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.

Data Set Sorted By state, cd in Ascending Order

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

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

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