THE DEMINT AMENDMENT TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT PROTECTS RELIGIOUS SPEECH IN PUBLIC PLACES INCLUDING SCHOOLS. THE AMENDMENT WHICH PASSED WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GATHER TOGETHER AND PRAY EACH MORNING IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE COMPLETE VOTING RECORD IS BELOW. DID YOUR CONGRESSMAN VOTE FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS SPEECH?

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 220 (Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
      H R 1501     RECORDED VOTE     17-JUN-1999   12:03 AM
      AUTHOR(S): DeMint of South Carolina Amendment
      QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Amendment

  AYES NOES PRES NV
REPUBLICAN 206 14   2
DEMOCRATIC 32 174   5
INDEPENDENT   1    
TOTALS 238 189   7


--- AYES    238 ---
Aderholt Gilman Peterson (MN)
Archer Goode Peterson (PA)
Armey Goodlatte Petri
Bachus Goodling Pickering
Baker Gordon Pitts
Ballenger Goss Pombo
Barcia Graham Portman
Barr Granger Pryce (OH)
Barrett (NE) Green (WI) Quinn
Bartlett Gutknecht Radanovich
Barton Hall (OH) Rahall
Bass Hall (TX) Ramstad
Bateman Hansen Regula
Berry Hastings (WA) Reynolds
Biggert Hayes Riley
Bilbray Hayworth Roemer
Bilirakis Hefley Rogan
Bishop Herger Rogers
Bliley Hill (IN) Rohrabacher
Blunt Hill (MT) Ros-Lehtinen
Boehner Hilleary Roukema
Bonilla Hobson Royce
Bono Hoekstra Ryan (WI)
Boswell Holden Ryun (KS)
Boucher Horn Salmon
Brady (TX) Hostettler Sanford
Bryant Hulshof Saxton
Burr Hunter Scarborough
Burton Hutchinson Schaffer
Buyer Hyde Sensenbrenner
Callahan Isakson Sessions
Calvert Istook Shadegg
Camp Jenkins Shaw
Canady John Sherwood
Cannon Johnson, Sam Shimkus
Chabot Jones (NC) Shows
Chambliss Kelly Shuster
Chenoweth Kingston Simpson
Clement Knollenberg Skeen
Coble Kolbe Skelton
Coburn Kuykendall Smith (MI)
Collins LaHood Smith (NJ)
Combest Largent Smith (TX)
Condit Latham Souder
Cook LaTourette Spence
Cox Lazio Spratt
Cramer Leach Stearns
Crane Lewis (CA) Stenholm
Cubin Lewis (KY) Stump
Cunningham Linder Sununu
Danner LoBiondo Sweeney
Davis (VA) Lucas (KY) Talent
Deal Lucas (OK) Tancredo
DeLay Manzullo Tauzin
DeMint Mascara Taylor (MS)
Diaz-Balart McCollum Taylor (NC)
Dickey McCrery Terry
Doolittle McHugh Thornberry
Doyle McInnis Thune
Dreier McIntosh Tiahrt
Duncan McIntyre Toomey
Dunn McKeon Traficant
Ehlers Metcalf Upton
Ehrlich Mica Vitter
Emerson Miller (FL) Walden
Etheridge Miller, Gary Walsh
Everett Mollohan Wamp
Ewing Moran (KS) Watkins
Fletcher Myrick Watts (OK)
Foley Nethercutt Weldon (FL)
Forbes Ney Weldon (PA)
Fossella Northup Weller
Fowler Norwood Whitfield
Frelinghuysen Nussle Wicker
Gallegly Ortiz Wilson
Ganske Ose Wolf
Gekas Oxley Young (AK)
Gibbons Packard Young (FL)
Gilchrest Paul  
Gillmor Pease  

--- NOES    189 ---
Abercrombie Greenwood Napolitano
Ackerman Gutierrez Neal
Allen Hastings (FL) Oberstar
Andrews Hilliard Obey
Baird Hinchey Olver
Baldacci Hinojosa Owens
Baldwin Hoeffel Pallone
Barrett (WI) Holt Pascrell
Becerra Hooley Pastor
Bentsen Hoyer Payne
Bereuter Inslee Pelosi
Berkley Jackson (IL) Phelps
Berman Jackson-Lee (TX) Pickett
Blagojevich Jefferson Pomeroy
Blumenauer Johnson (CT) Porter
Boehlert Johnson, E. B. Price (NC)
Bonior Jones (OH) Rangel
Borski Kanjorski Reyes
Boyd Kaptur Rivers
Brady (PA) Kasich Rodriguez
Brown (FL) Kennedy Rothman
Brown (OH) Kildee Roybal-Allard
Campbell Kilpatrick Rush
Capps Kind (WI) Sabo
Capuano King (NY) Sanchez
Cardin Kleczka Sanders
Carson Klink Sandlin
Castle Kucinich Sawyer
Clay LaFalce Schakowsky
Clayton Lampson Scott
Clyburn Lantos Serrano
Conyers Larson Shays
Cooksey Lee Sherman
Costello Levin Sisisky
Coyne Lewis (GA) Slaughter
Crowley Lipinski Smith (WA)
Cummings Lofgren Snyder
Davis (FL) Lowey Stabenow
Davis (IL) Luther Stark
DeFazio Maloney (CT) Strickland
DeGette Maloney (NY) Stupak
Delahunt Markey Tanner
DeLauro Matsui Tauscher
Deutsch McCarthy (MO) Thompson (CA)
Dingell McCarthy (NY) Thompson (MS)
Dixon McDermott Thurman
Doggett McGovern Tierney
Dooley McKinney Towns
Edwards McNulty Turner
Engel Meehan Udall (CO)
English Meek (FL) Udall (NM)
Eshoo Meeks (NY) Velazquez
Evans Menendez Vento
Farr Millender-McDonald Visclosky
Fattah Miller, George Waters
Filner Minge Watt (NC)
Ford Mink Waxman
Frank (MA) Moakley Wexler
Franks (NJ) Moore Weygand
Frost Moran (VA) Wise
Gejdenson Morella Woolsey
Gonzalez Murtha Wu
Green (TX) Nadler Wynn

--- NOT VOTING    7 ---
Brown (CA) Houghton Weiner
Dicks Martinez  
Gephardt Thomas