JOURNAL OF THE

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T88.7 JUNE 28

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said resolution was agreed to

was, by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

T88.7 FLAG CONSTITUTIONAL

AMENDMENT

Mr. CANADY, pursuant to House

Resolution 173, called up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 79) proposing an

amendment to the Constitution of the

United States authorizing the Congress

and the States to prohibit the physical

desecration of the flag of the United

States.

After debate,

By unanimous consent, the time for

debate was extended by ten minutes,

equally divided between and controlled

by Mr. KOLBE and Mr. MONTGOMERY.

After further debate,

Pursuant to House Resolution 173 the

previous question was considered as ordered.

The joint resolution was ordered to

be engrossed and read a third time, was

read a third time by title.

Mr. BRYANT moved to recommit the

joint resolution to the Committee on

the Judiciary with instructions to report the joint resolution back to the

House forthwith with the following

amendment:

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following:

That the following article is proposed as an

amendment to the Constitution of the

United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of

three-fourths of the several States within

seven years after the date of its submission

for ratification:

‘‘ARTICLE—

‘‘SECTION 1. The Congress and the States

shall have power to prohibit the burning,

trampling, soiling, or rending of the flag of

the United States.

‘‘SECTION 2. For the purpose of this article

of amendment, the Congress shall determine

by law what constitutes the flag of the

United States, and shall prescribe procedures

for the proper disposal of a flag.’’.

After debate,

By unanimous consent, the previous

question was ordered on the motion to

recommit with instructions.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House recommit said joint

resolution with instructions?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

OXLEY, announced that the nays had

it.

Mr. BRYANT objected to the vote on

the ground that a quorum was not

present and not voting.

A quorum not being present,

The roll was called under clause 4,

rule XV, and the call was taken by

electronic device.

When there appeared Yeas ....... 63 ! Nays ...... 369

T88.8 [Roll No. 430]

YEAS—63

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Bentsen

Bonior

Borski

Brown (CA)

Bryant (TX)

Clay

Coleman

Collins (MI)

Coyne

Doggett

Edwards

Engel

Fields (LA)

Frank (MA)

Frost

Gephardt

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Jackson-Lee

Johnson, E. B.

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kildee

LaFalce

Leach

Levin

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Markey

Martinez

McCarthy

McKinney

Meehan

Meek

Minge

Mink

Moran

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Owens

Peterson (FL)

Reed

Richardson

Rush

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Skaggs

Thornton

Torricelli

Tucker

Vento

Visclosky

Waters

Williams

NAYS—369

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Baldacci

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Becerra

Beilenson

Bereuter

Berman

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clayton

Clement

Clinger

Clyburn

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Collins (IL)

Combest

Condit

Conyers

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

de la Garza

Deal

DeFazio

DeLauro

DeLay

Dellums

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Durbin

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Everett

Ewing

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (TX)

Filner

Flake

Flanagan

Foglietta

Foley

Forbes

Ford

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Furse

Gallegly

Ganske

Gejdenson

Gekas

Geren

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hinchey

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hoyer

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, Sam

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kennelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lucas

Manton

Manzullo

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McDermott

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McNulty

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mfume

Mica

Miller (CA)

Miller (FL)

Mineta

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Morella

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Regula

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Royce

Sabo

Salmon

Sanders

Sanford

Sawyer

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Serrano

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stark

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stokes

Studds

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thompson

Thornberry

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torres

Towns

Traficant

Upton

Velazquez

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Watt (NC)

Watts (OK)

Waxman

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wilson

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOT VOTING—2

Moakley Reynolds

So the motion to recommit with instructions was not agreed to.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House pass said joint resolution?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

OXLEY, announced that two-thirds of

the Members present had voted in the

affirmative.

Mr. SOLOMON demanded a recorded

vote on passage of said joint resolution, which demand was supported by

one-fifth of a quorum, so a recorded

vote was ordered.

The vote was taken by electronic device.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 312 ! affirmative ................... Nays ...... 120

T88.9 [Roll No. 431]

AYES—312

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