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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State Sort |
District |
Party Sort |
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Republican Study Comm. Sort |
Rural Caucus Sort |
Don Young |
Y |
AK |
A-L |
R |
RURAL |
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Jo Bonner |
Y |
AL |
1 |
R |
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Terry Everett |
Y |
AL |
2 |
R |
RURAL |
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Mike Rogers |
Y |
AL |
3 |
R |
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Robert B. Aderholt |
Y |
AL |
4 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
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Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. |
Y |
AL |
5 |
D |
BD |
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Spencer Bachus |
Y |
AL |
6 |
R |
RSC |
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Artur Davis |
N |
AL |
7 |
D |
B |
ND |
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Marion Berry |
Y |
AR |
1 |
D |
BD |
RURAL |
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Vic Snyder |
N |
AR |
2 |
D |
RURAL |
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John Boozman |
Y |
AR |
3 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
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Mike Ross |
Y |
AR |
4 |
D |
BD |
RURAL |
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Rick Renzi |
Y |
AZ |
1 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
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Trent Franks |
Y |
AZ |
2 |
R |
RSC |
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John B. Shadegg |
Y |
AZ |
3 |
R |
RSC |
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Ed Pastor |
N |
AZ |
4 |
D |
H |
P |
RURAL |
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J. D. Hayworth |
Y |
AZ |
5 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
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Jeff Flake |
N |
AZ |
6 |
R |
RSC |
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Raúl M. Grijalva |
N |
AZ |
7 |
D |
H |
P |
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Jim Kolbe |
N |
AZ |
8 |
R |
RURAL |
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Mike Thompson |
N |
CA |
1 |
D |
BD |
RURAL |
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Wally Herger |
Y |
CA |
2 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
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Daniel E. Lungren |
Y |
CA |
3 |
R |
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John T. Doolittle |
Y |
CA |
4 |
R |
RSC |
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Doris Matsui |
N |
CA |
5 |
D |
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Lynn C. Woolsey |
N |
CA |
6 |
D |
P |
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George Miller |
N |
CA |
7 |
D |
P |
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Nancy Pelosi |
N |
CA |
8 |
D |
P |
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Barbara Lee |
N |
CA |
9 |
D |
B |
P |
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Ellen O. Tauscher |
N |
CA |
10 |
D |
BD |
ND |
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Richard W. Pombo |
Y |
CA |
11 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
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Tom Lantos |
N |
CA |
12 |
D |
P |
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Fortney Pete Stark |
N |
CA |
13 |
D |
P |
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Anna G. Eshoo |
N |
CA |
14 |
D |
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Michael M. Honda |
N |
CA |
15 |
D |
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Zoe Lofgren |
N |
CA |
16 |
D |
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Sam Farr |
N |
CA |
17 |
D |
P |
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Dennis A. Cardoza |
N |
CA |
18 |
D |
BD |
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George Radanovich |
Y |
CA |
19 |
R |
RSC |
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Jim Costa |
Y |
CA |
20 |
D |
BD |
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Devin Nunes |
Y |
CA |
21 |
R |
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William M. Thomas |
Y |
CA |
22 |
R |
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Lois Capps |
N |
CA |
23 |
D |
ND |
RURAL |
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Elton Gallegly |
Y |
CA |
24 |
R |
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Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon |
Y |
CA |
25 |
R |
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David Dreier |
Y |
CA |
26 |
R |
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Brad Sherman |
N |
CA |
27 |
D |
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Howard L. Berman |
N |
CA |
28 |
D |
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Adam B. Schiff |
N |
CA |
29 |
D |
BD |
ND |
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Henry A. Waxman |
N |
CA |
30 |
D |
P |
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Xavier Becerra |
N |
CA |
31 |
D |
P |
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Hilda L. Solis |
N |
CA |
32 |
D |
H |
P |
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Diane E. Watson |
N |
CA |
33 |
D |
B |
P |
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Lucille Roybal-Allard |
N |
CA |
34 |
D |
H |
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Maxine Waters |
N |
CA |
35 |
D |
B |
P |
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Jane Harman |
N |
CA |
36 |
D |
BD |
ND |
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Juanita Millender-McDonald |
N |
CA |
37 |
D |
B |
ND |
RURAL |
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Grace F. Napolitano |
N |
CA |
38 |
D |
H |
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Linda T. Sánchez |
N |
CA |
39 |
D |
H |
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Edward R. Royce |
Y |
CA |
40 |
R |
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Jerry Lewis |
Y |
CA |
41 |
R |
RSC |
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Gary G. Miller |
Y |
CA |
42 |
R |
RSC |
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Joe Baca |
N |
CA |
43 |
D |
H |
BD |
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Ken Calvert |
Y |
CA |
44 |
R |
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Mary Bono |
Y |
CA |
45 |
R |
RURAL |
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Dana Rohrabacher |
N |
CA |
46 |
R |
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Loretta Sanchez |
N |
CA |
47 |
D |
H |
BD |
ND |
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John Campbell |
Y |
CA |
48 |
R |
RSC |
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Darrell E. Issa |
Y |
CA |
49 |
R |
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Brian Bilbray |
Y |
CA |
50 |
R |
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Bob Filner |
N |
CA |
51 |
D |
P |
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Duncan Hunter |
Y |
CA |
52 |
R |
RSC |
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Susan A. Davis |
N |
CA |
53 |
D |
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Diana DeGette |
N |
CO |
1 |
D |
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Mark Udall |
N |
CO |
2 |
D |
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John T. Salazar |
Y |
CO |
3 |
D |
H |
BD |
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Marilyn N. Musgrave |
Y |
CO |
4 |
R |
RSC |
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Joel Hefley |
Y |
CO |
5 |
R |
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Thomas G. Tancredo |
Y |
CO |
6 |
R |
RSC |
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Bob Beauprez |
Y |
CO |
7 |
R |
RSC |
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John B. Larson |
N |
CT |
1 |
D |
ND |
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Rob Simmons |
Y |
CT |
2 |
R |
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Rosa L. DeLauro |
N |
CT |
3 |
D |
P |
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Christopher Shays |
N |
CT |
4 |
R |
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Nancy L. Johnson |
Y |
CT |
5 |
R |
RURAL |
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Michael N. Castle |
Y |
DE |
A-L |
R |
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Jeff Miller |
Y |
FL |
1 |
R |
RSC |
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Allen Boyd |
Y |
FL |
2 |
D |
BD |
RURAL |
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Corrine Brown |
N |
FL |
3 |
D |
B |
P |
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Ander Crenshaw |
Y |
FL |
4 |
R |
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Ginny Brown-Waite |
Y |
FL |
5 |
R |
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Cliff Stearns |
Y |
FL |
6 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
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John L. Mica |
Y |
FL |
7 |
R |
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Ric Keller |
Y |
FL |
8 |
R |
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Michael Bilirakis |
Y |
FL |
9 |
R |
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C. W. Bill Young |
Y |
FL |
10 |
R |
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Jim Davis |
N |
FL |
11 |
D |
ND |
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Adam H. Putnam |
Y |
FL |
12 |
R |
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Katherine Harris |
Y |
FL |
13 |
R |
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Connie Mack |
Y |
FL |
14 |
R |
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Dave Weldon |
Y |
FL |
15 |
R |
RSC |
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Mark Foley |
Y |
FL |
16 |
R |
RURAL |
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Kendrick B. Meek |
N |
FL |
17 |
D |
B |
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
Y |
FL |
18 |
R |
H |
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Robert Wexler |
N |
FL |
19 |
D |
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
N |
FL |
20 |
D |
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart |
Y |
FL |
21 |
R |
H |
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E. Clay Shaw Jr. |
Y |
FL |
22 |
R |
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Alcee L. Hastings |
N |
FL |
23 |
D |
B |
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Tom Feeney |
Y |
FL |
24 |
R |
RSC |
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Mario Diaz-Balart |
Y |
FL |
25 |
R |
H |
RSC |
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Jack Kingston |
Y |
GA |
1 |
R |
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Sanford D. Bishop Jr. |
Y |
GA |
2 |
D |
B |
BD |
RURAL |
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Jim Marshall |
Y |
GA |
3 |
D |
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Cynthia McKinney |
NV |
GA |
4 |
D |
B |
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John Lewis |
N |
GA |
5 |
D |
B |
P |
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Tom Price |
Y |
GA |
6 |
R |
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John Linder |
Y |
GA |
7 |
R |
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Lynn A. Westmoreland |
Y |
GA |
8 |
R |
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Charlie Norwood |
Y |
GA |
9 |
R |
RSC |
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Nathan Deal |
Y |
GA |
10 |
R |
RURAL |
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Phil Gingrey |
Y |
GA |
11 |
R |
RSC |
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John Barrow |
Y |
GA |
12 |
D |
BD |
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David Scott |
Y |
GA |
13 |
D |
B |
BD |
ND |
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Neil Abercrombie |
N |
HI |
1 |
D |
P |
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Ed Case |
N |
HI |
2 |
D |
BD |
ND |
RURAL |
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Jim Nussle |
Y |
IA |
1 |
R |
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James A. Leach |
Y |
IA |
2 |
R |
RURAL |
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Leonard L. Boswell |
Y |
IA |
3 |
D |
BD |
RURAL |
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Tom Latham |
Y |
IA |
4 |
R |
RURAL |
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Steve King |
Y |
IA |
5 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
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C. L. ``Butch'' Otter |
Y |
ID |
1 |
R |
RURAL |
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Michael K. Simpson |
Y |
ID |
2 |
R |
RURAL |
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Bobby L. Rush |
N |
IL |
1 |
D |
B |
P |
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Jesse L. Jackson Jr. |
N |
IL |
2 |
D |
B |
P |
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Daniel Lipinski |
Y |
IL |
3 |