The House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday which permits states to display a copy of the Ten Commandments in schools and other government buildings. Here's how Congress voted on this important issue.

The Act was approved on a 248-180 roll call vote. Voting in the affirmative were 45 Democrats and 203 Republicans. Voting "no" were 164 Democrats, 15 Republicans and one independent. Seven members of the House did not vote. Representatives are listed alphabetically and by state; districts and party affiliation are identified.

For the Amendment (affirmative)

Don Young (R-AK-AL) Sonny Callahan (R-AL-1) Terry Everett (R-AL-2) Bob Riley (R-AL-3) Robert Aderholt (R-AL-4) Robert Cramer (D-AL-5) Spencer Bachus (R-AL-6) Marion Berry (D-AR-1) Asa Hutchinson (R-AR-3) Jay Dickey (R-AR-4) Matt Salmon (R-AZ-1) Bob Stump (R-AZ-3) John Shadegg (R-AZ-4) Jim Kolbe (R-AZ-5) J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ-6) Wally Herger (R-CA-2) Doug Ose (R-CA-3) John Doolittle (R-CA-4) Richard Pombo (R-CA-11) Gary Condit (D-CA-18) George Radanovich (R-CA-19) Calvin Dooley (D-CA-20) Elton Gallegly (R-CA-23) James Rogan (R-CA-27) David Dreier (R-CA-28) Edward Royce (R-CA-39) Jerry Lewis (R-CA-40) Gary Miller (R-CA-41) Ken Calvert (R-CA-43) Mary Bono (R-CA-44) Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA-45) Christopher Cox (R-CA-47) Ron Packard (R-CA-48) Brian Bilbray (R-CA-49) Randy Cunningham (R-CA-51) Duncan Hunter (R-CA-52) Scott McInnis (R-CO-3) Bob Schaffer (R-CO-4) Joel Hefley (R-CO-5) Thomas Gerard Tancredo (R-CO-6) Christopher Shays (R-CT-4) Nancy Johnson (R-CT-6) Joe Scarborough (R-FL-1) F. Allen Boyd (D-FL-2) Tillie Fowler (R-FL-4) Cliff Stearns (R-FL-6) John Mica (R-FL-7) Bill McCollum (R-FL-8) Michael Bilirakis (R-FL-9) C.W. Young (R-FL-10) Charles Canady (R-FL-12) Dan Miller (R-FL-13) Porter Goss (R-FL-14) David Weldon (R-FL-15) Mark Foley (R-FL-16) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-18) Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL-21) E. Clay Shaw (R-FL-22) Jack Kingston (R-GA-1) Sanford Bishop (D-GA-2) Michael Collins (R-GA-3) Johnny Isakson (R-GA-6) Bob Barr (R-GA-7) Saxby Chambliss (R-GA-8) Nathan Deal (R-GA-9) Charles Norwood (R-GA-10) John Linder (R-GA-11) Jim Leach (R-IA-1) Jim Nussle (R-IA-2) Leonard Boswell (D-IA-3) Greg Ganske (R-IA-4) Tom Latham (R-IA-5) Helen Chenoweth (R-ID-1) Mike Simpson (R-ID-2) William Lipinski (D-IL-3) Rod Blagojevich (D-IL-5) Henry Hyde (R-IL-6) Philip Crane (R-IL-8) Jerry Weller (R-IL-11) Jerry Costello (D-IL-12) Judy Biggert (R-IL-13) Thomas Ewing (R-IL-15) Donald Manzullo (R-IL-16) Ray LaHood (R-IL-18) David Phelps (D-IL-19) John Shimkus (R-IL-20) David McIntosh (R-IN-2) Tim Roemer (D-IN-3) Mark Souder (R-IN-4) Steve Buyer (R-IN-5) Dan Burton (R-IN-6) Edward Pease (R-IN-7) John Hostettler (R-IN-8) Jerry Moran (R-KS-1) Jim Ryun (R-KS-2) Todd Tiahrt (R-KS-4) Edward Whitfield (R-KY-1) Ron Lewis (R-KY-2) Anne Northup (R-KY-3) Ken Lucas (D-KY-4) Harold Rogers (R-KY-5) Ernest Lee Fletcher (R-KY-6) David Vitter (R-LA-1) W.J. Tauzin (R-LA-3) Jim McCrery (R-LA-4) Richard Baker (R-LA-6) Chris John (D-LA-7) Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD-1) Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD-6) Bart Stupak (D-MI-1) Peter Hoekstra (R-MI-2) Vernon Ehlers (R-MI-3) Dave Camp (R-MI-4) James Barcia (D-MI-5) Fred Upton (R-MI-6) Nick Smith (R-MI-7) Debbie Stabenow (D-MI-8) Joseph Knollenberg (R-MI-11) Gil Gutknecht (R-MN-1) Jim Ramstad (R-MN-3) Collin Peterson (D-MN-7) James Talent (R-MO-2) Ike Skelton (D-MO-4) Pat Danner (D-MO-6) Roy Blunt (R-MO-7) Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO-8) Kenny Hulshof (R-MO-9)

Roger Wicker (R-MS-1) Charles Pickering (R-MS-3) Ronnie Shows (D-MS-4) Gene Taylor (D-MS-5) Rick Hill (R-MT-AL) Bob Etheridge (D-NC-2) Walter Jones (R-NC-3) Richard Burr (R-NC-5) Howard Coble (R-NC-6) Mike McIntyre (D-NC-7) Robin Hayes (R-NC-8) Sue Myrick (R-NC-9) Cass Ballenger (R-NC-10) Charles Taylor (R-NC-11) Doug Bereuter (R-NE-1) Lee Terry (R-NE-2) Bill Barrett (R-NE-3) John Sununu (R-NH-1) Charles Bass (R-NH-2) Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ-2) Jim Saxton (R-NJ-3) Marge Roukema (R-NJ-5) Joe Skeen (R-NM-2) James Gibbons (R-NV-2) Michael Forbes (R-NY-1) Peter King (R-NY-3) Vito Fossella (R-NY-13) Sue Kelly (R-NY-19) Benjamin Gilman (R-NY-20) John Sweeney (R-NY-22) John McHugh (R-NY-24) James Walsh (R-NY-25) Thomas Reynolds (R-NY-27) John LaFalce (D-NY-29) Jack Quinn (R-NY-30) Steve Chabot (R-OH-1) Rob Portman (R-OH-2) Tony Hall (D-OH-3) Michael Oxley (R-OH-4) Paul Gillmor (R-OH-5) David Hobson (R-OH-7) John Boehner (R-OH-8) John Kasich (R-OH-12) Deborah Pryce (R-OH-15) Ralph Regula (R-OH-16) James Traficant (D-OH-17) Bob Ney (R-OH-18) Steven LaTourette (R-OH-19) Steve Largent (R-OK-1) Tom Coburn (R-OK-2) Wes Watkins (R-OK-3) J.C. Watts (R-OK-4) Ernest Istook (R-OK-5) Frank Lucas (R-OK-6) Greg Walden (R-OR-2) Ron Klink (D-PA-4) John Peterson (R-PA-5) Curt Weldon (R-PA-7) Bud Shuster (R-PA-9) Don Sherwood (R-PA-10) John Murtha (D-PA-12) Joseph Pitts (R-PA-16) George Gekas (R-PA-17) Mike Doyle (D-PA-18) William Goodling (R-PA-19) Frank Mascara (D-PA-20) Philip English (R-PA-21) Mark Sanford (R-SC-1) Floyd Spence (R-SC-2) Lindsey Graham (R-SC-3) Jim DeMint (R-SC-4) John Thune (R-SD-AL) William Jenkins (R-TN-1) John Duncan (R-TN-2) Zach Wamp (R-TN-3) Van Hilleary (R-TN-4) Bob Clement (D-TN-5) Bart Gordon (D-TN-6) Ed Bryant (R-TN-7) John Tanner (D-TN-8) Harold Ford (D-TN-9) Max Sandlin (D-TX-1) Jim Turner (D-TX-2) Sam Johnson (R-TX-3) Ralph Hall (D-TX-4) Pete Sessions (R-TX-5) Joe Barton (R-TX-6) Bill Archer (R-TX-7) Kevin Brady (R-TX-8) Kay Granger (R-TX-12) William Thornberry (R-TX-13) Ron Paul (R-TX-14) Charles Stenholm (D-TX-17) Larry Combest (R-TX-19) Lamar Smith (R-TX-21) Tom DeLay (R-TX-22) Henry Bonilla (R-TX-23) Richard Armey (R-TX-26) Solomon Ortiz (D-TX-27) Gene Green (D-TX-29) James Hansen (R-UT-1) Merrill Cook (R-UT-2) Christopher Cannon (R-UT-3) Herbert Bateman (R-VA-1) Virgil Goode (D-VA-5) Bob Goodlatte (R-VA-6) Thomas Bliley (R-VA-7) Frank Wolf (R-VA-10) Thomas Davis (R-VA-11) Jack Metcalf (R-WA-2) Doc Hastings (R-WA-4) George Nethercutt (R-WA-5) Jennifer Dunn (R-WA-8) Paul Ryan (R-WI-1) Thomas Petri (R-WI-6) David Obey (D-WI-7) Mark Green (R-WI-8) F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI-9) Alan Mollohan (D-WV-1) Nick Rahall (D-WV-3) Barbara Cubin (R-WY-AL)

Against the Amendment (voting "No")

Earl Hilliard (D-AL-7) Vic Snyder (D-AR-2) Ed Pastor (D-AZ-2) Mike Thompson (D-CA-1) Robert Matsui (D-CA-5) Lynn Woolsey (D-CA-6) George Miller (D-CA-7) Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-8) Barbara Lee (D-CA-9) Ellen Tauscher (D-CA-10) Tom Lantos (D-CA-12) Fortney Stark (D-CA-13) Anna Eshoo (D-CA-14) Tom Campbell (R-CA-15) Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-16) Sam Farr (D-CA-17) Lois Capps (D-CA-22) Brad Sherman (D-CA-24) Howard Berman (D-CA-26) Henry Waxman (D-CA-29) Xavier Becerra (D-CA-30) Matthew Martinez (D-CA-31) Julian Dixon (D-CA-32) Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-33) Grace Flores Napolitano (D-CA-34) Maxine Waters (D-CA-35) Steven Kuykendall (R-CA-36) Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA-37) Steve Horn (R-CA-38) Loretta Sanchez (D-CA-46) Bob Filner (D-CA-50) Diana DeGette (D-CO-1) Mark Udall (D-CO-2) John Larson (D-CT-1) Sam Gejdenson (D-CT-2) Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3) James Maloney (D-CT-5) Michael Castle (R-DE-AL) Corrine Brown (D-FL-3) Karen Thurman (D-FL-5) Jim Davis (D-FL-11) Carrie Meek (D-FL-17) Robert Wexler (D-FL-19) Peter Deutsch (D-FL-20) Alcee Hastings (D-FL-23) Cynthia McKinney (D-GA-4) John Lewis (D-GA-5) Neil Abercrombie (D-HI-1) Patsy Mink (D-HI-2) Bobby Rush (D-IL-1) Jesse Jackson (D-IL-2) Luis Gutierrez (D-IL-4) Danny Davis (D-IL-7) Janice Schakowsky (D-IL-9) John Edward Porter (R-IL-10) Lane Evans (D-IL-17) Peter Visclosky (D-IN-1) Baron Hill (D-IN-9) Dennis Moore (D-KS-3) William Jefferson (D-LA-2) John Cooksey (R-LA-5) John Olver (D-MA-1) Richard Neal (D-MA-2) James McGovern (D-MA-3) Barney Frank (D-MA-4) Marty Meehan (D-MA-5) John Tierney (D-MA-6) Edward Markey (D-MA-7) Michael Capuano (D-MA-8) Joe Moakley (D-MA-9) William Delahunt (D-MA-10) Robert Ehrlich (R-MD-2) Benjamin Cardin (D-MD-3) Albert Wynn (D-MD-4) Steny Hoyer (D-MD-5) Elijah Cummings (D-MD-7) Constance Morella (R-MD-8) Thomas Allen (D-ME-1) John Baldacci (D-ME-2) Dale Kildee (D-MI-9) David Bonior (D-MI-10) Sander Levin (D-MI-12) Lynn Rivers (D-MI-13) John Conyers (D-MI-14) Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI-15) John Dingell (D-MI-16) David Minge (D-MN-2) Bruce Vento (D-MN-4) Martin Olav Sabo (D-MN-5) Bill Luther (D-MN-6) James Oberstar (D-MN-8) William Clay (D-MO-1) Richard Gephardt (D-MO-3) Karen McCarthy (D-MO-5) Bennie Thompson (D-MS-2)

Eva Clayton (D-NC-1) David Price (D-NC-4) Melvin Watt (D-NC-12) Earl Pomeroy (D-ND-AL) Robert Andrews (D-NJ-1) Frank Pallone (D-NJ-6) Bob Franks (R-NJ-7) William Pascrell (D-NJ-8) Steven Rothman (D-NJ-9) Donald Payne (D-NJ-10) Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11) Rush Holt (D-NJ-12) Robert Menendez (D-NJ-13) Heather Wilson (R-NM-1) Tom Udall (D-NM-3) Shelley Berkley (D-NV-1) Rick Lazio (R-NY-2) Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY-4) Gary Ackerman (D-NY-5) Gregory Meeks (D-NY-6) Joseph Crowley (D-NY-7) Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-8) Anthony David Weiner (D-NY-9) Edolphus Towns (D-NY-10) Major Owens (D-NY-11) Nydia Velazquez (D-NY-12) Carolyn Maloney (D-NY-14) Charles Rangel (D-NY-15) Jose Serrano (D-NY-16) Eliot Engel (D-NY-17) Nita Lowey (D-NY-18) Michael McNulty (D-NY-21) Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY-23) Maurice Hinchey (D-NY-26) Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY-28) Ted Strickland (D-OH-6) Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) Dennis Kucinich (D-OH-10) Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH-11) Sherrod Brown (D-OH-13) Thomas Sawyer (D-OH-14) David Wu (D-OR-1) Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3) Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) Darlene Hooley (D-OR-5) Bob Brady (D-PA-1) Chaka Fattah (D-PA-2) Robert Borski (D-PA-3) Tim Holden (D-PA-6) Jim Greenwood (R-PA-8) Paul Kanjorski (D-PA-11) Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA-13) William Coyne (D-PA-14) Pat Toomey (R-PA-15) Patrick Kennedy (D-RI-1) Robert Weygand (D-RI-2) John Spratt (D-SC-5) James Clyburn (D-SC-6) Nicholas Lampson (D-TX-9) Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-10) Chet Edwards (D-TX-11) Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX-15) Silvestre Reyes (D-TX-16) Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18) Charles Gonzalez (D-TX-20) Martin Frost (D-TX-24) Ken Bentsen (D-TX-25) Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX-28) Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30) Owen Pickett (D-VA-2) Bobby Scott (D-VA-3) Norman Sisisky (D-VA-4) James Moran (D-VA-8) Rick Boucher (D-VA-9) Bernard Sanders (I-VT-AL) Jay Inslee (D-WA-1) Brian Baird (D-WA-3) Norman Dicks (D-WA-6) Jim McDermott (D-WA-7) Adam Smith (D-WA-9) Tammy Baldwin (D-WI-2) Ronald Kind (D-WI-3) Jerry Kleczka (D-WI-4) Thomas Barrett (D-WI-5) Robert Wise (D-WV-2) NOT VOTING: SIX MEMBERS William Thomas (R-CA-21) Howard McKeon (R-CA-25) George Brown (D-CA-42) Julia Carson (D-IN-10) Christopher Smith (R-NJ-4) Amo Houghton (R-NY-31)

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