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Today I Learned: Substantially the same bill was introduced in 2009, 2011 (when it got 3 GOP cosponsors), 2013, and 2015. So Congress was trying to do this legislatively before the SCOTUS Obergefell decision appeared to make it unnecessary to codify into law.
But this is the first time it went to a vote.
These are the Republicans who voted Yes:
Armstrong Republican North Dakota YEA
Bacon Republican Nebraska YEA
Bentz Republican Oregon YEA
Calvert Republican California YEA
Cammack Republican Florida YEA
Carey Republican Ohio YEA
Cheney Republican Wyoming YEA
Curtis Republican Utah YEA
Davis, Rodney Republican Illinois YEA
Diaz-Balart Republican Florida YEA
Emmer Republican Minnesota YEA
Fitzpatrick Republican Pennsylvania YEA
Garbarino Republican New York YEA
Garcia (CA) Republican California YEA
Gimenez Republican Florida YEA
Gonzales, Tony Republican Texas YEA
Gonzalez (OH) Republican Ohio YEA
Hinson Republican Iowa YEA
Issa Republican California YEA
Jacobs (NY) Republican New York YEA
Joyce (OH) Republican Ohio YEA
Katko Republican New York YEA
Kinzinger Republican Illinois YEA
Mace Republican South Carolina YEA
Malliotakis Republican New York YEA
Mast Republican Florida YEA
Meijer Republican Michigan YEA
Meuser Republican Pennsylvania YEA
Miller-Meeks Republican Iowa YEA
Moore (UT) Republican Utah YEA
Newhouse Republican Washington YEA
Obernolte Republican California YEA
Owens Republican Utah YEA
Perry Republican Pennsylvania YEA
Rice (SC) Republican South Carolina YEA
Salazar Republican Florida YEA
Simpson Republican Idaho YEA
Stefanik Republican New York YEA
Steil Republican Wisconsin YEA
Stewart Republican Utah YEA
Turner Republican Ohio YEA
Upton Republican Michigan YEA
Valadao Republican California YEA
Van Drew Republican New Jersey YEA
Wagner Republican Missouri YEA
Waltz Republican Florida YEA
Zeldin Republican New York YEA
But this is the first time it went to a vote.
These are the Republicans who voted Yes:
Armstrong Republican North Dakota YEA
Bacon Republican Nebraska YEA
Bentz Republican Oregon YEA
Calvert Republican California YEA
Cammack Republican Florida YEA
Carey Republican Ohio YEA
Cheney Republican Wyoming YEA
Curtis Republican Utah YEA
Davis, Rodney Republican Illinois YEA
Diaz-Balart Republican Florida YEA
Emmer Republican Minnesota YEA
Fitzpatrick Republican Pennsylvania YEA
Garbarino Republican New York YEA
Garcia (CA) Republican California YEA
Gimenez Republican Florida YEA
Gonzales, Tony Republican Texas YEA
Gonzalez (OH) Republican Ohio YEA
Hinson Republican Iowa YEA
Issa Republican California YEA
Jacobs (NY) Republican New York YEA
Joyce (OH) Republican Ohio YEA
Katko Republican New York YEA
Kinzinger Republican Illinois YEA
Mace Republican South Carolina YEA
Malliotakis Republican New York YEA
Mast Republican Florida YEA
Meijer Republican Michigan YEA
Meuser Republican Pennsylvania YEA
Miller-Meeks Republican Iowa YEA
Moore (UT) Republican Utah YEA
Newhouse Republican Washington YEA
Obernolte Republican California YEA
Owens Republican Utah YEA
Perry Republican Pennsylvania YEA
Rice (SC) Republican South Carolina YEA
Salazar Republican Florida YEA
Simpson Republican Idaho YEA
Stefanik Republican New York YEA
Steil Republican Wisconsin YEA
Stewart Republican Utah YEA
Turner Republican Ohio YEA
Upton Republican Michigan YEA
Valadao Republican California YEA
Van Drew Republican New Jersey YEA
Wagner Republican Missouri YEA
Waltz Republican Florida YEA
Zeldin Republican New York YEA
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