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Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
The amendment failed 63-36 -- it would have needed a two-thirds majority to pass. This means it was only 3 votes short.
(Senate - December 12, 1995)
Rollcall Vote No. 600 Leg.
(A "yes" vote passes the amendment, and sends it to the states for ratification. This has the effect of repealing the First Amendment. A "No" vote protects the freedoms the flag stands for, keeping things the way they currently are.)
YEAS--63
voted to change the Constitution
and reduce our freedoms
Abraham
Ashcroft
Baucus
Bond
Breaux
Brown
Bryan
Burns
Byrd
Campbell
Coats
Cochran
Cohen
Coverdell
Craig
D'Amato
DeWine
Dole
Domenici
Exon
Faircloth
Feinstein
Ford
Frist
Gorton
Graham
Gramm
Grams
Grassley
Gregg
Hatch
Hatfield
Heflin
Helms
Hollings
Hutchison
Inhofe
Johnston
Kassebaum
Kempthorne
Kyl
Lott
Lugar
Mack
McCain
Murkowski
Nickles
Nunn
Pressler
Reid
Rockefeller
Roth
Santorum
Shelby
Simpson
Smith
Snowe
Specter
Stevens
Thomas
Thompson
Thurmond
Warner
NAYS--36
voted to protect the freedom
the flag stands for
Akaka
Bennett
Biden
Bingaman
Boxer
Bradley
Bumpers
Chafee
Conrad
Daschle
Dodd
Dorgan
Feingold
Glenn
Harkin
Inouye
Jeffords
Kennedy
Kerrey
Kerry
Kohl
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lieberman
McConnell
Mikulski
Moseley-Braun
Moynihan
Murray
Pell
Pryor
Robb
Sarbanes
Simon
Wellstone
Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
(House - June 28, 1995)
Rollcall Vote No. 431 Leg.
AYES--312
voted to change the Constitution
and reduce our freedoms
Allard
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker (CA)
Baker (LA)
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bentsen
Bereuter
Bevill
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Bliley
Blute
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brewster
Browder
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Brownback
Bryant (TN)
Bunn
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chapman
Chenoweth
Christensen
Chrysler
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Coble
Coburn
Collins (GA)
Combest
Condit
Cooley
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cremeans
Cubin
Cunningham
Danner
Davis
de la Garza
Deal
DeLay
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dooley
Doolittle
Dornan
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Edwards
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Fields (LA)
Fields (TX)
Flanagan
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fowler
Fox
Franks (CT)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frisa
Frost
Funderburk
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gephardt
Geren
Gillmor
Gilman
Gingrich
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Goss
Graham
Green
Gunderson
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hancock
Hansen
Harman
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hefner
Heineman
Herger
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hobson
Hoke
Holden
Hostettler
Houghton
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jacobs
Jefferson
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (SD)
Johnson, E.B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kasich
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kim
King
Kingston
Klug
Knollenberg
LaHood
Lantos
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Laughlin
Lazio
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Lightfoot
Lincoln
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Longley
Lucas
Luther
Manton
Manzullo
Martinez
Martini
Mascara
McCarthy
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Menendez
Metcalf
Meyers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Molinari
Mollohan
Montgomery
Moorhead
Moran
Morella
Murtha
Myers
Myrick
Neal
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Norwood
Nussle
Ortiz
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Parker
Paxon
Payne (VA)
Peterson (FL)
Peterson (MN)
Pickett
Pombo
Pomeroy
Portman
Pryce
Quillen
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Regula
Richardson
Riggs
Roberts
Roemer
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Rose
Roth
Roukema
Royce
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer
Schiff
Seastrand
Sensenbrenner
Shaw
Shuster
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Spratt
Stearns
Stenholm
Stockman
Stump
Stupak
Talent
Tate
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Tejeda
Thomas
Thompson
Thornberry
Thornton
Thurman
Tiahrt
Torkildsen
Towns
Traficant
Tucker
Upton
Volkmer
Vucanovich
Waldholtz
Walker
Walsh
Wamp
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson
Wise
Wolf
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Zeliff
Zimmer
NOES--152
voted to protect the freedom
the flag stands for
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Beilenson
Berman
Bonior
Borski
Boucher
Brown (CA)
Bryant (TX)
Cardin
Clay
Clinger
Coleman
Collins (IL)
Collins (MI)
Conyers
Coyne
DeFazio
DeLauro
Dellums
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Durbin
Ehlers
Engel
Eshoo
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Fazio
Filner
Flake
Foglietta
Frank (MA)
Furse
Gejdenson
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gonzalez
Greenwood
Hall (OH)
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Hoekstra
Hoyer
Jackson-Lee
Johnston
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kleczka
Klink
Kolbe
LaFalce
Leach
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McDermott
McHale
Meehan
Meek
Mfume
Miller (CA)
Mineta
Minge
Mink
Nadler
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Orton
Owens
Pastor
Payne (NJ)
Pelosi
Petri
Porter
Poshard
Rangel
Reed
Rivers
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanders
Sawyer
Schroeder
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shadegg
Shays
Skaggs
Slaughter
Stark
Stokes
Studds
Tanner
Torres
Torricelli
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Ward
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
White
Williams
Woolsey
Wyden
Yates
NOT VOTING--3
Horn
Moakley
Reynolds
So (two-thirds having voted in favor thereof) the joint resolution was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
The passed amendment was then voted on by the Senate.
Warren S. Apel