Vote 165

Question: On the Motion to Table
Bill: H R 5517
Vote description: Lott Amdt. No. 2799 ; To prevent the District of Columbia from implementing a system of registration for unmarried, cohabitating homosexual, lesbian, and heterosexual couples in the Nation's Capital in order to sanction such relationships and to grant such unmarried couples certain rights and benefits traditionally reserved for couples who have entered into the legally enforceable bonds of matrimony.
Vote type: 1/2 (Help)
A simple majority of those present and voting is required for approval or passage.
Result: Failed, 41-51, with 8 not voting.
Date/time: July 30, 1992, 6:48 p.m.
Amendment num: S.Amdt. 2799
Republican majority opinion: No (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Republicans. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."
Democrat majority opinion: Yes (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Democrats. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."

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