A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3686-3687)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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 with amendments favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter with an amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter with an amendment. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 473.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6471-6487; text as reported in Senate: CR S6471)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6503-6515, S6515-6547)
The committee amendment was agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Failed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 34. Record Vote Number: 189.
Roll Call #189 (Senate)Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 34. Record Vote Number: 189.
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