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Vote number 2006-384 allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance
on Jul 19, 2006 regarding bill H R 2389 Watt amendment to Pledge Protection Act
Results: Amendment rejected 183-241

Amendment to preserve the authority of the US Supreme Court to decide any question pertaining to the Pledge of Allegiance. The bill underlying this amendment would disallow any federal courts from hearing cases concerning the Pledge of Allegiance. This amendment would make an exception for the Supreme Court.
Proponents support voting YES because:
I believe that our Pledge of Allegiance with its use of the phrase "under God" is entirely consistent with our Nation's cultural and historic traditions. I also believe that the Court holding that use of this phrase is unconstitutional is wrong. But this court-stripping bill is not necessary. This legislation would bar a Federal court, including the Supreme Court, from reviewing any claim that challenges the recitation of the Pledge on first amendment grounds.
If we are a Nation of laws, we must be committed to allowing courts to decide what the law is. This bill is unnecessary and probably unconstitutional. It would contradict the principle of Marbury v. Madison, intrude on the principles of separation of powers, and degrade our independent Federal judiciary.
Opponents support voting NO because:
I was disappointed 4 years ago when two judges of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that our Pledge, our statement of shared national values, was somehow unconstitutional. I do not take legislation that removes an issue from the jurisdiction of this court system lightly. This legislation is appropriate, however, because of the egregious conduct of the courts in dealing with the Pledge of Allegiance.
By striking "under God" from the Pledge, the Court has shown contempt for the Congress which approved the language, and, more importantly, shows a complete disregard for the millions of Americans who proudly recite the Pledge as a statement of our shared national values and aspirations. No one is required to recite the Pledge if they disagree with its message.

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Voting NO counts for 1 points on VoteMatch question 4:
Teacher-led prayer in public schools;
Voting YES counts for -1 points on VoteMatch question 4.

Democrats voting on 2006-384

Neil Abercrombie YES Hawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)

Gary Ackerman YES New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Tom Allen YES Maine Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Rob Andrews YES New Jersey Democrat

Joe Baca YES California Democrat

Brian Baird YES Washington Democrat (until 2010)

Tammy Baldwin YES Wisconsin Democrat

John Barrow NO Georgia Democrat

Melissa Bean YES Illinois Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Xavier Becerra YES California Democrat

Shelley Berkley YES Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Howard Berman YES California Democrat

Sanford Bishop YES Georgia Democrat

Timothy Bishop YES New York Democrat

Earl Blumenauer YES Oregon Democrat

Dan Boren NO Oklahoma Democrat (Retiring 2012)

Leonard Boswell YES Iowa Democrat

Rick Boucher YES Virginia Democrat (until 2010)

Robert Brady YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Corrine Brown YES Florida Democrat

Sherrod Brown YES Ohio Democrat

G.K. Butterfield YES North Carolina Democrat

Lois Capps YES California Democrat

Michael Capuano YES Massachusetts Democrat

Benjamin Cardin YES Maryland Democrat

Dennis Cardoza YES California Democrat

Russ Carnahan YES Missouri Democrat

Julia Carson YES Indiana Democrat (Deceased 2008)

Ed Case YES Hawaii Democrat

Ben Chandler NO Kentucky Democrat

William Lacy Clay YES Missouri Democrat

Emmanuel Cleaver NO Missouri Democrat

James Clyburn YES South Carolina Democrat

John Conyers NO Michigan Democrat

Jim Cooper YES Tennessee Democrat

Jim Costa YES California Democrat

Bud Cramer NO Alabama Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Crowley YES New York Democrat

Henry Cuellar NO Texas Democrat

Elijah Cummings YES Maryland Democrat

Danny Davis YES Illinois Democrat

Jim Davis YES Florida Democrat

Lincoln Davis NO Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Susan Davis YES California Democrat

Peter Defazio YES Oregon Democrat

Diana DeGette YES Colorado Democrat

Bill Delahunt YES Massachusetts Democrat (until 2010)

Rosa DeLauro YES Connecticut Democrat

Norm Dicks YES Washington Democrat

John Dingell YES Michigan Democrat

Lloyd Doggett YES Texas Democrat

Mike Doyle YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Chet Edwards NO Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Eliot Engel YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Anna Eshoo YES California Democrat

Bob Etheridge YES North Carolina Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Sam Farr YES California Democrat

Chaka Fattah YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bob Filner YES California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)

Harold Ford NO Tennessee Democrat

Barney Frank YES Massachusetts Democrat

Bart Gordon NO Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Al Green YES Texas Democrat

Gene Green NO Texas Democrat

Raul Grijalva NO Arizona Democrat

Jane Harman YES California Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Alcee Hastings YES Florida Democrat

Stephanie Herseth NO South Dakota Democratic (until 2010)

Brian Higgins YES New York Democrat

Maurice Hinchey YES New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Ruben Hinojosa YES Texas Democrat

Tim Holden YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Rush Holt YES New Jersey Democrat

Darlene Hooley YES Oregon Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Steny Hoyer YES Maryland Democrat

Steve Israel NO New York Democrat

Jesse Louis Jackson YES Illinois Democrat

Sheila Jackson Lee YES Texas Democrat

William Jefferson YES Louisiana Democrat

Eddie Bernice Johnson YES Texas Democrat

Stephanie Tubbs Jones YES Ohio Democrat (Deceased, 2008)

Paul Kanjorski YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Marcy Kaptur YES Ohio Democrat

Patrick Kennedy YES Rhode Island Democrat (until 2010)

Dale Kildee YES Michigan Democrat

Carolyn Kilpatrick YES Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Ron Kind YES Wisconsin Democrat

Dennis Kucinich NO Ohio Democrat

James Langevin YES Rhode Island Democrat

Rick Larsen YES Washington Democrat

John Larson YES Connecticut Democrat

Barbara Lee YES California Democrat

Sander Levin YES Michigan Democrat

John Lewis YES Georgia Democrat

Dan Lipinski YES Illinois Democrat

Zoe Lofgren YES California Democrat

Nita Lowey YES New York Democrat

Steve Lynch YES Massachusetts Democrat

Carolyn Maloney YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Ed Markey YES Massachusetts Democrat

Jim Matheson NO Utah Democrat

Doris Matsui YES California Democrat

Carolyn McCarthy YES New York Dem./Ind./Working-Families

Betty McCollum YES Minnesota Democrat

Jim McDermott YES Washington Democrat

Jim McGovern YES Massachusetts Democrat

Mike McIntyre NO North Carolina Democrat

Michael McNulty YES New York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)

Marty Meehan YES Massachusetts Democrat (Retired 2007)

Gregory Meeks YES New York Dem./Working-Families

Michael Michaud YES Maine Democrat

Juanita Millender-McDonald YES California Democrat

Brad Miller YES North Carolina Democrat

George Miller YES California Democrat

Alan Mollohan NO West Virginia Democrat

Dennis Moore YES Kansas Democrat (until 2010)

Gwen Moore YES Wisconsin Democrat

James Moran YES Virginia Democrat

John Murtha YES Pennsylvania Democrat (Deceased Feb. 2010)

Jerrold Nadler YES New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Grace Napolitano YES California Democrat

Richard Neal YES Massachusetts Democrat

James Oberstar YES Minnesota Dem./Farmer/Labor (until 2010)

David Obey YES Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

John Olver YES Massachusetts Democrat

Solomon Ortiz YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Major Owens YES New York Democrat (until 2007)

Frank Pallone YES New Jersey Democrat

Bill Pascrell YES New Jersey Democrat

Ed Pastor YES Arizona Democrat

Donald Payne YES New Jersey Democrat

Nancy Pelosi YES California Democrat

Collin Peterson NO Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

Earl Pomeroy YES North Dakota Democrat (until 2010)

David Eugene Price YES North Carolina Democrat

Nick Rahall NO West Virginia Democrat

Silvestre Reyes YES Texas Democrat

Steven Rothman YES New Jersey Democrat

Lucille Roybal-Allard YES California Democrat

Dutch Ruppersberger YES Maryland Democrat

Tim Ryan YES Ohio Democrat

Martin Sabo YES Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

John Salazar NO Colorado Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Linda Sanchez YES California Democrat

Loretta Sanchez YES California Democrat

Jan Schakowsky YES Illinois Democrat

Adam Schiff YES California Democrat

Allyson Schwartz NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Bobby Scott YES Virginia Democrat

David Scott YES Georgia Democrat

Jose Serrano YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Brad Sherman YES California Democrat

Ike Skelton YES Missouri Democrat (until 2010)

Louise Slaughter YES New York Democrat

John Spratt YES South Carolina Democrat (until 2010)

Pete Stark YES California Democrat

Ted Strickland YES Ohio Democrat

Bart Stupak YES Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

John Tanner YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Gene Taylor NO Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)

Bennie Thompson YES Mississippi Democrat

Mike Thompson YES California Democrat

John Tierney YES Massachusetts Democrat

Ed Towns YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Mark Udall YES Colorado Democrat (Senate 2008)

Tom Udall YES New Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)

Chris Van Hollen YES Maryland Democrat

Nydia Velazquez YES New York Democrat/Working-Families

Peter Visclosky YES Indiana Democrat

Debbie Wasserman Schultz YES Florida Democrat

Maxine Waters YES California Democrat

Mel Watt YES North Carolina Democrat

Henry Waxman YES California Democrat

Anthony Weiner YES New York Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Robert Wexler YES Florida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)

Lynn Woolsey YES California Democrat (Retiring 2012)

David Wu YES Oregon Democrat

Albert Wynn YES Maryland Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Republicans voting on 2006-384

Robert Aderholt NO Alabama Republican

Todd Akin NO Missouri Republican (Senate run 2012)

Rodney Alexander NO Louisiana Republican

Spencer Bachus NO Alabama Republican

Richard Hugh Baker NO Louisiana Republican (Resigned 2008)

Gresham Barrett NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Roscoe Bartlett NO Maryland Republican

Joe Linus Barton NO Texas Republican

Charlie Bass YES New Hampshire Republican

Bob Beauprez NO Colorado Republican

Judy Biggert YES Illinois Republican

Brian Bilbray NO California Republican

Gus Bilirakis NO Florida Republican

Rob Bishop NO Utah Republican

Marsha Blackburn NO Tennessee Republican

Roy Blunt NO Missouri Republican (until 2010)

Sherry Boehlert NO New York Republican/Independence

John Boehner NO Ohio Republican

Henry Bonilla NO Texas Republican

Jo Bonner NO Alabama Republican

Mary Bono YES California Republican

Charles Boustany NO Louisiana Republican

Jeb Bradley NO New Hampshire Republican

Kevin Brady NO Texas Republican

Henry Brown NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Michael Burgess NO Texas Republican

Dan Burton NO Indiana Republican

Steve Buyer NO Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Ken Calvert NO California Republican

Dave Camp NO Michigan Republican

John Campbell NO California Republican

Chris Cannon NO Utah Republican

Eric Cantor NO Virginia Republican

Shelley Moore Capito NO West Virginia Republican

John Carter NO Texas Republican

Steve Chabot NO Ohio Republican

Chris Chocola NO Indiana Republican

John Howard Coble NO North Carolina Republican

Tom Cole NO Oklahoma Republican

Mike Conaway NO Texas Republican

Ander Crenshaw NO Florida Republican

Barbara Cubin NO Wyoming Republican (Retiring 2008)

John Culberson NO Texas Republican

Geoff Davis NO Kentucky Republican

Jo Ann Davis NO Virginia Republican

Tom Davis NO Virginia Republican (Retiring 2008)

Nathan Deal NO Georgia Republican (Resigned 2010)

Mario Diaz-Balart NO Florida Republican

John Doolittle NO California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thelma Drake NO Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

David Dreier NO California Republican

Jimmy Duncan NO Tennessee Republican

Vernon Ehlers NO Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Jo Ann Emerson NO Missouri Republican

Phil English NO Pennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)

Terry Everett NO Alabama Republican (Retiring 2008)

Mike Ferguson NO New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Mike Fitzpatrick NO Pennsylvania Republican

Jeff Flake YES Arizona Republican (Senate run 2012)

Mark Foley YES Florida Republican

Randy Forbes NO Virginia Republican

Jeff Fortenberry NO Nebraska Republican

Vito Fossella NO New York Rep./Cons. (Unseated 2008)

Virginia Foxx NO North Carolina Republican

Trent Franks NO Arizona Republican

Rodney Frelinghuysen NO New Jersey Republican

Elton Gallegly NO California Republican

Scott Garrett NO New Jersey Republican

Jim Gerlach NO Pennsylvania Republican

Jim Gibbons NO Nevada Republican

Wayne Gilchrest YES Maryland Republican (Unseated 2008)

Paul Gillmor NO Ohio Republican (Deceased 2007)

Phil Gingrey NO Georgia Republican

Louie Gohmert NO Texas Republican

Virgil Goode NO Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

Bob Goodlatte NO Virginia Republican

Kay Granger NO Texas Republican

Samuel Graves NO Missouri Republican

Mark Green NO Wisconsin Republican

Gil Gutknecht NO Minnesota Republican

Katherine Harris NO Florida Republican (until 2007)

Melissa Hart NO Pennsylvania Republican

Doc Hastings NO Washington Republican

Robin Hayes NO North Carolina Republican (Unseated 2008)

J.D. Hayworth NO Arizona Republican (until 2007)

Joel Hefley NO Colorado Republican

Jeb Hensarling NO Texas Republican

Wally Herger NO California Republican

Dave Hobson NO Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Peter Hoekstra NO Michigan Republican (until 2010)

John Hostettler NO Indiana Republican

Kenny Hulshof NO Missouri Republican (Governor 2008)

Duncan Hunter NO California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Henry Hyde NO Illinois Republican

Bob Inglis YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Darrell Issa NO California Republican

Ernest Istook NO Oklahoma Republican

Bill Jenkins NO Tennessee Republican (Retired 2006)

Bobby Jindal NO Louisiana Republican (Governor 2008)

Nancy Lee Johnson YES Connecticut Republican

Sam Johnson NO Texas Republican

Timothy Johnson NO Illinois Republican

Walter Beaman Jones NO North Carolina Republican

Ric Keller NO Florida Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Kelly NO New York Republican (until 2007)

Mark Kennedy NO Minnesota Republican

Peter King NO New York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life

Steve King NO Iowa Republican

Jack Kingston NO Georgia Republican

Mark Kirk NO Illinois Republican (until 2010)

John Kline NO Minnesota Republican

Joe Knollenberg NO Michigan Republican (Unseated 2008)

Jim Kolbe YES Arizona Republican

Randy Kuhl NO New York Republican (Unseated 2008)

Ray LaHood NO Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Tom Latham NO Iowa Republican

Steven LaTourette YES Ohio Republican

Jim Leach NO Iowa Republican

Jerry Lewis NO California Republican

Ron Lewis NO Kentucky Republican (Retiring 2008)

Frank LoBiondo NO New Jersey Republican

Frank Dean Lucas NO Oklahoma Republican

Dan Lungren YES California Republican

Connie Mack IV YES Florida Republican

Donald Manzullo NO Illinois Republican

Kenny Marchant NO Texas Republican

Michael McCaul NO Texas Republican

Thad McCotter NO Michigan Republican

Jim McCrery NO Louisiana Republican (Retiring 2008)

Patrick McHenry NO North Carolina Republican

John McHugh NO New York Republican/Conservative

Buck McKeon NO California Republican

John Mica NO Florida Republican

Candice Miller NO Michigan Republican

Gary Miller NO California Republican

Jeff Miller NO Florida Republican

Jerry Moran NO Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Tim Murphy NO Pennsylvania Republican

Marilyn Musgrave NO Colorado Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Myrick NO North Carolina Republican

Randy Neugebauer NO Texas Republican

Bob Ney NO Ohio Republican

Charlie Norwood NO Georgia Republican

Devin Nunes NO California Republican

Jim Nussle NO Iowa Republican

Tom Osborne NO Nebraska Republican

Butch Otter NO Idaho Republican

Michael Oxley NO Ohio Republican

Ron Paul NO Texas Republican

Steve Pearce NO New Mexico Republican

Mike Pence NO Indiana Republican (Gov. run 2012)

John Peterson NO Pennsylvania Republican (Retired 2008)

Tom Petri NO Wisconsin Republican

Joseph Pitts NO Pennsylvania Republican

Todd Platts NO Pennsylvania Republican

Ted Poe NO Texas Republican

Richard Pombo NO California Republican

Jon Porter NO Nevada Republican (Unseated 2008)

Tom Price NO Georgia Republican

Deborah Pryce YES Ohio Republican

Jim Ramstad NO Minnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)

Ralph Regula NO Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Dennis Rehberg NO Montana Republican (Senate run 2012)

Dave Reichert NO Washington Republican (Governor run 2012)

Rick Renzi NO Arizona Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thomas Reynolds NO New York Republican (Retiring 2008)

Hal Rogers NO Kentucky Republican

Michael Rogers NO Alabama Republican

Mike Rogers NO Michigan Republican

Dana Rohrabacher YES California Republican

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen NO Florida Republican

Ed Royce NO California Republican

Paul Ryan NO Wisconsin Republican

Jim Ryun NO Kansas Republican

Jim Saxton NO New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jean Schmidt NO Ohio Republican

Joe Schwarz NO Michigan Republican

James Sensenbrenner NO Wisconsin Republican

Pete Sessions NO Texas Republican

John Shadegg NO Arizona Republican

Clay Shaw NO Florida Republican

Christopher Shays YES Connecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)

Don Sherwood NO Pennsylvania Republican

John Shimkus NO Illinois Republican

Bill Shuster NO Pennsylvania Republican

Rob Simmons YES Connecticut Republican

Mike Simpson NO Idaho Republican

Christopher Smith NO New Jersey Republican

Lamar Smith NO Texas Republican

Linda Smith YES Washington Republican Former (1994-)

Mike Sodrel NO Indiana Republican

Mark Souder NO Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Cliff Stearns NO Florida Republican

John Sullivan NO Oklahoma Republican

John Sweeney NO New York Republican/Conservative

Tom Tancredo NO Colorado Republican

Charles Taylor NO North Carolina Republican

Lee Terry NO Nebraska Republican

Bill Thomas NO California Republican

Mac Thornberry NO Texas Republican

Todd Tiahrt NO Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Pat Tiberi NO Ohio Republican

Fred Upton NO Michigan Republican

Greg Walden NO Oregon Republican

Jim Walsh NO New York Rep./Ind. (Retiring 2008)

Zach Wamp NO Tennessee Republican (until 2010)

Curt Weldon NO Pennsylvania Republican

Dave Weldon NO Florida Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jerry Weller NO Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Lynn Westmoreland NO Georgia Republican

Ed Whitfield NO Kentucky Republican

Roger Wicker NO Mississippi Republican (Senate 2008)

Heather Wilson NO New Mexico Republican (Senate 2008)

Joe Wilson NO South Carolina Republican

Bill Young NO Florida Republican

Don Young NO Alaska Republican

Independents voting on 2006-384

Marion Berry NO Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

John Boozman NO Arkansas Former GOP (until 2010)

Allen Boyd NO Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Ginny Brown-Waite NO Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Michael Castle YES Delaware Former GOP (until 2010)

Artur Davis YES Alabama Former Democrat (until 2010)

Lincoln Diaz-Balart NO Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Rahm Emanuel YES Illinois Former Democrat (until 2009)

Tom Feeney NO Florida Former GOP

Tom Lantos YES California Former Democrat (until 2008)

John Linder NO Georgia Former GOP (until 2010)

Adam Putnam NO Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

George Radanovich NO California Former GOP (until 2010)

Bernie Sanders YES Vermont Independent

Vic Snyder YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

Hilda Solis YES California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Ellen Tauscher YES California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Diane Watson YES California Former Democrat (until 2010)

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 154; NO 24
Republicans: YES 17; NO 199
Independents: YES 9; NO 9

Vote number 2006-384 allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance on Jul 19, 2006 regarding bill H R 2389 Watt amendment to Pledge Protection Act Results: Amendment rejected 183-241

Categorized under Education

Voting NO counts for 1 points on VoteMatch question 4:Teacher-led prayer in public schools; Voting YES counts for -1 points on VoteMatch question 4.

Democrats voting on 2006-384

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Independents voting on 2006-384

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Vote number 2006-384 allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance
on Jul 19, 2006 regarding bill H R 2389 Watt amendment to Pledge Protection Act
Results: Amendment rejected 183-241

Voting NO counts for 1 points on VoteMatch question 4:
Teacher-led prayer in public schools;
Voting YES counts for -1 points on VoteMatch question 4.