Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

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R MusgraveSponsor

121 cosponsors · 8 D, 113 R

R Gingrey JDR Hayworth JH

R Hefley PH

R Hoekstra DH

R Hunter RH

R Hayes EIR Istook WJ

R Neugebauer MOR Oxley TO

R Rogers CSD Stenholm ZW

R Wamp HBR Bonilla DCR Cunningham JC

R Putnam MSD Sandlin BT

R Tauzin CT

R Taylor MT

R Turner

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Sep 23, 2004
House Failed Sep 30, 2004 227–186

Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 23, 2004

Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.

Prohibits the Constitution or any State constitution from being construed to require that marital status or its legal incidents be conferred upon any union other than that of a man and a woman.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Failed Sep 30, 2004 · 227 Yea – 186 Nay Passage Speaker: J. Dennis Hastert

About this bill and sources

Official title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

Latest action (Sep 30, 2004): Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Policy area: Families · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 23, 2004

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House Introduced Sep 23, 2004
House Failed Sep 30, 2004 227–186

Final vote · House · Sep 30, 2004

Passage — Failed. Vote details

Speaker of the House: J. Dennis Hastert

Yea227

R Shadegg JDR Hayworth JF

R Issa DCR Cunningham MM

D Costello DHR Hastert TJ

R Johnson DM

R Manzullo RL

R LaHood JS

R Shimkus HHR Hyde PC

R Fossella SKR Kelly JM

R McHugh JW

R Walsh TR

R Reynolds JQR Quinn PK

R Turner MOR Oxley PG

D Ford MSD Sandlin CE

D Edwards KG

R Granger MT

R Thornberry CSD Stenholm RN

R Neugebauer LS

R Smith TD

R DeLay HBR Bonilla MB

D Matheson JAR Ann Davis FW

Nay186

D Cardoza CDD Dooley LC

D Millender-McDonald GN

R Shays NJR Johnson MC

D Carson JHR Hostettler BH

D Frank MMD Meehan JT

D Kanjorski JHD Hoeffel MD

D Doyle CF

D Fattah JG

R Gerlach JGR Greenwood PK

D Gonzalez MFD Frost CB

Table of every position

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Yea
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Yea
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Yea
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Nay
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Nay
J.D. Hayworth	R	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Nay
Jim Kolbe	R	AZ-8	Nay
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Nay
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Nay
Richard Pombo	R	CA-11	Yea
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12	Nay
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Nay
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Nay
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Nay
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Nay
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Nay
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Nay
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Yea
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Yea
Cal Dooley	D	CA-20	Nay
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Bill Thomas	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Nay
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Yea
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Yea
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Nay
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Nay
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Nay
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Nay
Doug Ose	R	CA-3	Nay
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Nay
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Nay
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Nay
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Nay
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Nay
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Not Voting
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37	Nay
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Nay
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Nay
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Yea
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Yea
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Yea
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Nay
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Yea
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Nay
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Nay
C. Cox	R	CA-48	Nay
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Robert Matsui	D	CA-5	Nay
Duke Cunningham	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Nay
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Not Voting
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Nay
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Nay
George Miller	D	CA-7	Nay
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Nay
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Nay
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Nay
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Nay
Scott McInnis	R	CO-3	Nay
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Yea
Joel Hefley	R	CO-5	Yea
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Yea
Bob Beauprez	R	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Nay
Rob Simmons	R	CT-2	Nay
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Nay
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Nay
Nancy Johnson	R	CT-5	Nay
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Nay
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Yea
C. Young	R	FL-10	Yea
Jim Davis	D	FL-11	Nay
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Yea
Katherine Harris	R	FL-13	Yea
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Yea
Mark Foley	R	FL-16	Nay
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Not Voting
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Not Voting
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Nay
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Yea
Peter Deutsch	D	FL-20	Nay
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Not Voting
E. Shaw	R	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Not Voting
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Not Voting
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Not Voting
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Yea
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Yea
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-10	Yea
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Yea
Max Burns	R	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Jim Marshall	D	GA-3	Yea
Denise Majette	D	GA-4	Nay
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Nay
Johnny Isakson	R	GA-6	Yea
John Linder	R	GA-7	Yea
Mac Collins	R	GA-8	Yea
Charlie Norwood	R	GA-9	Yea
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Nay
Ed Case	D	HI-2	Nay
Jim Nussle	R	IA-1	Yea
Jim Leach	R	IA-2	Nay
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Nay
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Yea
Butch Otter	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Nay
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Nay
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Yea
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Nay
Denny Hastert	R	IL-14	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Yea
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Yea
Lane Evans	D	IL-17	Nay
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Nay
William Lipinski	D	IL-3	Nay
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Nay
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Nay
Henry Hyde	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Not Voting
Phil Crane	R	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Nay
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Nay
Chris Chocola	R	IN-2	Yea
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Yea
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
Julia Carson	D	IN-7	Nay
John Hostettler	R	IN-8	Nay
Baron Hill	D	IN-9	Nay
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Yea
Jim Ryun	R	KS-2	Yea
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Nay
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Yea
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Yea
Anne Northup	R	KY-3	Yea
Ken Lucas	D	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Yea
David Vitter	R	LA-1	Yea
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Yea
Billy Tauzin	R	LA-3	Not Voting
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Yea
Richard Baker	R	LA-6	Yea
Chris John	D	LA-7	Yea
John Olver	D	MA-1	Nay
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Nay
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Nay
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Nay
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Nay
Marty Meehan	D	MA-5	Nay
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Nay
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Nay
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Nay
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Nay
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Nay
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Nay
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD-3	Nay
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Nay
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Nay
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Nay
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Nay
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Nay
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Nay
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Nay
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Yea
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Nay
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Nay
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Nay
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Nay
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Yea
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Nay
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Nick Smith	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Nay
Gil Gutknecht	R	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Nay
Martin Sabo	D	MN-5	Nay
Mark Kennedy	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Not Voting
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Nay
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Yea
Dick Gephardt	D	MO-3	Nay
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Yea
Karen McCarthy	D	MO-5	Nay
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Yea
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Yea
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Yea
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Yea
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Nay
Cass Ballenger	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles Taylor	R	NC-11	Yea
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Nay
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Nay
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Nay
Richard Burr	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Yea
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Yea
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Nay
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Yea
Tom Osborne	R	NE-3	Yea
Jeb Bradley	R	NH-1	Yea
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Nay
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Nay
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Nay
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Nay
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Nay
Bob Menendez	D	NJ-13	Not Voting
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Nay
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Nay
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Nay
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Yea
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Nay
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Nay
Jim Gibbons	R	NV-2	Nay
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Nay
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Nay
Major Owens	D	NY-11	Nay
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Nay
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Nay
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Not Voting
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Nay
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Nay
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Nay
Sue Kelly	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Nay
John Sweeney	R	NY-20	Nay
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Nay
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Nay
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Yea
Sherry Boehlert	R	NY-24	Not Voting
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Yea
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Yea
Jack Quinn	R	NY-27	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Nay
Amo Houghton	R	NY-29	Nay
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Nay
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Nay
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Not Voting
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Nay
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Nay
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Nay
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Nay
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Nay
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13	Nay
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Nay
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Nay
Bob Ney	R	OH-18	Yea
Rob Portman	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Michael Oxley	R	OH-4	Yea
Paul Gillmor	R	OH-5	Yea
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6	Nay
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Nay
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Nay
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Yea
Brad Carson	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Ernest Istook	R	OK-5	Yea
David Wu	D	OR-1	Nay
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Nay
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Nay
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Nay
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Nay
Don Sherwood	R	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Nay
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Not Voting
Joseph Hoeffel	D	PA-13	Nay
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Nay
Pat Toomey	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Yea
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Nay
Phil English	R	PA-3	Yea
Melissa Hart	R	PA-4	Yea
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Yea
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Nay
Curt Weldon	R	PA-7	Yea
Jim Greenwood	R	PA-8	Nay
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Nay
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Nay
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Yea
Jim DeMint	R	SC-4	Yea
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Nay
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Yea
Bill Jenkins	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Yea
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Yea
Harold Ford	D	TN-9	Yea
Max Sandlin	D	TX-1	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-10	Nay
Chet Edwards	D	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Nay
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Nay
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Not Voting
Charlie Stenholm	D	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Nay
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Jim Turner	D	TX-2	Nay
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Nay
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Tom DeLay	R	TX-22	Yea
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23	Yea
Martin Frost	D	TX-24	Nay
Chris Bell	D	TX-25	Nay
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Yea
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX-28	Nay
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Nay
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Nay
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Yea
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Nick Lampson	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Not Voting
Jo Ann Davis	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Yea
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	Yea
Ed Schrock	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Nay
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Yea
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Nay
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Yea
Bernie Sanders	I	VT-AL	Nay
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Nay
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Nay
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Nay
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
George Nethercutt	R	WA-5	Not Voting
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Nay
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Nay
Jennifer Dunn	R	WA-8	Not Voting
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Nay
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Nay
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Nay
Jerry Kleczka	D	WI-4	Nay
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Nay
Mark Green	R	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Nay
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Yea