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S.J.Res. 1 · 109th Congress

Same Sex Marriage resolution

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Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union.

What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · May 18, 2006

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Marriage Protection Amendment

Latest action (Jun 7, 2006): Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 48. Record Vote Number: 163. (consideration: CR S5534)

Policy area: Families · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 24, 2005

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Latest vote · Senate · Jun 7, 2006

Ending debate (cloture) — Cloture Motion Rejected. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Bill Frist

Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKYea
Ted StevensRAKYea
Jeff SessionsRALYea
Richard ShelbyRALYea
Blanche LincolnDARNay
Mark PryorDARNay
John McCainRAZNay
Jon KylRAZYea
Barbara BoxerDCANay
Dianne FeinsteinDCANay
Ken SalazarDCONay
Wayne AllardRCOYea
Christopher DoddDCTNot Voting
Joseph LiebermanDCTNay
Joseph BidenDDENay
Thomas CarperDDENay
Bill NelsonDFLNay
Mel MartinezRFLYea
Johnny IsaksonRGAYea
Saxby ChamblissRGAYea
Daniel AkakaDHINay
Daniel InouyeDHINay
Chuck GrassleyRIAYea
Tom HarkinDIANay
Larry CraigRIDYea
Mike CrapoRIDYea
Barack ObamaDILNay
Richard DurbinDILNay
Evan BayhDINNay
Richard LugarRINYea
Pat RobertsRKSYea
Sam BrownbackRKSYea
Jim BunningRKYYea
Mitch McConnellRKYYea
David VitterRLAYea
Mary LandrieuDLANay
John KerryDMANay
Ted KennedyDMANay
Barbara MikulskiDMDNay
Paul SarbanesDMDNay
Olympia SnoweRMENay
Susan CollinsRMENay
Carl LevinDMINay
Debbie StabenowDMINay
Mark DaytonDMNNay
Norm ColemanRMNYea
Jim TalentRMOYea
Kit BondRMOYea
Thad CochranRMSYea
Trent LottRMSYea
Conrad BurnsRMTYea
Max BaucusDMTNay
Elizabeth DoleRNCYea
Richard BurrRNCYea
Byron DorganDNDNay
Kent ConradDNDNay
Ben NelsonDNEYea
Chuck HagelRNENot Voting
John SununuRNHNay
Judd GreggRNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJNay
Frank LautenbergDNJNay
Jeff BingamanDNMNay
Pete DomeniciRNMYea
Harry ReidDNVNay
John EnsignRNVYea
Chuck SchumerDNYNay
Hillary ClintonDNYNay
George VoinovichROHYea
Mike DeWineROHYea
Jim InhofeROKYea
Thomas CoburnROKYea
Gordon SmithRORYea
Ron WydenDORNay
Arlen SpecterRPANay
Rick SantorumRPAYea
Jack ReedDRINay
Lincoln ChafeeRRINay
Jim DeMintRSCYea
Lindsey GrahamRSCYea
John ThuneRSDYea
Tim JohnsonDSDNay
Bill FristRTNYea
Lamar AlexanderRTNYea
John CornynRTXYea
Kay HutchisonRTXYea
Orrin HatchRUTYea
Robert BennettRUTYea
George AllenRVAYea
John WarnerRVAYea
Jim JeffordsIVTNay
Patrick LeahyDVTNay
Maria CantwellDWANay
Patty MurrayDWANay
Herb KohlDWINay
Russell FeingoldDWINay
Jay RockefellerDWVNot Voting
Robert ByrdDWVYea
Craig ThomasRWYYea
Michael EnziRWYYea