Federal Marriage Amendment
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Federal Marriage Amendment

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Congress	Short title	Bill number(s)	Summary	Date introduced	Sponsor(s)	# of cosponsors	Latest status

107th Congress	Federal Marriage amendment	H.J.Res. 93	Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.	May 15, 2002	Ronnie Shows (D-MS)	22	Died in the Committee on the Judiciary

108th Congress	Federal Marriage Amendment	H.J.Res. 56	Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.	May 21, 2003	Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)	131	Died in the Committee on the Judiciary

S.J.Res. 43	Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.	November 25, 2003	Wayne Allard (R-CO)	10	Died in the Committee on the Judiciary

S.J.Res. 40	Constitutional Amendment - Federal Marriage Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.	July 7, 2004	Wayne Allard (R-CO)	19	Failed cloture motion (48-50)

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.	H.J.Res. 106	Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.	September 23, 2004	Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)	121	Failed in House (227-186)

109th Congress	Marriage Protection Amendment	S.J.Res. 1	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.	January 24, 2005	Wayne Allard (R-CO)	32	Failed cloture motion (49-48)

H.J.Res. 88	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.	June 6, 2006	Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)	134	Failed in House (236-187)

110th Congress	H.J.Res. 89	Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman.	May 22, 2008	Paul Broun (R-GA)	91	Died in the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

S.J.Res. 43	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.	June 25, 2008	Roger Wicker (R-MS)	17	Died in the Committee on the Judiciary

113th Congress	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.	H.J.Res. 51	Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman.	June 28, 2013	Tim Huelskamp (R-KS)	58	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

114th Congress	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.	H.J.Res. 32	February 12, 2015	Tim Huelskamp (R-KS)	30

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