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Public Expression of Religion Act of
2005
Passed the House Tuesday September 26th,
2006 mostly on a party line vote 244 to 173
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The breakdown of the Roll Call Vote can be seen here:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll480.xml
Key Secular Political Score Card to
find out how your representative voted on theocracy in the past:
http://www.secular.org/scorecard/2006/house.html
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26 Democrats joined the GOP in
supporting a Theocracy & they are as follows:
J Barrow (D-GA)
M Berry (D-AR)
D Boren (D-OK)
A Boyd (D-FL)
D Cardoza (D-CA)
J Costa (D-CA)
R Cramer (D-AL)
H Cuellar (D-TX)
L Davis (D-TN)
B Gordon (D-TN)
S Herseth (D-SD)
R Hinojosa (D-TX)
D Lipinski (D-IL)
J Marshall (D-GA)
J Matheson (D-UT)
M McIntyre (D-NC)
C Melancon (D-LA)
S Ortiz (D-TX)
C Peterson (D-MN)
N Rahall (D-WV)
M Ross (D-AR)
J Salazar (D-CO)
D Scott (D-GA)
I Skelton (D-MO)
J Spratt (D-SC)
G Taylor (D-MS)
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ONLY 6 Republicans went against the
GOP and fought against Theocracy & they are as follows:
J Biggert (R-IL)
S Boehlert (R-NY)
W Gilchrest (R-MD)
M Kirk (R-IL)
C Miller (R-MI)
C Shays (R-CT)
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Those who vigourously debated for or against
the Bill on the House Floor:
For Theocracy:
Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
John Hostettler (R-IA)
Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
Brian Bilbray (R-CA)
Mike Pence (R-IA)
Joseph Pitts (R-PA)
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Against Theocracy:
James McGovern (D-MA)
Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Barney Frank (D-MA) (mentioned the word
“atheists”)
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Jerold Nadler (D-NY)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Bobby Scott (D-VA)
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Please make sure you call/email your
representatives!
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