108th Congress > Senate > Vote 39

Date: March 04, 2003

Result: 94-0 (Resolution Agreed to)

Clerk session vote number: 39

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: MURKOWSKI, Lisa (R-AK)

Bill number: SRES71

Question: On the Resolution

Description: A resolution expressing the support for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Bill summary: Declares that the Senate strongly disapproves of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Newdow v. U.S. Congress and the decision of the full court not to reconsider the case en banc. Authorizes and instructs the Senate Legal Counsel either to seek to intervene in the case to defend the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, or to file an amicus curiae brief in support of such constitutionality.

Bill titles: A resolution expressing the support for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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