Past floor vote

H.R. 8404

Respect for Marriage Act

117th Congress · senate roll 362 · On Passage of the Bill H.R. 8404

Bill Passed (61-36, 3/5 majority required). Official tally: nay 36, not_voting 3, yea 61.

Official roll

How this vote is scored

Phase 1 weight

disclosed prudential weight 0.25 (two Congresses back).

Tier 2 under family harm, not children. Signed by Adam Malin on 2026-10-22. A yea counts. Some Christians backed the religious-liberty amendment, and the practical effect largely codified Obergefell. Neither changes what the law declares marriage to be.

Past floor votes on life and on children count at a disclosed prudential weight. A vote in the prior Congress counts at 0.5. A vote two Congresses back counts at 0.25. Nothing older is scored. The weight counts toward the lane minimum: the votes add their weights, not one full vote each. An absence, or a present, on a bill that defends life or children still counts, at that same reduced weight. An absence on a bill that expands abortion does not. Scripture gives no half-life for sin. Recent conduct is better evidence of how a member uses the office now. The numbers 0.5 and 0.25, and the two-Congress limit, are chosen numbers, open to revision. Decay changes the score only. Whether a cap applies does not decay.

Yea

Yea

Nay

Nay

Other

Not voting or present

22 members on the official roll are not in this record.