI
1
D
RURAL
Steven R. Rothman
N
NJ
9
D
Earl Blumenauer
N
OR
3
D
Nita M. Lowey
N
NY
18
D
Bob Inglis
N
SC
4
R
Norman D. Dicks
N
WA
6
D
Fortney Pete Stark
N
CA
13
D
P
Jim Davis
N
FL
11
D
ND
Wayne T. Gilchrest
N
MD
1
R
RURAL
Jerrold Nadler
N
NY
8
D
P
James P. Moran
N
VA
8
D
ND
John W. Olver
N
MA
1
D
RURAL
Ted Strickland
N
OH
6
D
RURAL
Henry A. Waxman
N
CA
30
D
P
Melissa L. Bean
N
IL
8
D
Shelley Berkley
N
NV
1
D
ND
Chris Van Hollen
N
MD
8
D
Frank Pallone Jr.
N
NJ
6
D
Loretta Sanchez
N
CA
47
D
H
BD
ND
Brian Baird
N
WA
3
D
ND
RURAL
Ellen O. Tauscher
N
CA
10
D
BD
ND
Michael E. Capuano
N
MA
8
D
P
Sherrod Brown
N
OH
13
D
P
John D. Dingell
N
MI
15
D
Gary L. Ackerman
N
NY
5
D
John P. Murtha
N
PA
12
D
Jim Kolbe
N
AZ
8
R
RURAL
Christopher Shays
N
CT
4
R
Brad Sherman
N
CA
27
D
Rahm Emanuel
N
IL
5
D
ND
Dale E. Kildee
N
MI
5
D
Vic Snyder
N
AR
2
D
RURAL
Diana DeGette
N
CO
1
D
Maurice D. Hinchey
N
NY
22
D
P
RURAL
Sam Farr
N
CA
17
D
P
Steny H. Hoyer
N
MD
5
D
RURAL
Nydia M. Velázquez
N
NY
12
D
H
P
BERNARD SANDERS
N
VT
A-L
I
P
RURAL
George Miller
N
CA
7
D
P
Martin T. Meehan
N
MA
5
D
Dennis J. Kucinich
N
OH
10
D
P
Lucille Roybal-Allard
N
CA
34
D
H
Sander M. Levin
N
MI
12
D
Steve Israel
N
NY
2
D
BD
ND
John B. Larson
N
CT
1
D
ND
Peter A. DeFazio
N
OR
4
D
P
RURAL
Solomon P. Ortiz
N
TX
27
D
H
Bob Filner
N
CA
51
D
P
John M. Spratt Jr.
N
SC
5
D
RURAL
Jim McDermott
N
WA
7
D
P
Anna G. Eshoo
N
CA
14
D
Neil Abercrombie
N
HI
1
D
P
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
N
MD
2
D
Tim Ryan
N
OH
17
D
Silvestre Reyes
N
TX
16
D
H
Peter J. Visclosky
N
IN
1
D
RURAL
Betty McCollum
N
MN
4
D
Anthony D. Weiner
N
NY
9
D
Richard E. Neal
N
MA
2
D
Xavier Becerra
N
CA
31
D
P
Janice D. Schakowsky
N
IL
9
D
P
Jim Cooper
N
TN
5
D
BD
Robert Wexler
N
FL
19
D
Thomas H. Allen
N
ME
1
D
RURAL
David Wu
N
OR
1
D
ND
José E. Serrano
N
NY
16
D
H
P
Stephen F. Lynch
N
MA
9
D
Grace F. Napolitano
N
CA
38
D
H
Allyson Y. Schwartz
N
PA
13
D
ND
Mike Thompson
N
CA
1
D
BD
RURAL
Howard L. Berman
N
CA
28
D

Source: Clerk of the House, Web pages of the caucuses, file sent by staff for Blue Dogs.

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