A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S365-366)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S366)
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights. Approved for full committee consideration without amendment favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5393-5394)
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5401, S5403-5424)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S5424; text: CR S5424)
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Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5439-5484)
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5517-5534)
Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 48. Record Vote Number: 163. (consideration: CR S5534)
Roll Call #163 (Senate)