Pledge Protection Act 2004 (H.R. 2028) Overview

I. Summary Rep. Todd Akin, Republican from Missouri, introduced the House Bill known as the Pledge Protection Act 2004 on May 8, 2003. It would amend title 28 of United States Code with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance. On Sept. 23, 2004 the bill passed the House of Representatives by roll call vote. On Sept. 27, 2004 it was recieved by the Senate. This bill did not become a law. Pledge Protection Act 2004 stated, "No court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, the Pledge of Allegiance, as defined in section 4 of title 4, or its recitation. The limitation in this section shall not apply to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals." See the full text of Pledge Protection Act 2004 (PDF) 29.8KB

II. Vote Summary

H.R. 2028 passed the House of Representatives on Sept. 23, 2004 with:		Ayes	Nays	No Vote
247 Ayes	Democrat	34	166	5
173 Nays	Republican	213	6	8
13 Not Voting	Independent	0	1	0

 

 

III. Vote Totals

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Representative's Name District Vote Abercrombie, Neil [D] HI-01 Nay Ackerman, Gary [D] NY-05 Nay Aderholt, Robert [R] AL-04 Aye Akin, W. [R] MO-02 Aye Alexander, Rodney [R] LA-05 Aye Allen, Thomas[D] ME-01 Nay Andrews, Robert [D] NJ-01 Nay Baca, Joe [D] CA-43 Nay Bachus, Spencer [R] AL-06 Aye Baird, Brian [D] WA-03 Nay Baker, Richard [R] LA-06 Aye Baldwin, Tammy [D] WI-02 Nay Ballenger, Cass [R] NC-10 Aye Barrett, James [R] SC-03 Aye Bartlett, Roscoe [R] MD-06 Aye Barton, Joe [R] TX-06 Aye Bass, Charles [R] NH-02 Aye Beauprez, Bob [R] CO-07 Aye Becerra, Xavier [D] CA-31 Nay Bell, Chris [D] TX-25 Nay Berkley, Shelley [D] NV-01 Nay Berman, Howard [D] CA-28 Nay Berry, Robert [D] AR-01 Aye Biggert, Judy [R] IL-13 Nay Bilirakis, Michael [R] FL-09 Aye Bishop, Rob [R] UT-01 Aye Bishop, Sanford [D] GA-02 No Vote Bishop, Timothy [D] NY-01 Nay Blackburn, Marsha [R] TN-07 Aye Blumenauer, Earl [D] OR-03 Nay Blunt, Roy [R] MO-07 Aye Boehlert, Sherwood [R] NY-24 Aye Boehner, John [R] OH-08 Aye Bonilla, Henry [R] TX-23 Aye Bonner, Jo [R] AL-01 No Vote Bono, Mary [R] CA-45 Aye Boozman, John [R] AR-03 Aye Boswell, Leonard [D] IA-03 Aye Boucher, Frederick [D] VA-09 Aye Boyd, F. [D] FL-02 Aye Bradley, Jeb [R] NH-1 Aye Brady, Kevin [R] TX-08 Aye Brady, Robert [D] PA-01 Nay Brown, Corrine [D] FL-03 Nay Brown, Henry [R] SC-01 Aye Brown, Sherrod [D] OH-13 Nay Brown-Waite, Virginia [R] FL-05 Aye Burgess, Michael [R] TX-26 Aye Burns, Max [R] GA-12 Aye Burr, Richard [R] NC-5 Aye Burton, Dan [R] IN-05 Aye Butterfield, George [D] NC-1 Nay Buyer, Stephen [R] IN-04 Aye Calvert, Ken [R] CA-44 Aye Camp, David [R] MI-04 Aye Cannon, Christopher [R] UT-03 No Vote Cantor, Eric [R] VA-07 Aye Capito, Shelley [R] WV-02 Aye Capps, Lois [D] CA-23 Nay Capuano, Michael [D] MA-08 Nay Cardin, Benjamin [D] MD-03 Nay Cardoza, Dennis [D] CA-18 Nay Carson, Brad [D] OK-2 Aye Carson, Julia [D] IN-07 Nay Carter, John [R] TX-31 Aye Case, Ed [D] HI-02 Nay Castle, Michael [R] DE-00 Aye Chabot, Steven [R] OH-01 Aye Chandler, Ben [D] KY-6 Aye Chocola, Chris [R] IN-02 Aye Clay, William [D] MO-01 Nay Clyburn, James [D] SC-06 Aye Coble, John [R] NC-06 Aye Cole, Tom [R] OK-04 Aye Collins, Michael [R] GA-8 Aye Conyers, John [D] MI-14 Nay Cooper, Jim [D] TN-05 Nay Costello, Jerry [D] IL-12 Aye Cox, C. [R] CA-48 Aye Cramer, Robert [D] AL-05 Aye Crane, Philip [R] IL-8 Aye Crenshaw, Ander [R] FL-04 Aye Crowley, Joseph [D] NY-07 Nay Cubin, Barbara [R] WY-00 Aye Culberson, John [R] TX-07 Aye Cummings, Elijah [D] MD-07 Nay Cunningham, Randall [R] CA-50 Aye Davis, Artur [D] AL-07 Nay Davis, Danny [D] IL-07 Nay Davis, James [D] FL-11 Nay Davis, Jo Ann [R] VA-01 Aye Davis, Lincoln [D] TN-04 Aye Davis, Susan [D] CA-53 Nay Davis, Thomas [R] VA-11 Aye Deal, Nathan [R] GA-10 Aye DeFazio, Peter [D] OR-04 Nay DeGette, Diana [D] CO-01 Nay Delahunt, William [D] MA-10 Nay DeLauro, Rosa [D] CT-03 Nay DeLay, Thomas [R] TX-22 Aye Demint, Jim [R] SC-4 Aye Deutsch, Peter [D] FL-20 Nay Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R] FL-21 Aye Diaz-Balart, Mario [R] FL-25 Aye Dicks, Norman [D] WA-06 Nay Dingell, John [D] MI-15 Nay Doggett, Lloyd [D] TX-10 Nay Dooley, Calvin [D] CA-20 Nay Doolittle, John [R] CA-04 Aye Doyle, Michael [D] PA-14 Nay Dreier, David [R] CA-26 Aye Duncan, John [R] TN-02 Aye Dunn, Jennifer [R] WA-8 Aye Edwards, Thomas [D] TX-11 Aye Ehlers, Vernon [R] MI-03 Aye Emanuel, Rahm [D] IL-05 Nay Emerson, Jo Ann [R] MO-08 Aye Engel, Eliot [D] NY-17 Nay English, Philip [R] PA-03 Aye Eshoo, Anna [D] CA-14 Nay Etheridge, Bob [D] NC-02 Aye Evans, Lane [D] IL-17 Nay Everett, Terry [R] AL-02 Aye Farr, Sam [D] CA-17 Nay Fattah, Chaka [D] PA-02 Nay Feeney, Tom [R] FL-24 Aye Ferguson, Michael [R] NJ-07 Aye Filner, Bob [D] CA-51 Nay Flake, Jeff [R] AZ-06 Aye Foley, Mark [R] FL-16 Aye Forbes, James [R] VA-04 Aye Ford, Harold [D] TN-09 Aye Fossella, Vito [R] NY-13 Aye Frank, Barney [D] MA-04 Nay Franks, Trent [R] AZ-02 Aye Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R] NJ-11 Aye Frost, Jonas [D] TX-24 Nay Gallegly, Elton [R] CA-24 Aye Garrett, E. [R] NJ-05 Aye Gephardt, Richard [D] MO-03 Nay Gerlach, Jim [R] PA-06 Aye Gibbons, James [R] NV-02 Aye Gilchrest, Wayne [R] MD-01 Nay Gillmor, Paul [R] OH-05 Aye Gingrey, John [R] GA-11 Aye Gonzalez, Charles [D] TX-20 Nay Goode, Virgil [R] VA-05 Aye Goodlatte, Robert [R] VA-06 Aye Gordon, Barton [D] TN-06 Aye Goss, Porter [R] FL-14 No Vote Granger, Kay [R] TX-12 Aye Graves, Samuel [R] MO-06 No Vote Green, Mark [R] WI-08 Aye Green, Raymond [D] TX-29 Nay Greenwood, James [R] PA-8 Aye Grijalva, Raul [D] AZ-07 Nay Gutierrez, Luis [D] IL-04 Nay Gutknecht, Gilbert [R] MN-01 Aye Hall, Ralph [R] TX-04 Aye Harman, Jane [D] CA-36 Nay Harris, Katherine [R] FL-13 Aye Hart, Melissa [R] PA-04 Aye Hastings, Alcee [D] FL-23 Nay Hastings, Doc [R] WA-04 Aye Hayes, Robert [R] NC-08 Aye Hayworth, John [R] AZ-05 Aye Hefley, Joel [R] CO-05 Aye Hensarling, Jeb [R] TX-05 Aye Herger, Walter [R] CA-02 Aye Herseth, Stephanie [D] SD-0 Aye Hill, Baron [D] IN-9 Nay Hinchey, Maurice [D] NY-22 Nay Hinojosa, Ruben [D] TX-15 Nay Hobson, David [R] OH-07 Aye Hoeffel, Joesph [D] PA-13 Nay Hoekstra, Peter [R] MI-02 Aye Holden, Tim [D] PA-17 Aye Holt, Rush [D] NJ-12 Nay Honda, Michael [D] CA-15 Nay Hooley, Darlene [D] OR-05 Nay Hostettler, John [R] IN-08 Aye Houghton, Armory [R] NY-29 Aye Hoyer, Steny [D] MD-05 Nay Hulshof, Kenny [R] MO-09 Aye Hunter, Duncan [R] CA-52 Aye Hyde, Henry [R] IL-06 Aye Inslee, Jay [D] WA-01 Nay Isakson, John [R] GA-6 Aye Israel, Steve [D] NY-02 Nay Issa, Darrell [R] CA-49 Aye Istook, Ernest [R] OK-05 Aye Jackson, Jesse [D] IL-02 Nay Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D] TX-18 Nay Jefferson, William [D] LA-02 Nay Jenkins, William [R] TN-01 Aye John, Christopher [D] LA-7 Aye Johnson, Eddie [D] TX-30 Nay Johnson, Nancy [R] CT-05 Aye Johnson, Samuel [R] TX-03 Aye Johnson, Timothy [R] IL-15 Aye Jones, Stephanie [D] OH-11 Nay Jones, Walter [R] NC-03 Aye Kanjorski, Paul [D] PA-11 Nay Kaptur, Marcy [D] OH-09 Nay Keller, Ric [R] FL-08 Aye Kelly, Sue [R] NY-19 Aye Kennedy, Mark [R] MN-06 Aye Kennedy, Patrick [D] RI-01 Nay Kildee, Dale [D] MI-05 Nay Kilpatrick, Carolyn [D] MI-13 Nay Kind, Ronald [D] WI-03 Nay King, Peter [R] NY-03 Aye King, Steve [R] IA-05 Aye Kingston, Jack [R] GA-01 Aye Kirk, Mark [R] IL-10 Aye Kleczka, Gerald [D] WI-4 No Vote Kline, John [R] MN-02 Aye

Representative's Name District Vote Knollenberg, Joseph [R] MI-09 Aye Kolbe, James [R] AZ-08 Nay Kucinich, Dennis [D] OH-10 Nay LaHood, Ray [R] IL-18 Aye Lampson, Nicholas [D] TX-9 Aye Langevin, James [D] RI-02 Nay Lantos, Tom [D] CA-12 Nay Larsen, Rick [D] WA-02 Nay Larson, John [D] CT-01 Nay Latham, Thomas [R] IA-04 Aye LaTourette, Steven [R] OH-14 Aye Leach, James [R] IA-02 Aye Lee, Barbara [D] CA-09 Nay Levin, Sander [D] MI-12 Nay Lewis, Jerry [R] CA-41 Aye Lewis, John [D] GA-05 Nay Lewis, Ron [R] KY-02 Aye Linder, John [R] GA-07 Aye Lipinski, Daniel [D] IL-03 Aye LoBiondo, Frank [R] NJ-02 Aye Lofgren, Zoe [D] CA-16 Nay Lowey, Nita [D] NY-18 Nay Lucas, Frank [R] OK-03 Aye Lucas, Kenneth [D] KY-4 No Vote Lynch, Stephen [D] MA-09 Nay Majette, Denise [D] GA-4 Nay Maloney, Carolyn [D] NY-14 Nay Manzullo, Donald [R] IL-16 Aye Markey, Edward [D] MA-07 Nay Marshall, James [D] GA-03 Aye Matheson, Jim [D] UT-02 Aye Matsui, Robert [D] CA-05 Nay McCarthy, Carolyn [D] NY-04 Nay McCarthy, Karen [D] MO-5 Nay McCollum, Betty [D] MN-04 Nay McCotter, Thaddeus [R] MI-11 Aye McCrery, James [R] LA-04 Aye McDermott, James [D] WA-07 Nay McGovern, James [D] MA-03 Nay McHugh, John [R] NY-23 Aye McInnis, Scott [R] CO-3 Aye McIntyre, Mike [D] NC-07 Aye McKeon, Howard [R] CA-25 Aye McNulty, Michael [D] NY-21 Nay Meehan, Martin [D] MA-05 Nay Meek, Kendrick [D] FL-17 Nay Meeks, Gregory [D] NY-06 Nay Menendez, Robert [D] NJ-13 Nay Mica, John [R] FL-07 Aye Michaud, Michael [D] ME-02 Nay Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D] CA-37 Nay Miller, Candice [R] MI-10 Aye Miller, Gary [R] CA-42 Aye Miller, George [D] CA-07 Nay Miller, Jeff [R] FL-01 No Vote Miller, R. [D] NC-13 Nay Mollohan, Alan [D] WV-01 Aye Moore, Dennis [D] KS-03 Nay Moran, James [D] VA-08 Nay Moran, Jerry [R] KS-01 Aye Murphy, Tim [R] PA-18 Aye Murtha, John [D] PA-12 Nay Musgrave, Marilyn [R] CO-04 Aye Myrick, Sue [R] NC-09 Aye Nadler, Jerrold [D] NY-08 Nay Napolitano, Grace [D] CA-38 Nay Neal, Richard [D] MA-02 Nay Nethercutt, George [R] WA-5 Aye Neughebauer, Randy [R] TX-19 Aye Ney, Robert [R] OH-18 Aye Northup, Anne [R] KY-03 Aye Norwood, Charles [R] GA-09 Aye Nunes, Devin [R] CA-21 Aye Nussle, James [R] IA-01 Aye Oberstar, James [D] MN-08 Nay Obey, David [D] WI-07 Nay Olver, John [D] MA-01 Nay Ortiz, Solomon [D] TX-27 Nay Osborne, Thomas [R] NE-03 Aye Ose, Doug [R] CA-3 Nay Otter, C.L. [R] ID-01 Aye Owens, Major [D] NY-11 Nay Oxley, Michael [R] OH-04 Aye Pallone, Frank [D] NJ-06 Nay Pascrell, William [D] NJ-08 Nay Pastor, Edward [D] AZ-04 Nay Paul, Ronald [R] TX-14 Aye Payne, Donald [D] NJ-10 Nay Pearce, Steven [R] NM-02 Aye Pelosi, Nancy [D] CA-08 Nay Pence, Mike [R] IN-06 Aye Peterson, Collin [D] MN-07 Aye Peterson, John [R] PA-05 Aye Petri, Thomas [R] WI-06 Aye Pickering, Charles [R] MS-03 Aye Pitts, Joseph [R] PA-16 Aye Platts, Todd [R] PA-19 Aye Pombo, Richard [R] CA-11 Aye Pomeroy, Earl [D] ND-00 Nay Porter, Jon [R] NV-03 Aye Portman, Robert [R] OH-2 Aye Price, David [D] NC-04 Nay Pryce, Deborah [R] OH-15 Aye Putnam, Adam [R] FL-12 Aye Quinn, Jack [R] NY-27 No Vote Radanovich, George [R] CA-19 Aye Rahall, Nick [D] WV-03 Aye Ramstad, James [R] MN-03 Aye Rangel, Charles [D] NY-15 Nay Regula, Ralph [R] OH-16 Aye Rehberg, Dennis [R] MT-00 Aye Renzi, Rick [R] AZ-01 Aye Reyes, Silvestre [D] TX-16 Nay Reynolds, Thomas [R] NY-26 Aye Rodriguez, Ciro [D] TX-28 Nay Rogers, Harold [R] KY-05 Aye Rogers, Michael [R] AL-03 Aye Rogers, Michael [R] MI-8 Aye Rohrabacher, Dana [R] CA-46 Nay Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R] FL-18 Aye Ross, Mike [D] AR-04 Aye Rothman, Steven [D] NJ-09 Nay Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D] CA-34 Nay Royce, Edward [R] CA-40 Aye Ruppersberger, C.A. [D] MD-02 Nay Rush, Bobby [D] IL-01 Nay Ryan, Paul [R] WI-01 Aye Ryan, Timothy [D] OH-17 Aye Ryun, Jim [R] KS-02 Aye Sabo, Martin [D] MN-05 Nay Sanchez, Linda [D] CA-39 Nay Sanchez, Loretta [D] CA-47 Nay Sanders, Bernard [I] VT-00 Nay Sandlin, Max [D] TX-1 Aye Saxton, H. [R] NJ-03 Aye Schakowsky, Janice [D] IL-09 Nay Schiff, Adam [D] CA-29 Nay Schrock, Edward [R] VA-2 Aye Scott, David [D] GA-13 Nay Scott, Robert [D] VA-03 Nay Sensenbrenner, F. [R] WI-05 Aye Serrano, José [D] NY-16 Nay Sessions, Peter [R] TX-32 Aye Shadegg, John [R] AZ-03 Aye Shaw, E. [R] FL-22 Aye Shays, Christopher [R] CT-04 Nay Sherman, Brad [D] CA-27 Nay Sherwood, Donald [R] PA-10 Aye Shimkus, John [R] IL-19 Aye Shuster, William [R] PA-09 Aye Simmons, Robert [R] CT-02 Aye Simpson, Michael [R] ID-02 Aye Skelton, Ike [D] MO-04 Aye Slaughter, Louise [D] NY-28 Nay Smith, Adam [D] WA-09 No Vote Smith, Christopher [R] NJ-04 Aye Smith, Lamar [R] TX-21 Aye Smith, Nick [R] MI-7 Aye Snyder, Victor [D] AR-02 Nay Solis, Hilda [D] CA-32 Nay Souder, Mark [R] IN-03 Aye Spratt, John [D] SC-05 Nay Stark, Fortney [D] CA-13 Nay Stearns, Clifford [R] FL-06 Aye Stenholm, Charles [R] TX-17 Aye Strickland, Ted [D] OH-06 Nay Stupak, Bart [D] MI-01 Nay Sullivan, John [R] OK-01 Aye Sweeney, John [R] NY-20 Aye Tancredo, Thomas [R] CO-06 Aye Tanner, John [D] TN-08 Aye Tauscher, Ellen [D] CA-10 Nay Tauzin, William [R] LA-3 No Vote Taylor, Charles [R] NC-11 Aye Taylor, Gene [D] MS-04 Aye Terry, Lee [R] NE-02 Aye Thomas, William [R] CA-22 Aye Thompson, Bennie [D] MS-02 No Vote Thompson, C. [D] CA-01 Nay Thornberry, William [R] TX-13 Aye Tiahrt, Todd [R] KS-04 Aye Tiberi, Patrick [R] OH-12 Aye Tierney, John [D] MA-06 Nay Toomey, Patrick [R] PA-15 Aye Towns, Edolphus [D] NY-10 Nay Turner, James [D] TX-2 Aye Turner, Michael [R] OH-03 Aye Udall, Mark [D] CO-02 Nay Udall, Tom [D] NM-03 Nay Upton, Frederick [R] MI-06 Aye Van Hollen, Christopher [D] MD-08 Nay Velazquez, Nydia [D] NY-12 Nay Visclosky, Peter [D] IN-01 Nay Vitter, David [R] LA-1 No Vote Walden, Greg [R] OR-02 Aye Walsh, James [R] NY-25 Aye Wamp, Zach [R] TN-03 Aye Waters, Maxine [D] CA-35 Nay Watson, Diane [D] CA-33 Nay Watt, Melvin [D] NC-12 Nay Waxman, Henry [D] CA-30 Nay Weiner, Anthony [D] NY-09 Nay Weldon, David [R] FL-15 Aye Weldon, W. [R] PA-07 Aye Weller, Gerald [R] IL-11 Aye Wexler, Robert [D] FL-19 Nay Whitfield, Edward [R] KY-01 Aye Wicker, Roger [R] MS-01 Aye Wilson, Addison [R] SC-02 Aye Wilson, Heather [R] NM-01 Aye Wolf, Frank [R] VA-10 Aye Woolsey, Lynn [D] CA-06 Nay Wu, David [D] OR-01 Nay Wynn, Albert [D] MD-04 Aye Young, C. W. [R] FL-10 Aye Young, Donald [R] AK-00 Aye

IV. Related Links 1. Read the full text of Pledge Protection Act 2004 (PDF) 29.8KB 2. See similar legislation introduced by Rep. Todd Akin (Pledge Protection Act 2005) in the 109th Congress and (Pledge Protection Act 2002) in the 107th Congress. 3. Examine the Senate version - Pledge Protection Act 2003. 4. Research the Congressional Actions on the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Pledge of Allegiance History 1887-Today