107th Congress > House > Vote 779

Date: June 27, 2002

Result: 416-3 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 273

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: SENSENBRENNER, Frank James, Jr. (R-WI)

Bill number: HRES459

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Description: Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives that Newdow v. U.S. Congress was Erroneously Decided, and for other purposes

Bill summary: Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Pledge of Allegiance, including the phrase "One Nation, under God," reflects the historical fact that a belief in God permeated the founding and development of our Nation; (2) the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals's ruling is inconsistent with the U.S. Supreme Court's First Amendment jurisprudence that the Pledge and similar expressions are not unconstitutional expressions of religious belief; (3) such phrase should remain in the Pledge; and (4) the Ninth Circuit should agree to rehear this ruling en banc in order to reverse this constitutionally infirm and historically incorrect ruling.

Bill titles: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Newdow v. U.S. Congress was erroneously decided, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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