House Resolution 132 Overview

I. Summary Rep. Doug Ose, Republican from California, introduced House Resolution 132. This resolution Expressed the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Newdow v. United States Congress is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's interpretation of the first amendment and should be overturned, and for other purposes on May 6, 2003. On May 20, 2003 the bill passed the House of Representatives by roll call vote. The vote was held under a suspension of the rules to cut debate short and pass the bill, needing a two-thirds majority. House Resolution 132 resolved by the House of Representatives, "That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that-- (1) the phrase `one Nation, under God,' in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag reflects that religious faith was central to the Founding Fathers and thus to the founding of the Nation; (2) the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, including the phrase, `one Nation, under God,' is a patriotic act, not an act or statement of religious faith or belief; (3) the phrase `one Nation, under God' should remain in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the practice of voluntarily reciting the pledge in public school classrooms should not only continue but should be encouraged by the policies of Congress, the various States, municipalities, and public school officials; (4) despite being the school district where the legal challenge to the pledge originated, the Elk Grove Unified School District in Elk Grove, California, should be recognized and commended for their continued support of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag; (5) the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Newdow v. United States Congress has created a split among the circuit courts, and is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's interpretation of the first amendment, which indicates that the voluntary recitation of the pledge and similar patriotic expressions is consistent with the first amendment; (6) the Attorney General should appeal the ruling in Newdow v. United States Congress, and the Supreme Court should review this ruling in order to correct this constitutionally infirm and historically incorrect holding; and (7) the President should nominate and the Senate should confirm Federal circuit court judges who interpret the Constitution consistent with the Constitution's text." See the full text of House Resolution 132 (PDF) 21.5KB

II. Vote Summary

H. Res. 132 passed the House of Representatives on May 20, 2003 with:		Ayes	Nays	Present	Absent
400 Ayes	Democrat	181	7	15	2
7 Nays	Republican	218	0	0	10
12 Not Voting	Independent	1	0	0	0
15 Present

 

 

III. Vote Totals

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

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

IV. Related Links 1. Read the full text of House Resolution 132 (PDF) 21.5KB 2. Research the Congressional Actions on the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Pledge of Allegiance History 1887-Today