Action Items to Preserve Traditional Marriage

Voter Guides

186 Representatives voted AGAINST the federal Marriage Protection Amendment [H.J.Res 106] (for same-sex "marriage"). Twenty (20) Representatives DID NOT VOTE.

You can call your Representative through the Capitol Switch Board: (202) 224-3121 — or check below for a direct phone number to your Representative.

Green Box with HRC PAC Funding Contribution is the amount of money given to the Representatives by the Human Rights Campaign, a pro-homosexual group which is fighting against the Marriage Amendment.

Alabama — Minnesota          Alabama — 1st Jo Bonner Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4931 District Offices: Mobile 251-690-2811 Foley 251-943-2073 Alabama — 2nd Terry Everett Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2901 District Offices: Dothan 334-794-9680 Montgomery 334-277-9113 Opp 334-493-9253 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Alabama — 3rd Michael D. Rogers Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3261 District Offices: Anniston 256-236-5655 Opelika 334-745-6221 Montgomery 334-277-4210 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Alabama — 4th Robert B. Aderholt Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4876 District Offices: Jasper 205-221-2310 Cullman 256-734-6043 Gadsden 256-546-0201 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Alabama — 5th Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr. Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4801 District Offices: Huntsville 256-551-0190 Tuscumbia 256-381-3450 Decatur 256-355-9400 Alabama — 6th Spencer Bachus Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4921 District Offices: Birmingham 205-969-2296 Northport 205-333-9894 Clanton 205-280-0704 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Alabama — 7th Arthur Davis Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2665 District Offices: Birmingham 205-254-1960 Tuscaloosa 205-752-5380 Selma 334-877-4414 Livingston 205-652-5834 Demopolis 334-287-0860  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $5,000    2004 –   Alaska — At Large Don Young Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5765 District Offices: Anchorage 907-271-5978 Kenai 907-283-5808 Ketchikan 907-225-6880 Juneau 907-586-7400 Fairbanks 907-456-0210 Wasilla 907-376-7665 Arizona — 1st Rick Renzi Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-2315 District Offices: Show Low 928-537-2800 Flagstaff 928-213-3434 Casa Grande 520-705-2181 Prescott 928-708-9120 Window Rock 928-853-3750 Safford 928-587-3417 San Carlos 928-475-3733 Whiteriver 928-521-2810 Arizona — 2nd Trent Franks Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4576 District Offices: Glendale 623-776-7911 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Arizona — 3rd John B. Shadegg Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3361 District Offices: Phoenix 602-263-5300 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Arizona — 4th Ed Pastor Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4065 District Offices: Phoenix 602-256-0551  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $4,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly Opposes FMA   Arizona — 5th J.D. Hayworth Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2190 District Offices: Scottsdale 480-926-4151 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Arizona — 6th Jeff Flake Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2635 District Offices: Mesa 480-833-0092 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Arizona — 7th Raul M. Grijalva Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2435 District Offices: Tucson 520-622-6788 Yuma 928-343-7933  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $5,000    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) said he opposes such an amendment, calling it, 'an insult to all families, their dignity and their contributions as citizens of this nation.' He also said that the Bush administration is trying to 'divert attention away from the real issues facing America.'"   – The Arizona Republic, Feb. 25, 2004   Arizona — 8th Jim Kolbe Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2542 District Offices: Tucson 520-881-3588 Sierra Vista 520-459-3115  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $8,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I oppose an amendment to the United States Constitution to limit the rights of one group of Americans. Never before has it been proposed that our Constitution should be used to limit the rights of citizens rather than expand those rights. We must not start down such a dangerous path now."   – Rep. Jim Kolbe, Press Release, February 24, 2004   Arkansas — 1st Marion Barry Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-4076 District Offices: Jonesboro: 870-972-4600 Cabot: 501 843-3043 Mountain Home: 870 425-3510 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Supports FMA    "I believe the current law, the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, is adequate to ensure the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman is not infringed upon. I also believe the process of amending the Constitution should only be looked to as a last resort. However, let me be clear: if a vote to amend the Constitution with such a provision comes to the floor in the House of Representatives, I would vote in favor of defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman."   – Should the definition of marriage be placed in the US Constitution? The Arkansas Democrat Gazette September 4, 2004  Arkansas — 2nd Vic Snyder Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2506 District Offices: Little Rock 501-324-5941  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,000    2000 –      2002 – $2,500    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I don't understand the need for complicating the state Constitution since Arkansas law already clearly states that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. Family and marital law is best done by statute, not by constitution. Also, the language in the proposal seems unnecessarily complicated and may have unintended consequences; for example, does it impact corporations who have health insurance plans that cover unmarried partners?"   – Arkansas Times, July 22, 2004   Arkansas — 3rd John Boozman Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4301 District Offices: Ft. Smith 479-782-7787 Fayetteville 479-442-5258 Harrison 870-741-6900 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Arkansas — 4th Mike Ross Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-3772 District Offices: Pine Bluff 870-536-3376 Prescott 870-887-6787 El Dorado 870-881-0681 Hot Springs 501-520-5892 California — 1st Mike Thompson Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3311 District Offices: Napa 707-226-9898 Ft. Bragg 707-962-0933 Eureka 707-269-9595 Woodland 530-662-5272  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $3,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 2nd Wally Herger Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3076 District Offices: Chico 530-893-8363 Redding 530-223-5898 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   California — 3rd Doug Ose Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5716 District Offices: Sacramento 916-489-3684 California — 4th John T. Doolittle Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2511 District Offices: Granite Bay 916-786-5560 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   California — 5th Robert T. Matsui Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-7163 District Offices: Sacramento 916-498-5600  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $6,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 6th Lynn Woolsey Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5161 District Offices: Santa Rosa 707-542-7182 San Rafael 415-507-9554  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $3,500    2000 – $2,500    2002 – $2,525    2004 – $6,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 7th George Miller Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2095 District Offices: Concord 925-602-1880 Richmond 510-262-6500 Vallejo 707-645-1888  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $  500    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 8th Nancy Pelosi Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4965 District Offices: San Francisco 415-556-4862  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $3,525    2004 – $10,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 9th Barbara Lee Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2661 District Offices: Oakland 510-763-0370  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $1,25    2004 – $2,000 California — 10th Ellen O. Tauscher Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-1880 District Offices: Walnut Creek 925-932-8899 Antioch 925-757-7187 Fairfield 707-428-7792  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $2,525    2004 – $4,000 California — 11th Richard Pombo Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-1947 District Offices: Stockton 209-951-3091 San Ramon 925-866-7040< Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   California — 12th Tom Lantos Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3531 District Offices: San Mateo 650-342-0300  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 13th Fortney H. "Pete" Stark Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5065 District Offices: Fremont 510-494-1388  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 14th Anna Eshoo Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-8104 District Offices: Palo Alto 650-323-2984  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $  525    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 15th Michael M. Honda Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2631 District Offices: Campbell 408-558-8085  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $9,944    2002 – $3,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 16th Zoe Lofgren Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3072 District Offices: San Jose 408-271-8700  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 17th Sam Farr Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2861 District Offices: Salinas 831-424-2229 Santa Cruz 831-429-1976  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,500    2000 – $3,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 18th Dennis Cardoza Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6131 District Offices: Merced 209-383-4455 Modesto 209-527-1914 Stockton 209-946-0361  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "The Congressman does not believe that issues of marriage should be dealt with in the U.S. Constitution, but he does support marriage between a man and a woman."   – staffer of Rep. Cardoza   California — 19th George P. Radanovich Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4540 District Offices: Fresno 559-449-2490 Turlock 209-656-8660 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   California — 20th Calvin Dooley Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3341 District Offices: Fresno 559-441-7496  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $6,000    2002 – $1,025    2004 –   California — 21st Devin Nunes Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-2523 District Offices: Visalia 559-733-3861 Clovis 559-323-5235 California — 22nd William M. Thomas Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2915 District Offices: Bakersfield 661-327-3611 Atascadero 805-461-1034 California — 23rd Lois Capps Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3601 District Offices: Santa Barbara 805-730-1710 San Luis Obispo 805-546-8348 Oxnard 805-385-3440  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $20,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $3,525    2004 – $2,000 California — 24th Elton Gallegly Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5811 District Offices: Thousand Oaks 805-497-2224 Solvang 805-686-2525 California — 25th Howard "Buck" McKeon Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-1956 District Offices: Santa Clarita 661-254-2111 Palmdale 661-274-9688 California — 26th David Dreier Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2305 District Offices: Glendora 626-852-2626 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 27th Brad Sherman Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5911 District Offices: Sherman Oaks 818-501-9200  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 California — 28th Howard L. Berman Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4695 District Offices: Van Nuys 818-994-7200  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Our struggle for equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian people is fundamentally a question of religious freedom," he said. "We believe that the imposition of opposing religious perspectives, which deny our right as clergy to follow the policies of our own traditions and conscience, is a clear violation of the historic American constitutional principle of neutrality in religious matters."   – attrib   California — 29th Adam Schiff Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4176 District Offices: Pasadena 626-304-2727  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $9,974    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $4,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 30th Henry A. Waxman Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3976 District Offices: Los Angeles 323-651-1040  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $1,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 31st Xavier Becerra Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6235 District Offices: Los Angeles 213-483-1425  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,500    2000 – $2,500    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $3,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "The President is proposing that we use the Constitution to limit the rights of a specific group of Americans in pursuit of a political agenda that abandons moral common sense, is counterproductive, and shuns both state's rights and the very liberties that this document grants all Americans as well."   – Gayopolis, May 12, 2004.   California — 32nd Hilda L. Solis Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5464 District Offices: El Monte 626-448-1271 East Los Angeles 323-307-9904  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $5,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 33rd Diane Watson Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-7084 District Offices: Los Angeles 323-965-1422  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $7,025    2004 – $2,000 California — 34th Lucille Roybal-Allard Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-1766 District Offices: Los Angeles 213-628-9230  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 35th Maxine Waters Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2201 District Offices: Los Angeles 323-757-8900  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 36th Jane Harman DID NOT VOTE Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-8220 District Offices: El Segundo 310-643-3636 Wilmington 310-549-8282  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,500    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $3,500 California — 37th Juanita Millender-McDonald Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-7924 District Offices: Torrance 310-538-1190  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 38th Grace F. Napolitano Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5256 District Offices: Santa Fe Springs 562-801-2134 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 39th Linda T. Sanchez Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6676 District Offices: Lakewood 562-429-8499  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $6,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 40th Ed Royce Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4111 District Offices: Fullerton 714-992-8081 California — 41st Jerry Lewis Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5861 District Offices: Redlands 909-862-6030 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 42nd Gary G. Miller Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3201 District Offices: Brea 714-257-1142 Mission Viejo 949-470-8484 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   California — 43rd Joe Baca Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6161 District Offices: San Bernardino 909-885-2222  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I'm not taking a stand. It's too early to take a stand," [His office confirmed that he has still not yet developed a position.]   – The Daily Bulletin, February 24, 2004   California — 44th Ken Calvert Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-1986 District Offices: Riverside 909-784-4300 San Clemente 949-496-2343 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   California — 45th Mary Bono Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5330 District Offices: Palm Springs 760-320-1076 Hemet 909-658-2312  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $1,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I have always revered the United States Constitution, and am very cautious of any efforts to amend this precious document, including the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment... I do not support a constitutional amendment that seeks to define marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman and – or between two persons of the same sex. Whether or not we are willing to take this new step as a society, one thing is certain: that we don't want to take a step backwards."   – Press Enterprise 2/25/04   California — 46th Dana Rohrabacher Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2415 District Offices: Huntington Beach 714-960-6483 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   California — 47th Loretta Sanchez Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2965 District Offices: Garden Grove 714-621-0102  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,425    2000 – $6,500    2002 – $4,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 48th Christopher Cox Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5611 District Offices: Newport Beach 949-756-2244 California — 49th Darrell Issa Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3906 District Offices: Vista 760-599-5000 California — 50th Randy "Duke" Cunningham Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5452 District Offices: Escondido 760-737-8438 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   California — 51st Bob Filner Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-8045 District Offices: Chula Vista 619-422-5963 Imperial 760-355-8800  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $3,500    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   California — 52nd Duncan Hunter DID NOT VOTE Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5672 District Offices: El Cajon 619-579-3001 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   California — 53rd Susan A. Davis Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2040 District Offices: San Diego 619-280-5353  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $9,940    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "We continue to rally the troops and get as many people out there and on record in opposition as possible,” Valdez said, adding that SDAMD is focusing on writing to as many congressional representatives as possible, even those like Congressmembers Bob Filner and Susan Davis who have already gone on record in opposition to a federal marriage amendment"   – Gay and Lesbian Times   Colorado — 1st Diana L. DeGette Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4431 District Offices: Denver 303-844-4988  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $3,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $5,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Colorado — 2nd Mark Udall Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2161 District Offices: Westminster 303-650-7820 Minturn 970-827-4154  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,000    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $2,525    2004 – $4,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Colorado — 3rd Scott McInnis Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4761 District Offices: Pueblo 719-543-8200 Grand Junction 970-245-7107 Glenwood Springs 970-928-0637 Durango 970-259-2754 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Colorado — 4th Marilyn Musgrave sponsor -- Introduced 5/21/03 Washington Phone: 202-225-4676 District Offices: Loveland 970-663-3536 Sterling 970-522-1788 Las Animas 719-456-0925 Greeley 970-352-4037 Colorado — 5th Joel Hefley Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4422 District Offices: Colorado Springs 719-520-0055 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Colorado — 6th Thomas G. Tancredo Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-7882 District Offices: Centennial 720-283-9772 Littleton 720-283-7575 Castle Rock 303-688-3361 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Colorado — 7th Bob Beauprez Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2645 District Offices: Wheat Ridge 303-940-5821 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Connecticut — 1st John B. Larson Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2265 District Offices: Hartford 860-278-8888  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Connecticut — 2nd Robert R. Simmons Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2076 District Offices: Norwich 860-886-0139 Enfield 860-741-4053  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 – $6,430 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Connecticut — 3rd Rosa DeLauro Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3661 District Offices: New Haven 203-562-3718  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,500    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Connecticut — 4th Christopher Shays Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5541 District Offices: Bridgeport 203-579-5870 Stamford 203-357-8277  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $10,000    2002 – $5,025    2004 – $6,430 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Connecticut — 5th Nancy L. Johnson Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4476 District Offices: New Britain 860-223-8412 Waterbury 203-573-1418  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $9,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Deleware — At Large Michael Castle Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4165 District Offices: Wilmington 302-428-1902 Dover 302-736-1666  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $2,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Florida — 1st Jeff Miller Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4136 District Offices: Pensacola 850-479-1183 Ft. Walton Beach 850-664-1266 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Florida — 2nd F. Allen Boyd, Jr. Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-5235 District Offices: Tallahassee 850-561-3979 Panama City 850-785-0812 Florida — 3rd Corrine Brown DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-0123 District Offices: Jacksonville 904-354-1652 Orlando 407-872-0656  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $1,500    2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Florida — 4th Ander Crenshaw Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-2501 District Offices: Jacksonville 904-598-0481 Lake City 386-365-3316 Florida — 5th Ginny Brown-Waite Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-1002 District Offices: Dade City 352-567-6707 Brooksville 352-799-8354 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Florida — 6th Cliff Stearns Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5744 District Offices: Ocala 352-351-8777 Orange Park 904-269-3203 Gainesville 352-337-0003 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Florida — 7th John Mica Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-4035 District Offices: Maitland 407-657-8080 Deltona 386-860-1499 Ormond Beach 386-676-7750 St. Augustine 904-810-5048 Palatka 386-246-6042 Palm Coast 386-328-1622 Florida — 8th Ric Keller Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2176 District Offices: Orlando 407-872-1962 Eustis 888-642-1211 Ocala 888-642-1211 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Florida — 9th Michael Bilirakis Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5755 District Offices: Palm Harbor 727-773-2871 Tampa 813-960-8173 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Florida — 10th C.W. Bill Young Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5961 District Offices: St. Petersburg 727-893-3191 Largo 727-581-0980 Florida — 11th Jim Davis Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3376 District Offices: Tampa 813-354-9217 St. Petersburg 727-867-5301 Florida — 12th Adam Putnam Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-1252 District Offices: Bartow 863-534-3530 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Florida — 13th Katherine Harris Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5015 District Offices: Sarasota 941-951-6643 Bradenton 941-747-9081 Florida — 14th Porter J. Goss Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2536 District Offices: Ft. Myers 239-332-4677 Naples 239-774-8060 Florida — 15th Dave Weldon Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3671 District Offices: Melbourne 321-632-1776 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Florida — 16th Mark Foley Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5792 District Offices: Palm Beach Gardens 561-627-6192 Port St. Lucie 772-878-3181 Port Charlotte 941-627-9100  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $10,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Florida — 17th Kendrick B. Meek DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4506 District Offices: Miami 305-690-5905 Pembroke Pines 954-450-6767  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $5,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Florida — 18th Ileana Ros-Lehtinen DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3931 District Offices: Miami 305-275-1800  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Florida — 19th Robert I. Wexler Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3001 District Offices: Boca Raton 561-988-6302 Margate 954-972-6454  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Florida — 20th Peter Deutsch Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-7931 District Offices: Pembroke Pines 954-437-3936 Aventura 305-936-5724  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Florida — 21st Lincoln Diaz-Balart DID NOT VOTE Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4211 District Offices: Miami 305-470-8555 Florida — 22nd E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-3026 District Offices: Ft. Lauderdale 954-522-1800 West Palm Beach 561-832-3007 Florida — 23rd Alcee L. Hastings DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-1313 District Offices: Ft. Lauderdale 954-733-2800 West Palm Beach 561-684-0565  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Florida — 24h Tom Feeney Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2706 District Offices: Orlando 407-208-1106 Port Orange 386-756-9798 Titusville 321-264-6113 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Florida — 25th Mario Diaz-Balart DID NOT VOTE Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2778 District Offices: Miami 305-225-6866 Naples 239-348-1620  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $1,000    2004 –   Georgia — 1st Jack Kingston Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5831 District Offices: Savannah 912-352-0101 Brunswick 912-265-9010 Baxley 912-367-7403 Warner Robins 478-923-8987 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Georgia — 2nd Sanford Bishop, Jr. Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-3631 District Offices: Albany 229-439-8067 Dawson 229-995-3991 Valdosta 229-247-9705 Columbus 706-320-9477  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $  500    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Georgia — 3rd Jim Marshall Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6531 District Offices: Macon 478-464-0255 Georgia — 4th Denise L. Majette Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-1605 District Offices: Decatur 404-633-0927  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Georgia — 5th John Lewis Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3801 District Offices: Atlanta 404-659-0116  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,500    2000 – $8,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Georgia — 6th Johnny Isakson Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4501 District Offices: Atlanta 404-252-5239 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Georgia — 7th John Linder Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4272 District Offices: Duluth 770-232-3005 Canton 770-479-1888 Georgia — 8th Michael "Mac" Collins Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5901 District Offices: McDonough 678-583-6500 Columbus 706-327-7228 Newnan 770-683-4622 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Georgia — 9th Charles Norwood Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4101 District Offices: Augusta 706-733-7066 Toccoa 706-886-2776 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Georgia — 10th Nathan Deal Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5211 District Offices: Gainesville 770-535-2592 LaFayette 706-638-7042 Dalton 706-226-5320 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Georgia — 11th Phil Gingrey Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2931 District Offices: Marietta 770-429-1776 Rome 706-290-1776 Carrollton 770-836-8130 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Georgia — 12th Max Burns Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2823 District Offices: Augusta 706-854-4595 Savannah 912-352-1736 Statesboro 912-681-8540 Athens 706-613-1613 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Georgia — 13th David Scott Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2939 District Offices: Jonesboro 770-210-5073  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Hawaii — 1st Neil Abercrombie Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2726 District Offices: Honolulu 808-541-2570  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $3,500    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Hawaii — 2nd Ed Case Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4906 District Offices: Honolulu 808-541-1986  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 –      2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Idaho — 1st C.L. "Butch" Otter Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6611 District Offices: Boise 208-336-9831 Coeur d'Alene 208-667-0127 Lewiston 208-298-0030 Nampa 208-466-4503 Idaho — 2nd Mike Simpson Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5531 District Offices: Boise 208-334-1953 Idaho Falls 208-523-6701 Twin Falls 208-734-7219 Pocatello 208-478-4160 Illinois — 1st Bobby Rush Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4372 District Offices: Chicago 773-224-6500  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,500    2002 – $   25    2004 –   Illinois — 2nd Jesse Jackson, Jr. Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-0773 District Offices: Homewood 708-798-6000 Chicago 773-241-6500  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Illinois — 3rd William O. Lipinski Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5701 District Offices: Chicago 312-886-0481 Oak Lawn 708-952-0860 La Grange 708-352-0524 Illinois — 4th Luis V. Gutierrez Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-8203 District Offices: Chicago 773-384-1655 Chicago 312-666-3882  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $5,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Illinois — 5th Rahm Emanuel Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4061 District Offices: Chicago 773-267-5926  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $5,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Illinois — 6th Henry J. Hyde Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4561 District Offices: Addison 630-832-5950 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Illinois — 7th Danny K. Davis DID NOT VOTE Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5006 District Offices: Chicago 773-533-7520 Maywood 708-345-6857  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $5,000 Illinois — 8th Philip M. Crane Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3711 District Offices: Palatine 847-358-9160 Lake Villa 847-265-9000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Illinois — 9th Janice D. Schakowsky Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2111 District Offices: Chicago 773-506-7100 Evanston 847-328-3409 Park Ridge 847-298-2128  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $6,000    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $3,000 Illinois — 10th Mark S. Kirk Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4835 District Offices: Deerfield 847-940-0202 Waukegan 847-662-0101  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $5,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Illinois — 11th Jerry Weller Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3635 District Offices: Joliet 815-740-2028 Illinois — 12th Jerry F. Costello Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-5661 District Offices: Belleville 618-233-8026 Granite City 618-451-7065 Carbondale 618-529-3791 East St. Louis 618-397-8833 Chester 618-826-3043 West Frankfort 618-937-6402 Illinois — 13th Judy Biggert Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3515 District Offices: Clarendon Hills 630-655-2052  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $8,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Illinois — 14th J. Dennis Hastert Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2976 District Offices: Batavia 630-406-1114 Dixon 815-288-0680 Illinois — 15th Timothy V. Johnson Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2371 District Offices: Champaign 217-403-4690 Bloomington 309-663-7049 Charleston 217-348-6759 Illinois --16th Donald A. Manzullo Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5676 District Offices: Rockford 815-394-1231 Crystal Lake 815-356-9800 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Illinois — 17th Lane Evans Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5905 District Offices: Moline 309-793-5760 Galesburg 309-342-4411 Decatur 217-422-9150  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $5,025    2004 – $3,000 Illinois — 18th Ray H. Lahood Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6201 District Offices: Peoria 309-671-7027 Jacksonville 217-245-1431 Springfield 217-793-0808 Illinois — 19th John M. Shimkus Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-5271 District Offices: Springfield 217-492-5090 Collinsville 618-344-3065 Centralia 618-532-9676 Olney 618-392-7737 Harrisburg 618-252-8271 Indiana — 1st Peter J. Visclosky Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2461 District Offices: Merrillville 219-795-1844  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $3,025    2004 – $5,000 Indiana — 2nd Chris Chocola Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3915 District Offices: South Bend 574-251-0596 Logansport 574-753-4700 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Indiana — 3rd Mark Souder Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4436 District Offices: Ft. Wayne 260-424-3041 Goshen 574-533-5802 Winona Lake 574-269-1940 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Indiana — 4th Steve Buyer Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-5037 District Offices: Plainfield 317-838-0404 Monticello 574-583-9819 Indiana — 5th Dan Burton Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2276 District Offices: Indianapolis 317-848-0201 Marion 765-662-6770 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Indiana — 6th Mike Pence Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3021 District Offices: Anderson 765-640-2919 Muncie 765-747-5566 Richmond 765-962-2883 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Indiana — 7th Julia M. Carson Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4011 District Offices: Indianapolis 317-283-6516  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $3,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $2,000 Indiana — 8th John N. Hostettler Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-4636 District Offices: Evansville 812-465-6484 Vincennes 812-882-0632 Terre Haute 812-232-0523 Covington 765-793-2161 Indiana — 9th Baron Hill Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5315 District Offices: Jeffersonville 812-288-3999 Seymour 812-524-8744 Bloomington 812-334-7893 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Iowa — 1st Jim Nussle Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2911 District Offices: Manchester 563-927-5141 Dubuque 563-557-7740 Waterloo 319-235-1109 Davenport 563-326-1841 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Iowa — 2nd Jim Leach Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6576 District Offices: Cedar Rapids 319-363-4773 Iowa City 319-351-0789 Burlington 319-754-1106 Ottumwa 641-684-4024 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Iowa — 3rd Leonard L. Boswell Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3806 District Offices: Des Moines 515-282-1909  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $8,925    2000 – $3,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $7,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Iowa — 4th Tom Latham Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5476 District Offices: Ames 515-232-2885 Ft. Dodge 515-573-2738 Clear Lake 641-357-5225 Iowa — 5th Steve King Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4426 District Offices: Storm Lake 712-732-4197 Sioux City 712-224-4692 Council Bluffs 712-325-1404 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Kansas — 1st Jerry Moran Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2715 District Offices: Hutchinson 620-665-6138 Hays 785-628-6401 Kansas — 2nd Jim R. Ryun Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6601 District Offices: Topeka 785-232-4500 Pittsburg 620-232-6100 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Kansas — 3rd Dennis Moore Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2865 District Offices: Overland Park 913-383-2013 Lawrence 785-842-9313 Kansas City 913-621-0832  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $5,000 Kansas — 4th Todd Tiahrt Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6216 District Offices: Wichita 316-262-8992 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Kentucky — 1st Edward Whitfield Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3115 District Offices: Hopkinsville 270-885-8079 Tompkinsville 270-487-9509 Henderson 270-826-4180 Paducah 270-442-6901 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Kentucky — 2nd Ron Lewis Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3501 District Offices: Elizabethtown 270-765-4360 Bowling Green 270-842-9896 Owensboro 270-688-8858 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Kentucky — 3rd Anne M. Northup Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5401 District Offices: Louisville 502-582-5129 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Kentucky — 4th Ken R. Lucas Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3465 District Offices: Ft. Mitchell 859-426-0080 Ashland 606-324-9898< Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Kentucky — 5th Harold Rogers Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4601 District Offices: Somerset 606-679-8346 Hazard 606-439-0794 Pikeville 606-432-4388 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Kentucky — 6th Ben Chandler Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-4706 District Offices: Lexington 859-219-1366 Louisiana — 1st David Vitter Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3015 District Offices: Metairie 504-589-2753 Hammond 985-542-9616 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Louisiana — 2nd William J. Jefferson Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6636 District Offices: New Orleans 504-589-2274  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $3,025    2004 – $2,000 Louisiana — 3rd W.J. "Billy" Tauzin DID NOT VOTE Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4031 District Offices: Gonzales 225-621-8490 New Iberia 337-367-8231 Chalmette 504-271-1707 Houma 985-876-3033 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Louisiana — 4th Jim McCrery Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-2777 District Offices: Shreveport 318-798-2254 Leesville 337-238-0778 Louisiana — 5th Rodney Alexander Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-8490 District Offices: Alexandria 318-445-0818 Monroe 318-322-3500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Louisiana — 6th Richard H. Baker Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3901 District Offices: Baton Rouge 225-929-7711 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Louisiana — 7th Chris John Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-2031 District Offices: Lafayette 337-235-6322 Lake Charles 337-433-1747 Maine — 1st Thomas H. Allen Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6116 District Offices: Portland 207-774-5019  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,000    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Letter to constituent: “I do not believe that the institution of marriage is under assault simply because homosexual couples seek to legal protections associated with marriage. I believe that an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting same-sex marriages is unnecessary... I must oppose H.J.Res. 56 [The FMA].”   – Rep. Tom Allen, Dec. 2003   Maine — 2nd Michael H. Michaud Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6306 District Offices: Bangor 207-942-6935 Lewiston 207-782-3704 Presque Isle 207-764-1036  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 – $7,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Reps. Tom Allen and Michael Michaud all came out against an amendment." - Maine delegation not enthusiastic on Bush proposal   – The Associated Press, Febrauary 25, 2004  Maryland — 1st Wayne Gilchrest Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5311 District Offices: Chestertown 410-778-9407 Salisbury 410-749-3184 Bel Air 410-838-2517 Maryland — 2nd C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3061 District Offices: Timonium 410-628-2701  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Maryland — 3rd Benjamin L. Cardin Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4016 District Offices: Baltimore 410-433-8886  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $1,000 Maryland — 4th Albert Wynn Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-8699 District Offices: Largo 301-773-4094 Olney 301-929-3462  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $4,500 Maryland — 5th Steny H. Hoyer Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4131 District Offices: Greenbelt 301-474-0119 Waldorf 301-843-1577  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $7,500    2000 – $4,000    2002 – $3,025    2004 – $3,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "While I am opposed to same-sex marriages, I support civil unions and ensuring that every American has the right to form a recognized committed relationship with all of the rights, protections and responsibilities that entails,” Hoyer said in a one-sentence statement." – "Moran: Leave same-sex marriage to states."   – Washington Blade, April 16, 2004   Maryland — 6th Roscoe Bartlett Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2721 District Offices: Frederick 301-694-3030 Westminster 410-857-1115 Cumberland 301-724-3105 Hagerstown 301-797-6043 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Maryland — 7th Elijah Cummings Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4741 District Offices: Baltimore 410-685-9199 Catonsville 410-719-8777  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "A spokesperson for Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said the congressman does not have an opinion on the amendment but does support legal and health benefits for gay and lesbian couples."    Maryland — 8th Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5341 District Offices: Rockville 301-424-3501  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 –      2004 – $11,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "The so-called Marriage Protection Act of 2004 which passed the House recently is a direct assault on those principles and a betrayal of the Constitution we have sworn to uphold. Let’s be clear: This isn’t about gay rights, gay civil unions or gay marriage. No matter what your position on those particular issues, you should be outraged by this legislation." – www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/md08 _vanhollen/gayrightsoped.html Massachusetts — 1st John W. Olver Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5335 District Offices: Pittsfield 413-442-0946 Holyoke 413-532-7010 Fitchburg 978-342-8722 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Massachusetts — 2nd Richard E. Neal Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5601 District Offices: Springfield 413-785-0325 Milford 508-634-8198 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Massachusetts — 3rd James P. McGovern Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6101 District Offices: Worcester 508-831-7356 Fall River 508-677-0140 Attleboro 508-431-8025 Marlborough 508-460-9292  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $1,025    2004 – $5,000 Massachusetts — 4th Barney Frank Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5931 District Offices: Newton 617-332-3920 Taunton 508-822-4796 New Bedford 508-999-6462  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $1,025    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Massachusetts — 5th Marty Meehan Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3411 District Offices: Lowell 978-459-0101 Lawrence 978-681-6200 Haverhill 978-521-1845 Massachusetts — 6th John F. Tierney Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-8020 District Offices: Peabody 978-531-1669 Lynn 781-595-7375  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,500 Massachusetts — 7th Edward J. Markey Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2836 District Offices: Medford 781-396-2900 Framingham 508-875-2900  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $   25    2004 – $3,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Massachusetts — 8th Michael Capuano Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5111 District Offices: Cambridge 617-621-6208 Roxbury 617-621-6208  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,500    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $3,500 Massachusetts — 9th Stephen F. Lynch Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-8273 District Offices: Boston 617-428-2000 Brockton 508-586-5555  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $2,025    2004 – $3,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA   Massachusetts — 10th William Delahunt Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3111 District Offices: Quincy 617-770-3700 Hyannis 508-771-0666<  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,500 Michigan — 1st Bart Stupak Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4735 District Offices: Petoskey 231-348-0657 Marquette 906-228-3700 Alpena 989-356-0690 Escanaba 906-786-4504 Houghton 906-482-1371 Crystal Falls 906-875-3751 West Branch 989-345-2258  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $1,000    2004 –   Michigan — 2nd Peter Hoekstra Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4401 District Offices: Holland 616-395-0030 Muskegon 231-722-8386 Cadillac 231-775-0050 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Michigan — 3rd Vernon Ehlers Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3831 District Offices: Grand Rapids 616-451-8383 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I agree with the purpose and intent of the amendment because I firmly believe that the term marriage should only apply to a union between a man and a woman. That being said, I am not convinced that a constitutional amendment is necessary... I think that the Defense of Marriage Act can be used to protect and uphold the institution of marriage against attacks by activist judges and local officials."   – National Review Online, March 12, 2004   Michigan — 4th Dave Camp Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3561 District Offices: Midland 989-631-2552 Traverse City 231-929-4711 Michigan — 5th Dale E. Kildee Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3611 District Offices: Flint 810-239-1437 Saginaw 989-755-8904 Bay City 989-891-0990  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $3,000    2000 – $2,500    2002 – $5,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D., Flint) told the Associated Press that he believes it's premature to consider an amendment because the Defense of Marriage Act hasn't been tested in the courts. If the act is upheld in court, Kildee thinks the amendment may not be needed."   – National Review Online, March 12, 2004   Michigan — 6th Fred Upton Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3761 District Offices: Kalamazoo 269-385-0039 St. Joseph 269-982-1986 Michigan — 7th Nick Smith Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6276 District Offices: Jackson 517-783-4486 Battle Creek 616-965-9066 Michigan — 8th Michael J. Rogers Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4872 District Offices: Lansing 517-702-8000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "The marriage of a man and a woman is a sacred union and a fundamental element of building strong families and a strong nation," Rogers said. "Thirty-eight states, including Michigan, have laws recognizing that marriage is between a man and a woman. As long as these state laws are enforced and the 1996 U.S. Defense of Marriage Act is the law of our land, the very serious step of a constitutional amendment should only be our last resort."   – National Review Online, March 12, 2004   Michigan — 9th Joseph Knollenberg Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5802 District Offices: Farmington Hills 248-851-1366 Troy 248-619-0531 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I continue to believe that marriage should mean only the union of one man and one woman. The Defense of Marriage Act, which I supported in 1996, protects the vital institution of marriage in a proper way and does not dictate results in any State. We should allow the democratic process to work its will in each State, as DOMA, and now H.R. 3313, intends.” July 22, 2004 Press Release Rep. Joseph Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Hills, is one of the Republicans who "needs to be convinced" that the constitutional amendment is the best way to handle the issue. "His position is that marriage should only be legally defined as the union of one man and one woman," said Chris Close, a Knollenberg spokesman. "He is skeptical of current efforts to amend the Constitution, because he believes that DOMA should stand. It leaves the issue to the states, where he thinks it belongs."    Michigan — 10th Candice Miller Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2106 District Offices: Shelby Township 586-997-5010 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Michigan — 11th Thaddeus G. McCotter Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-8171 District Offices: Livonia 734-632-0314 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Michigan — 12th Sander M. Levin Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4961 District Offices: Roseville 586-498-7122 Oak Park 248-968-2025  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,000    2000 – $3,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Royal Oak Democrat Sander Levin opposes a constitutional amendment, according to his spokeswoman, Hilarie Chambers. She pointed to his vote in favor of DOMA eight years ago, and said he had not elaborated his views on gay marriage itself or civil unions. Reps. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Detroit, and Sander Levin, R-Royal Oak, said they also wouldn't support an amendment."    Michigan — 13th Carolyn C. Kilpatrick Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2261 District Offices: Detroit 313-965-9004  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $1,525    2004 –   Michigan — 14th John Conyers, Jr. Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5126 District Offices: Detroit 313-961-5670 Southgate 734-285-5624  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,525    2004 – $3,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act.    Michigan — 15th John D. Dingell Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4071 District Offices: Dearborn 313-278-2936 Monroe 734-243-1849 Ypsilanti 734-481-1100  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    ""A constitutional amendment regarding marriage is a usurpation of states rights. I will vote against the amendment when I have a chance."   – National Review Online, March 12, 2004   Minnesota — 1st Gil Gutknecht Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2472 District Offices: Rochester 507-252-9841 Fairmont 507-238-2835 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Minnesota — 2nd John Kline Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-2271 District Offices: Burnsville 952-808-1213 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Supports FMA    "'He doesn't want to see an amendment come to the House floor,' said his spokeswoman, Angelyn Wollen. 'But if it comes to the floor, he'll support it."   – Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feb. 28, 2004   Minnesota — 3rd Jim Ramstad Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-2871 District Offices: Minnetonka 952-738-8200 Minnesota — 4th Betty McCollum Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6631 District Offices: St. Paul 651-224-9191  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $10,000    2002 – $3,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I am opposed to Mr. Bush playing reelection politics with our Constitution at the expense of the real issues America is facing at home and around the world." -- Dayton to Oppose Gay-Marriage Ban "   – Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feb. 28, 2004   Minnesota — 5th Martin Olav Sabo Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4755 District Offices: Minneapolis 612-664-8000  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Besides McCollum, Minnesota Reps. Jim Oberstar and Martin Sabo - both Democrats - have sided against Bush's proposed amendment. Oberstar described it as a states'-rights issue."   – Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 28, 2004   Minnesota — 6th Mark R. Kennedy Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2331 District Offices: Buffalo 763-684-1600 St. Cloud 320-259-0099 Hugo 651-653-5933 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Minnesota — 7th Collin Peterson Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2165 District Offices: Detroit Lakes 218-847-5056 Red Lake Falls 218-253-4356 Willmar 320-235-1061 Marshall 507-537-2299 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Minnesota — 8th James L. Oberstar DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6211 District Offices: Duluth 218-727-7474 Chisholm 218-254-5761 Brainerd 218-828-4400 North Branch 651-277-1234 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Rep. James Oberstar (D): Opposes a constitutional amendment 'that expressly prohibits partners of the same gender from making a commitment to each other' and believes 'states should give same-sex couples the same legal rights enjoyed by married couples, such as health and survivor benefits.'" - Coleman for Amendment to Ban Gay Marriages, Patrick Sweeney and Michael Krieger   – St. Paul Pioneer Press, Feb. 25, 2004   End of Column — Return to Websites of U.S. Representatives Alphabetical by Last Name Color Key:                    Sponsor  1     Co-sponsor  129     Supports  40     Unknown  116     Opposed  149  (U.S. House List Updated: October 4, 2004 -- 12:55 p.m.) Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Summary Data derived from OpenSecrets.org based on Federal Election Commission reports  HRC Political Action Committee Funding Contributions    1998 – OpenSecrets Data    2000 – OpenSecrets Data    2002 – OpenSecrets Data    2004 – OpenSecrets Data (HRC Data Tables Updated: September 15, 2004 -- 9:00 a.m.) Political Party breakdown of Top Donor Profiles Here is the Human Rights Campaign profile   —  from OpenSecrets.org, Center for Responsive Politics. 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Mississippi - Wyoming          Mississippi — 1st Roger Wicker Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4306 District Offices: Tupelo 662-844-5437 Southaven 662-342-3942 Grenada 662-294-1321 Columbus 662-327-0748 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Mississippi — 2nd Bennie G. Thompson Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5876 District Offices: Bolton 601-866-9003 Marks 662-326-9003 Greenwood 662-455-9003 Greenville 662-335-9003 Mound Bayou 662-741-9003  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Mississippi — 3rd Charles "Chip" Pickering, Jr. Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5031 District Offices: Pearl 601-932-2410 Meridian 601-693-6681 Starkville 662-324-0007 Brookhaven 601-823-3400 Natchez 601-442-2515 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Mississippi — 4th Gene Taylor Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5772 District Offices: Gulfport 228-864-7670 Hattiesburg 601-582-3246 Ocean Springs 228-872-7950 Laurel 601-425-3905 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Missouri — 1st Wm. Lacy Clay Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2406 District Offices: St. Louis 314-890-0349 St. Louis 314-367-1970  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $2,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act    Missouri — 2nd Todd Akin Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2561 District Offices: St. Louis 314-590-0029 St. Charles 636-949-6826 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Missouri — 3rd Richard A. Gephardt Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2671 District Offices: St. Louis 314-894-3400  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I'm not for the constitutional amendment. I don't think we ought to clutter up the Constitution with taking something away. We've got lots of problems in this country, but you can't just run to the Constitution every time you think something needs to be changed."   – FOX News with Chris Wallace  Missouri — 4th Ike Skelton Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2876 District Offices: Blue Springs 816-228-4242 Lebanon 417-532-7964 Jefferson City 573-635-3499 Sedalia 660-826-2675 Missouri — 5th Karen McCarthy Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4535 District Offices: Kansas City 816-842-4545 Independence 816-833-4545  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $1,000 Missouri — 6th Sam Graves Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-7041 District Offices: Liberty 816-792-3976 St. Joseph 816-233-9818 Missouri — 7th Roy Blunt Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6536 District Offices: Springfield 417-889-1800 Joplin 417-781-1041 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Missouri — 8th Jo Ann H. Emerson Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4404 District Offices: Cape Girardeau 573-335-0101 Rolla 573-364-2455 Farmington 573-756-9755 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Missouri — 9th Kenny C. Hulshof Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2956 District Offices: Columbia 573-449-5111 Hannibal 573-221-1200 Washington 636-239-4001 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Montana — At Large Dennis Rehberg Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-3211 District Offices: Billings 406-256-1019 Helena 406-443-7878 Great Falls 406-454-1066 Missoula 406-543-9550 Nebraska — 1st Doug Bereuter Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4806 District Offices: Lincoln 402-438-1598 Fremont 402-727-0888 Nebraska — 2nd Lee Terry Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4155 District Offices: Omaha 402-397-9944 Nebraska — 3rd Tom Osborne Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6435 District Offices: Grand Island 308-381-5555 Scottsbluff 308-632-3333 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Nevada — 1st Shelley Berkley Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5965 District Offices: Las Vegas 702-220-9823  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $8,625    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    When considering a state constitutional amendment… "At the convention, Rep. Shelley Berkley was the only top Democratic candidate who unequivocally opposed Question 2."   – The Las Vegas Sun, April 22, 2004   Nevada — 2nd James A. Gibbons Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6155 District Offices: Reno 775-686-5760 Elko 775-777-7920 Las Vegas 702-255-1651 Nevada — 3rd Jon C. Porter Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3252 District Offices: Henderson 702-387-4941 New Hampshire — 1st Jeb Bradley Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5456 District Offices: Manchester 603-641-9536 Dover 603-743-4813 New Hampshire — 2nd Charles Bass Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5206 District Offices: Concord 603-226-0249 Nashua 603-889-8772 Littleton 603-444-1271 Keene 603-358-4094  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $1,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Representative Charles Bass of New Hampshire, sharing a ride on Air Force One, told Bush to ''back off this gay marriage thing, that it was going to be devastating for him in the Northeast,' where voters have a famously libertarian streak. 'I don't think they actively support gay marriage, but they have a subliminal distrust for government establishing a moral code for people's lives,' Bass, a Republican, recalled telling Bush."   – The Boston Globe, July 18, 2004   New Jersey — 1st Robert E. Andrews Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6501 District Offices: Haddon Heights 856-546-5100 Woodbury 856-546-5100  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $  525    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.) called Bush's position "wrong on a lot of levels." Among them: "He is wrong to be reaching for such a divisive measure." More important problems, such as the uninsured and loss of manufacturing jobs, need to be addressed, he said. And "for the federal government to intrude [on a state issue] is a mistake." If he were in the New Jersey Legislature, Andrews said, he would [support] Civil unions ..."   – Area Delegation on Gay Marriage, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 26, 2004.   New Jersey — 2nd Frank A. Lobiondo Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6572 District Offices: Mays Landing 609-625-5008 New Jersey — 3rd Jim Saxton Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4765 District Offices: Mt. Holly 609-261-5800 Cherry Hill 856-428-0520 Toms River 732-914-2020 New Jersey — 4th Christopher H. Smith Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3765 District Offices: Hamilton 609-585-7878 Whiting 732-350-2300 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   New Jersey — 5th Scott Garrett Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4465 District Offices: Paramus 201-712-0330 Newton 973-300-2000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   New Jersey — 6th Frank Pallone, Jr. Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4671 District Offices: Long Branch 732-571-1140 New Brunswick 732-249-8892 Hazlet 732-264-9104 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act New Jersey — 7th Michael A. Ferguson Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5361 District Offices: Martinsville 908-757-7835  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – &nsp;    2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   New Jersey — 8th Bill Pascrell, Jr. Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5751 District Offices: Paterson 973-523-5152 Passaic 973-472-4510 Bloomfield 973-680-1361 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I support the civil unions providing protections and benefits to gay couples similar to those enjoyed by married couples. This is a matter that should be left to the states that issue marriage licenses, and not the federal government."   – Pascrell quoted by Francesca Lorusso-Caputi, GAY MARRIAGE ISSUE DIVIDES / Italian-American Congress Members, Viewpoints.   New Jersey — 9th Steven R. Rothman Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5061 District Offices: Hackensack 201-646-0808 Jersey City 201-798-1366  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $12,500    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $4,000 New Jersey — 10th Donald M. Payne Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3436 District Offices: Newark 973-645-3213 Elizabeth 908-629-0222  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $3,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act New Jersey — 11th Rodney Frelinghuysen Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5034 District Offices: Morristown 973-984-0711  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $7,500    2002 – $10,000    2004 –   New Jersey — 12th Rush Holt Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5801 District Offices: West Windsor 609-750-9365  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $14,937    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $5,975 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "On Tuesday, I met with Representative Rush Holt and the staff of Senators Corzine and Lautenberg to support their opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment that is currently in discussion in both the House and the Senate"   – LOBBYING AND LUNCH IN D.C," Skylights - Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, May 29, 2004   New Jersey — 13th Robert Menendez DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-7919 District Offices: Jersey City 201-222-2828 Bayonne 201-823-2900 Perth Amboy 732-324-6212 Union City 201-558-0800  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "He [Barney Frank] is able to show the irrationality of those who have prejudices against Americans with a different sexual preference."   – Speaking Frank-ly, The Jersey Journal, July 29, 2004   New Mexico — 1st Heather A. Wilson Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-6316 District Offices: Albuquerque 505-346-6781 New Mexico — 2nd Steve Pearce Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2365 District Offices: Las Cruces 505-522-2219 Roswell 505-622-0055 Hobbs 505-392-8325 Socorro 505-838-7516 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   New Mexico — 3rd Tom Udall Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6190 District Offices: Santa Fe 505-984-8950 Rio Rancho 505-994-0499 Clovis 505-763-7616 Gallup 505-863-0582 Farmington 505-324-1005 Las Vegas 505-454-4080  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $4,625    2000 – $3,500    2002 – $2,525    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Amendments to our Constitution should expand, not curtail, individual rights," Udall said.   – Pearce.House.Gov   New York — 1st Timothy Bishop Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3826 District Offices: Coram 631-696-6500  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 –      2004 – $11,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I don't believe the Constitution or the federal government ought to be used to regulate marriage... The states have done a good job of regulating marriage over the years. And I don't believe the Constitution should be used to limit freedoms; other amendments have enhanced personal freedoms."   – Talon News, March 22, 2004   New York — 2nd Steve J. Israel Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3335 District Offices: Hauppauge 631-951-2210  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $5,000    2002 – $5,025    2004 – $1,000 New York — 3rd Peter King Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-7896 District Offices: Massapequa Park 516-541-4225 New York — 4th Carolyn McCarthy Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5516 District Offices: Garden City 516-739-3008  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,500    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $6,025    2004 – $4,500 New York — 5th Gary L. Ackerman Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2601 District Offices: Bayside 718-423-2154  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $3,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act New York — 6th Gregory W. Meeks DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3461 District Offices: St. Albans 718-949-5600 Far Rockaway 718-327-9791 Richmond Hill 718-738-4200  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I am against the president’s Constitutional Amendment…I would vote no. It’s a state decision. I’m for civil unions."   – The Gay Marriage Debate, The Queens Tribune, March 4, 2004   New York — 7th Joseph Crowley Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3965 District Offices: Jackson Heights 718-779-1400 Bronx 718-931-1400 Bronx 718-320-2390  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $7,000    2002 – $5025    2004 – $6,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "This is Bush re-election politics at its worst. Gays and lesbians are one of the last minority groups in the United States' society today where it is still publicly acceptable to be hated. But that doesn't make it right"   – Washington Post, July 14, 2004   New York — 8th Jerrold Nadler Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5635 District Offices: New York 212-367-7350 Brooklyn 718-373-3198 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "The hysteria over the marriage question has brought some to the point of suggesting that Congress should strip the federal courts of the jurisdiction to hear cases involving alleged violations of an individual's rights protected under the Constitution. This proposal is neither good law nor good policy. Past attempts to restrict court jurisdiction have followed many civil rights decisions. Fortunately, cooler heads in Congress have prevailed and the decisions that gave rise to these outlandish proposals are now no longer controversial." - "Pride Agenda Releases Survey Results of NY House Delegation on So-Called "Marriage Protection Act" (H.R. 3313)."   – Empire State Pride Agenda, July 21, 2004   New York — 9th Anthony D. Weiner Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6616 District Offices: Kew Gardens 718-520-9001 Rockaway 718-318-9255 Brooklyn 718-743-0441  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,500    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,500 New York — 10th Edolphus Towns Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5936 District Offices: Brooklyn 718-855-8018 Brooklyn 718-272-1175 Brooklyn 718-774-5682 Brooklyn 718-434-7931  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act. New York — 11th Major R. Owens Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6231 District Offices: Brooklyn 718-773-3100 Brooklyn 718-940-3213 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act. New York — 12th Nydia Velazquez Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2361 District Offices: Brooklyn 718-599-3658 New York 212-673-3997 Brooklyn 718-222-5819  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,500    2002 – $2,525    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act. New York — 13th Vito Fossella Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3371 District Offices: Staten Island 718-356-8400 Brooklyn 718-630-5277 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Governor George Pataki and Senators Schumer and Clinton, who all oppose same-sex marriage, nevertheless have come out against the amendment, as have 11 of the 14 members of the House delegation so far, including Staten Island Republican Vito Fossella. Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council also oppose the amendment."   – The Gotham Gazzette, March 8, 2004   New York — 14th Carolyn Maloney Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-7944 District Offices: New York 212-860-0606 Astoria 718-932-1804  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $3,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act New York — 15th Charles B. Rangel DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4365 District Offices: New York 212-663-3900  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act New York — 16th Jose E. Serrano Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4361 District Offices: Bronx 718-538-5400  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $  500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act New York — 17th Eliot Engel Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2464 District Offices: Bronx 718-796-9700 Mt. Vernon 914-699-4100 West Nyack 845-735-1000  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,500    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $7,025    2004 – $3,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I am deeply saddened by the introduction of the Federal Marriage Amendment” said Rep. Eliot Engel. “I thought that we had left the politics of hate and division behind us in the last century. At a time when we have thousands of children caught up in a terrible foster care system and thousands of loving gay, lesbian, and unmarried heterosexual families willing to adopt, legislation like this serves no purpose. I will strongly oppose this amendment to the Constitution"   – attrib   New York — 18th Nita M. Lowey Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6506 District Offices: White Plains 914-428-1707 New City 845-639-3485  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,500    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $6,000    2004 – $1,000 New York — 19th Sue W. Kelly Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5441 District Offices: Fishkill 845-897-5200 Goshen 845-291-4100 Yorktown Heights 914-962-0761  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 –   New York — 20th John E. Sweeney Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5614 District Offices: Clifton Park 518-371-8839 Hudson 518-828-0181 Glens Falls 518-792-3031 Delhi 607-746-9700  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 –   New York — 21st Michael R. McNulty Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5076 District Offices: Albany 518-465-0700 Amsterdam 518-843-3400 Schenectady 518-374-4547 Troy 518-271-0822 Johnstown 518-762-3568  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   New York — 22nd Maurice Hinchey Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6335 District Offices: Kingston 845-331-4466 Binghamton 607-773-2768 Ithaca 607-273-1388 Monticello 845-791-7116 Middletown 845-344-3211  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $3,000    2002 – $4,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, said the issue really is not one for the presidential campaign or the federal government. It's been used as a divisive tactic by the Bush administration. 'Each state will decide the issue by itself.'"   – Poughkeepsie Journal, Tuesday, July 27, 2004   New York — 23rd John McHugh Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4611 District Offices: Watertown 315-782-3150 Plattsburgh 518-563-1406 Mayfield 518-661-6486 Canastota 315-697-2063 New York — 24th Sherwood L. Boehlert DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3665 District Offices: Utica 315-793-8146 Auburn 315-255-0649 Cortland 607-758-3918  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-New Hartford, has said he believes that marriage is exclusively a union between a man and a woman, but he doesn't believe the Constitution should be changed unless all other options are exhausted"   – The Syracuse Post-Standard, July 11, 2004   New York — 25th James T. Walsh Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-3701 District Offices: Syracuse 315-423-5657 Palmyra 315-597-6138 New York — 26th Thomas Reynolds Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5265 District Offices: Williamsville 716-634-2324 Rochester 585-663-5570 New York — 27th Jack Quinn Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-3306 District Offices: Buffalo 716-845-5257 Jamestown 716-484-0252 New York — 28th Louise McIntosh Slaughter Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3615 District Offices: Rochester 585-232-4850 Buffalo 716-853-5813 Niagara Falls 716-282-1274  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $5,025    2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act New York — 29th Amory Houghton, Jr. Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3161 District Offices: Corning 607-937-3333 Canandaigua 585-394-0220 Olean 800-562-7431  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $3,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I’m not for it. Changing the Constitution is a bad idea.” - "Measure on gays likely to stall in '04."   – USA Today, February 26, 2004   North Carolina — 1st G.K. Butterfield Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3101 North Carolina — 2nd Bob Etheridge Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4531 District Offices: Raleigh 919-829-9122 Lillington 910-814-0335 North Carolina — 3rd Walter Jones, Jr. Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3415 District Offices: Greenville 252-931-1003 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   North Carolina — 4th David E. Price Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-1784 District Offices: Raleigh 919-859-5999 Chapel Hill 919-967-7924 Durham 919-688-3004 North Carolina — 5th Richard Burr Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2071 District Offices: Winston-Salem 336-631-5125 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   North Carolina — 6th Howard Coble Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3065 District Offices: Greensboro 336-333-5005 Asheboro 336-626-3060 High Point 336-886-5106 Salisbury 704-645-8082 Graham 336-229-0159 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   North Carolina — 7th Mike McIntyre Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2731 District Offices: Fayetteville 910-323-0260 Wilmington 910-815-4959 Lumberton 910-671-6223 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   North Carolina — 8th Robin Hayes Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3715 District Offices: Concord 704-786-1612 Rockingham 910-997-2070 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   North Carolina — 9th Sue Myrick Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-1976 District Offices: Charlotte 704-362-1060 Gastonia 704-861-1976 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   North Carolina — 10th Cass Ballenger Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2576 District Offices: Hickory 828-327-6100 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   North Carolina — 11th Charles H. Taylor Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6401 District Offices: Asheville 828-251-1988 Murphy 828-837-3249 Waynesville 828-456-7559 Rutherfordton 828-286-8750 Hendersonville 828-697-8539 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   North Carolina — 12th Melvin L. Watt Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-1510 District Offices: Charlotte 704-344-9950 Greensboro 336-275-9950  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 –   North Carolina — 13th Brad Miller Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3032 District Offices: Raleigh 919-781-9101 Greensboro 336-574-2909  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $10,000    2004 – $7,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I respect the strong beliefs born of religious faith of many opponents of same-sex marriage. However, I do not see the need for a federal constitutional amendment prohibiting any state from recognizing same-sex marriage. I believe that the people of the various states can continue to decide those questions for themselves, rather than have a decision dictated by the federal government."   – Called2Action.org, Letter from Brad Miller.  North Dakota — At Large Earl Pomeroy Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2611 District Offices: Bismarck 701-224-0355 Fargo 701-235-9760 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Pomeroy agrees with Sand that marriage should be between a man and woman. However, he does not support a constitutional amendment to be voted on by North Dakotans that would keep it this way... Earl Pomeroy is trying to please the majority of North Dakotans by saying he is against gay marriage, while appeasing his liberal base by opposing an amendment that would prohibit it in North Dakota."   – The Forum, July 28, 2004   Ohio — 1st Steve Chabot Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2216 District Offices: Cincinnati 513-684-2723 Ohio — 2nd Rob J. Portman Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-3164 District Offices: Cincinnati 513-791-0381 Batavia 513-732-2948 Portsmouth 740-354-1440 Ohio — 3rd Michael Turner Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6465 District Offices: Dayton 937-225-2843 Wilmington 937-383-8931 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Ohio — 4th Michael G. Oxley Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2676 District Offices: Findlay 419-423-3210 Lima 419-999-6455 Mansfield 419-522-5757 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Ohio — 5th Paul E. Gillmor Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-6405 District Offices: Tiffin 419-448-9016 Defiance 419-782-1996 Norwalk 419-668-0206 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Supports    "In the past year, I have received literally thousands of letters and phone calls regarding federal legislation to define marriage as between a man and a woman ... Amending the Constituiion is not a task undertaken lightly ... Of the more than 11,000 amendments to the Constitiuion offered throughout our nation's history, 33 have passed the House and Senate -- and only 27 of those have become law. While the amendment process is puposely rigorous, should the Federal Marriage Amendment come before the full House of Representatives, I intend to support it." [Also see Gillmor Website statement]   – The Congressional Report: Gilmore Supports Federal Marriage Amendment July 26, 2004  Ohio — 6th Ted Strickland Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5705 District Offices: Marietta 740-376-0868 Wheelersburg 740-574-2676 Boardman 330-965-4220 Martins Ferry 740-633-2275  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Rep. Ted Strickland, D-Lisbon, said, "It just offends me" that Bush would back a change in the Constitution to define the meaning of a single word: marriage."   – The Columbus Dispatch, March 5, 2004   Ohio — 7th David Hobson Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-4324 District Offices: Springfield 937-325-0474 Lancaster 740-654-5149 Ohio — 8th John A. Boehner Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6205 District Offices: West Chester 513-779-5400 Troy 937-339-1524 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Ohio — 9th Marcy Kaptur Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4146 District Offices: Toledo 419-259-7500  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    All six Democrats in Ohio's congressional delegation oppose Bush's proposal to amend the Constitution so that only marriages between a man and a woman would be legal. Like several others, a spokeswoman for Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo said gay marriage is an issue for states to decide.   – Ohio delegation cool to amendment Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 26, 2004 Ohio — 10th Dennis J. Kucinich Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5871 District Offices: Lakewood 216-228-8850 Parma 440-845-2707  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $4,500    2000 – $2,500    2002 – $  525    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "The decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to recognize and uphold this civil right is a victory not just for gay and lesbian citizens who have been denied their civil rights and relegated to second-class status. It is a victory for all Americans who believe, as I do, that the promise of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights should be upheld for everyone"   – Kucinich for President website   Ohio — 11th Stephanie Tubbs Jones Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-7032 District Offices: Shaker Heights 216-522-4900  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $3,525    2004 – $2,000 Ohio — 12th Patrick J. Tiberi Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-5355 District Offices: Columbus 614-523-2555 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Supports    Rep. Pat Tiberi, RColumbus, "believes that is something that can be addressed at the state level" but wants to keep his options open, a spokesman said   – The Columbus Dispatch, March 5, 2004   Ohio — 13th Sherrod Brown Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3401 District Offices: Lorain 440-245-5350 Akron 330-865-8450  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,000    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,000 Ohio — 14th Steven C. LaTourette Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5731 District Offices: Painesville 440-352-3939 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Among other Republicans, Rep. Steven C. LaTourette of Madison is against the amendment, saying through a spokeswoman that the states should decide their own marriage laws. Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Columbus, "believes that is something that can be addressed at the state level" but wants to keep his options open, a spokesman said. Republican Rep. Steve LaTourette of Madison doesn't think a constitutional amendment is necessary, because there already is a federal law - the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act - that defines marriage as a bond between a man and woman, said LaTourette spokeswoman Debbie Setliff. The law affects such things as federal taxes and property rights, but allows states to make their own rules. Ohio — 15th Deborah Pryce Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2015 District Offices: Columbus 614-469-5614  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $9,500    2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Rep. Deborah Pryce of Upper Arlington thinks "amending the Constitution should be our last resort," her spokeswoman said. The cool reaction from Pryce, the No. 4 House Republican, is an indication of how many GOP lawmakers normally loyal to Bush are distancing themselves from his call last week for a constitutional definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Ohio — 16th Ralph Regula Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3876 District Offices: Canton 330-489-4414 Medina 330-722-3793 Ohio — 17th Tim Ryan Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5261 District Offices: Youngstown 330-740-0193 Warren 330-373-0074  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 –      2004 – $1,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Niles, called the amendment unnecessary. “Ohio and other states are already legally protected from having to recognize same-sex marriage,” he said in a statement. “This is a politically motivated solution to a non-problem and a shameful distraction from all the challenges our nation is facing.”   – The Canton Rep, July 15, 2004   Ohio — 18th Bob Ney Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6265 District Offices: St. Clairsville 740-699-2704 Zanesville 740-452-7023 New Philadelphia 330-364-6380 Jackson 740-288-1430 Chillicothe 740-779-1634 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Oklahoma — 1st John Sullivan Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2211 District Offices: Tulsa 918-749-0014 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Oklahoma — 2nd Brad Carson Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-2701 District Offices: Muskogee 918-687-2533 Claremore 918-341-9336 Grove 918-787-2988 McAlester 918-423-5951 Oklahoma — 3rd Frank D. Lucas Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5565 District Offices: Yukon 405-373-1958 Woodward 580-256-5752 Stillwater 405-624-6407 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Oklahoma — 4th Tom Cole Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6165 District Offices: Norman 405-329-6500 Lawton 580-357-2131 Ada 580-436-5375 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Oklahoma — 5th Ernest Istook, Jr. Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2132 District Offices: Oklahoma City 405-234-9900 Shawnee 405-273-6202 Seminole 405-303-2868 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Oregon — 1st David Wu Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-0855 District Offices: Portland 503-326-2901  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $8,825    2000 – $7,000    2002 – $3,025    2004 – $7,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    The President’s proposal is an unwarranted federal intrusion into personal lives. For over 200 years the constitution has expanded our personal freedoms, and I will oppose any amendment to the Constitution which reverses that course.   – Willamette Week Online - 3/03/2004   Oregon — 2nd Greg Walden Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-6730 District Offices: Medford 541-776-4646 Bend 541-389-4408 Oregon — 3rd Earl Blumenauer Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4811 District Offices: Portland 503-231-2300  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,525    2004 – $3,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., called Bush’s backing of a constitutional ban a distraction ploy. 'At a time when we have the spectacle of Britney Spears’ drunken-midnight marriage in Las Vegas, the President sees fit to attack gays and lesbians who are interested in a committed relationship. This seems bizarre,' he said."   – The Statesman Journal, February 25, 2004   Oregon — 4th Peter A. DeFazio Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6416 District Offices: Eugene 541-465-6732 Coos Bay 541-269-2609 Roseburg 541-440-3523  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,000    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act Oregon — 5th Darlene Hooley Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5711 District Offices: Salem 503-588-9100 West Linn 503-557-1324  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $9,000    2000 – $5,500    2002 – $5,025    2004 – $7,000 Pennsylvania — 1st Robert A. Brady Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4731 District Offices: Philadelphia 215-389-4627 Chester 610-874-7094 Philadelphia 215-426-4616  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $1,025    2004 –   Pennsylvania — 2nd Chaka Fattah Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4001 District Offices: Philadelphia 215-387-6404 Philadelphia 215-848-9386  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $1,525    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Fattah opposes a constitutional amendment."   – Human Rights Campaign   Pennsylvania — 3rd Philip S. English Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-5406 District Offices: Erie 814-456-2038 Butler 724-285-7005 Hermitage 724-342-6132 Meadville 814-724-8414 Warren 814-723-7282 Pennsylvania — 4th Melissa A. Hart Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2565 District Offices: Allison Park 412-492-0161 Ellwood City 724-752-0490 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Pennsylvania — 5th John E. Peterson Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5121 District Offices: State College 814-238-1776 Titusville 814-827-3985 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Pennsylvania — 6th Jim Gerlach Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4315 District Offices: Glenmoore 610-458-8010 Wyomissing 610-376-7630 Trappe 610-409-2780 Pennsylvania — 7th Curt Weldon Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2011 District Offices: Upper Darby 610-259-0700 Bridgeport 610-270-1486 Pennsylvania — 8th Jim Greenwood Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4276 District Offices: Doylestown 215-348-7511 Langhorne 215-752-7711 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "In my mind, this issue comes down to whether people believe that one's sexual orientation is or is not preordained at birth. Every gay person I've talked to has said that their sexual orientation was not [set at birth] but became clear at puberty."   – The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 2004   Pennsylvania — 9th Bill Shuster Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2431 District Offices: Hollidaysburg 814-696-6318 Chambersburg 717-264-8308 Indiana 724-463-0516 Somerset 814-443-3918 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Pennsylvania — 10th Don Sherwood Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3731 District Offices: Clarks Summit 570-585-8190 Williamsport 570-327-8161 Sunbury 570-286-1723 Pennsylvania — 11th Paul E. Kanjorski Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6511 District Offices: Wilkes-Barre 570-825-2200 Scranton 570-496-1011 Mount Pocono 570-895-4176 Pennsylvania — 12th John P. Murtha DID NOT VOTE Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2065 District Offices: Johnstown 814-535-2642 Pennsylvania — 13th Joseph M. Hoeffel III Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6111 District Offices: Ambler 215-540-8444 Philadelphia 215-335-3355  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $9,425    2000 – $9,958    2002 – $10,000    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "We should never add an amendment to our Constitution that subtracts rights from Americans. I do believe that it is important that same-sex couples have equal protections."   – The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 2004.   Pennsylvania — 14th Mike Doyle Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2135 District Offices: Penn Hills 412-241-6055 McKeesport 412-664-4049 Pittsburgh 412-261-5091  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) said he strongly opposes the president's support for a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, calling it "a transparent political attempt (for Bush) to appeal to his base. I believe in the sanctity of marriage in its religious-based definition as a union between a man and a woman," Doyle said. "However, I believe that state and local governments should have the right to recognize civil unions if they choose to do so." Pennsylvania — 15th Pat Toomey Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6411 District Offices: Allentown 610-439-8861 Pennsburg 215-541-1423 Wilson Borough 610-515-1906 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Pennsylvania — 16th Joseph R. Pitts Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2411 District Offices: Lancaster 717-393-0667 Unionville 610-444-4581 Reading 610-374-3637 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Pennsylvania — 17th Tim Holden Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5546 District Offices: Harrisburg 717-234-5904 Pottsville 570-622-4212 Reading 610-916-6363 Lebanon 717-270-1395 Pennsylvania — 18th Timothy F. Murphy Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2301 District Offices: Mt. Lebanon 412-344-5583 Greensburg 724-850-7312 Pennsylvania — 19th Todd R. Platts Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5836 District Offices: York 717-600-1919 Carlisle 717-249-0190 Gettysburg 717-338-1919 Rhode Island — 1st Patrick J. Kennedy Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4911 District Offices: Pawtucket 401-729-5600  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $3,000    2002 – $4,025    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "We are talking about the law here, and whether the law is going to treat people equally. I don't see where the church or anyone else dictates what the policy is going to be with respect to treating people equally."   – Kennedy takes a stand against the Pope, PlanetOut News, August 11, 2004   Rhode Island — 2nd James R. Langevin Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2735 District Offices: Warwick 401-732-9400  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $5,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $3,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Letter to constituent: “[The Federal Marriage] amendment would unnecessarily duplicate existing federal law and inhibit the ability of states to provide benefits to their citizens, I would oppose this measure if it is considered before the full House of Representatives in the 108th Congress.”   – Rep. James R. Langevin, April 2004   South Carolina — 1st Henry E. Brown, Jr. Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3176 District Offices: North Charleston 843-747-4175 Myrtle Beach 843-445-6459 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   South Carolina — 2nd Joe Wilson Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2452 District Offices: Beaufort 843-521-2530 West Columbia 803-939-0041 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   South Carolina — 3rd J. Gresham Barrett Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5301 District Offices: Anderson 864-224-7401 Greenwood 864-223-8251 Aiken 803-649-5571 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   South Carolina — 4th Jim DeMint Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6030 District Offices: Greenville 864-232-1141 Spartanburg 864-582-6422 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   South Carolina — 5th John M. Spratt, Jr. Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5501 District Offices: Rock Hill 803-327-1114 Sumter 803-773-3362 Darlington 843-393-3998 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    “I am still hopefully that state courts and state legislatures will stand by the traditional definition of marriage and make an amendment to the Constitution unnecessary,” Spratt said at: www.medillnewsdc.com /cgibin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=30&t=000195   South Carolina — 6th James Clyburn Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3315 District Offices: Columbia 803-799-1100 Florence 843-662-1212 Charleston 843-965-5578  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I believe in the sanctity of marriage and its religious-based definition as a union between a man and a woman. I also hold sacred our nation's Constitution, and do not believe the amending of it should be used as fodder every election cycle. Last cycle it was to ban flag burning. The cycle before it was to ban abortions. What will it be next cycle?”   – Press Release, February 24, 2004. (Barbour/Kropf, Charleston Post and Courier, 2/25)   South Dakota — At Large Stephanie Herseth Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-2801 Toll-Free: 1-866 371-8747 District Offices: Sioux Falls 605-367-8371 Rapid City 605-394-5280 Aberdeen 605-626-3440 Tennessee — 1st William L. Jenkins Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-6356 District Offices: Kingsport 423-247-8161 Tennessee — 2nd John J. Duncan, Jr. Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5435 District Offices: Knoxville 865-523-3772 Maryville 865-984-5464 Athens 423-745-4671 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Tennessee — 3rd Zach Wamp Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3271 District Offices: Chattanooga 423-756-2342 Oak Ridge 865-576-1976 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Tennessee — 4th Lincoln Davis Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6831 District Offices: Jamestown 931-879-2361 Rockwood 865-354-3323 Columbia 931-490-8699 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Tennessee — 5th Jim Cooper Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4311 District Offices: Nashville 615-736-5295 Mt. Juliet 615-773-2305  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $5,000    2004 – $5,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, a freshman Democrat from Nashville, said he does not think changing the Constitution is necessary. "Both Congress and the state of Tennessee have already passed laws to ban gay marriage," Cooper said in a statement. "At this stage, we don't need a constitutional amendment to do the same thing."   – The Tennessean, July 1, 2003   Tennessee — 6th Bart Gordon Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-4231 District Offices: Murfreesboro 615-896-1986 Cookeville 931-528-5907 Springfield 615-382-9712 Tennessee — 7th Marsha Blackburn Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2811 District Offices: Memphis 901-382-5811 Clarksville 931-503-0391 Franklin 615-591-5161 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Tennessee — 8th John S. Tanner Opposes Washington Phone: 202-225-4714 District Offices: Union City 731-885-7070 Jackson 731-423-4848 Millington 901-873-5690 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Tanner, of Union City, said amending the Constitution is risky. "When the Constitution is opened up for such changes," he said, "many of the individual rights we enjoy, such as those guaranteed by the Second Amendment, become vulnerable to attack. Ultimately, the definition of marriage is a question that will be answered by the judicial branch of government."   – The Tennessean, July 1, 2003   Tennessee — 9th Harold E. Ford, Jr. Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3265 District Offices: Memphis 901-544-4131  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $1,525    2004 –   Texas — 1st Max A. Sandlin, Jr. Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3035 District Offices: Marshall 903-938-8386 New Boston 903-628-5594 Sulphur Springs 903-885-8682 Nacogdoches 936-559-0063 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 2nd Jim Turner Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2401 District Offices: Lufkin 936-637-1770 Orange 409-883-4990 Huntsville 936-291-3097 Texas — 3rd Sam Johnson Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4201 District Offices: Richardson 972-470-0892 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 4th Ralph M. Hall Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6673 District Offices: Rockwall 972-771-9118 Sherman 903-892-1112 Tyler 903-597-3729 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 5th Jeb Hensarling Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-3484 District Offices: Dallas 214-349-9996 Athens 903-675-8288 Texas — 6th Joe Barton Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2002 District Offices: Arlington 817-543-1000 Ennis 817-543-1000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 7th John A. Culberson Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2571 District Offices: Houston 713-682-8828 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 8th Kevin P. Brady Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4901 District Offices: Conroe 936-441-5700 Houston 281-895-8892 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 9th Nicholas V. Lampson Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-6565 District Offices: Beaumont 409-838-0061 Galveston 409-762-5877 Houston 281-333-4884  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $5,000    2002 – $3,525    2004 – $9,430 Texas — 10th Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Lloyd Doggett Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4865 District Offices: Austin 512-916-5921  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $2,000    2002 – $1,025    2004 – $6,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Opposed Rep. Doggett is, in fact, firmly opposed to the FMA and plans to vote against it in late September. —HRC Texas — 11th Chet Edwards Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-6105 District Offices: Waco 254-752-9600 Belton 254-933-2904 Georgetown 512-864-3186 Texas — 12th Kay Granger Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-5071 District Offices: Ft. Worth 817-338-0909 Texas — 13th William "Mac" Thornberry Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3706 District Offices: Amarillo 806-371-8844 Wichita Falls 940-692-1700 Texas — 14th Ron E. Paul Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2831 District Offices: Victoria 361-576-1231 Freeport 979-230-0000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Social problems cannot be solved by constitutional amendments or government edicts. Nationalizing marriage laws will only grant more power over our lives to the federal government, even if for supposedly conservative ends."   – Rep. Ron Paul, Gay Marriage Quicksand , Texas Straight Talk   Texas — 15th Ruben E. Hinojosa Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2531 District Offices: McAllen 956-682-5545 Beeville 361-358-8400  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $5,000 Texas — 16th Silvestre Reyes DID NOT VOTE Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4831 District Offices: El Paso 915-534-4400  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,500    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $1,000 Texas — 17th Charles W. Stenholm Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6605 District Offices: Stamford 325-773-3623 Abilene 325-673-7221 San Angelo 325-942-8881 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 18th Sheila Jackson Lee Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3816 District Offices: Houston 713-655-0050 Houston 713-691-4882 Houston 713-861-4070  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $  500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "A group of prominent African American leaders from across the country today announced their opposition to the unnecessary Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). The group of religious, political and civil rights leaders are featured in an ad in today’s Philadelphia Tribune, a leading African American news publication. The ad is running during the 95th annual conference of the NAACP where thousands of leaders are in attendance. Included in the group announcing their opposition to the FMA and featured in the ad are: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)."   – Campaign to Protect the Constitution, Press Release, July 13, 2004   Texas — 19th Randy Neugebauer Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4005 District Offices: Lubbock 806-763-1611 Midland 432-561-8462 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 20th Charles A. Gonzalez Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3236 District Offices: San Antonio 210-472-6195  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $3,500    2000 – $3,000    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $3,000 Texas — 21st Lamar S. Smith Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4236 District Offices: San Antonio 210-821-5024 Kerrville 830-895-1414 Austin 512-402-9743 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 22nd Tom DeLay Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-5951 District Offices: Stafford 281-240-3700 Texas — 23rd Henry Bonilla Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4511 District Offices: San Antonio 210-697-9055 Laredo 956-726-4682 Alpine 915-837-1313 Del Rio 830-774-6547 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 24th Martin Frost Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3605 District Offices: Ft. Worth 817-293-9231 Arlington 817-303-1530 Dallas 214-948-3401  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $7,500    2000 – $5,000    2002 – $3,025    2004 – $9,430 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Marriage has always been handled by people at the state level... We don't need the federal government to step in with a constitutional amendment."   – The Star-Telegram, February 25, 2004.   Texas — 25th Chris Bell Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-7508 District Offices: Houston 713-383-8600 Pasadena 281-991-1300 Baytown 281-837-8225  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $14,583    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "Rep. Bell is absolutely opposed to that legislation," said Bell's communications director, Eric Burns. "This legislation federalizes the issue of marriage, which has always been left to the states."   – The Houston Voice, October 4, 2003   Texas — 26th Michael C. Burgess Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-7772 District Offices: Lewisville 972-434-9700 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 27th Solomon P. Ortiz Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-7742 District Offices: Corpus Christi 361-883-5868 Brownsville 956-541-1242 Texas — 28th Ciro D. Rodriguez Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-1640 District Offices: San Antonio 210-924-7383 San Diego 361-279-3907 Roma 956-847-1111  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $3,500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $5,000 Texas — 29th Gene Green Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-1688 District Offices: Houston 281-999-5879 Houston 713-330-0761 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "You don't receive marriage licenses from the federal government, just from the state. So, while I believe marriage is between a man and a woman, it is a fight that should be on the state level."   – Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston   Texas — 30th Eddie Bernice Johnson Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-8885 District Offices: Dallas 214-922-8885 Irving 972-253-8885  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $2,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act. Texas — 31st John R. Carter Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-3864 District Offices: Round Rock 512-246-1600 College Station 979-846-6068 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Texas — 32nd Pete Sessions Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2231 District Offices: Dallas 972-392-0505 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Utah — 1st Rob Bishop Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-0453 District Offices: Ogden 801-625-0107 Utah — 2nd Jim Matheson Supports Washington Phone: 202-225-3011 District Offices: Salt Lake City 801-486-1236 St. George 435-627-0880  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $9,930    2002 – $6,000    2004 –   Utah — 3rd Chris Cannon DID NOT VOTE Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-7751 District Offices: Provo 801-379-2500 West Valley City 801-955-3631 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Vermont — At Large Bernard Sanders Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4115 District Offices: Burlington 802-862-0697 Brattleboro 802-254-8732  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $2,000    2000 – $1,000    2002 – $  525    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "The Supreme Court ruled that all Vermonters are entitled to equal rights, equal responsibilities and equal benefits under our Constitution. I agree with the Supreme Court." Virginia — 1st Jo Ann S. Davis Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4261 District Offices: Yorktown 757-874-6687 Fredericksburg 540-548-1086 Tappahannock 804-443-0668 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Virginia — 2nd Edward L. Schrock Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4215 District Offices: Virginia Beach 757-497-6859 Accomac 757-787-7836 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Virginia — 3rd Bobby Scott Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-8351 District Offices: Newport News 757-380-1000 Richmond 804-644-4845  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $   25    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act Virginia — 4th Randy Forbes Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-6365 District Offices: Chesapeake 757-382-0080 Emporia 434-634-5575 Colonial Heights 804-526-4969 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Virginia — 5th Virgil H. Goode, Jr. Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-4711 District Offices: Charlottesville 434-295-6372 Danville 434-792-1280 Farmville 434-392-8331 Rocky Mount 540-484-1254 Virginia — 6th Bob Goodlatte Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5431 District Offices: Roanoke 540-857-2672 Staunton 540-885-3861 Harrisonburg 540-432-2391 Lynchburg 434-845-8306 Virginia — 7th Eric I. Cantor Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2815 District Offices: Glen Allen 804-747-4073 Culpeper 540-825-8960 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Virginia — 8th James P. Moran Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4376 District Offices: Alexandria 703-971-4700 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "'He supports loving, monogamous couples getting married,' said Dan Drummond, Moran’s press secretary. 'He believes that if two men or two women are in a loving relationship, who is to say they shouldn’t?'"   – Washington Blade, April 16, 2004   Virginia — 9th Rick Boucher Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3861 District Offices: Abingdon 276-628-1145 Pulaski 540-980-4310 Big Stone Gap 276-523-3154 Virginia — 10th Frank R. Wolf Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-5136 District Offices: Herndon 703-709-5800 Winchester 540-667-0990 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor   Virginia — 11th Thomas M. Davis III Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-1492 District Offices: Annandale 703-916-9610 Woodbridge 703-590-4599 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    “Why intervene until [the Defense of Marriage] Act is overturned? That ought to be the operative law. I don't think you'll pass a constitutional amendment, but if you do, you're going to lose the flexibility to deal with this in a very diverse country.”   – The Washington Post, February 27, 2004   Washington — 1st Jay Inslee Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-6311 District Offices: Mountlake Terrace 425-640-0233 Poulsbo 360-598-2342  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $7,925    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $2,525    2004 – $2,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "We have never amended the Constitution to deprive people of rights, and we shouldn't start now."   – Congressional delegation split on gay-marriage issue Seattle Times, February 22, 2004   Washington — 2nd Rick Larsen Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2605 District Offices: Everett 425-252-3188 Bellingham 360-733-4500  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 – $10,180    2002 – $10,000    2004 – $7,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    He opposes the pending House resolution in part because "marriage has always been and should remain a state issue." He notes that the Constitution has been amended only 27 times in the country's history.   – Congressional delegation split on gay-marriage issue Seattle Times, February 22, 2004.   Washington — 3rd Brian Baird Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3536 District Offices: Vancouver 360-695-6292  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $9,425    2000 – $6,000    2002 – $6,025    2004 – $2,000 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I'm adamantly opposed to a constitutional amendment," said Rep. Brian Baird, D-Vancouver. "It would be the first time the Constitution would be amended to take away a fundamental human right."   – Congressional Delegation Split on Gay Marriage Issue, The Seattle Times, February 22, 2004   Washington — 4th Doc Hastings Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5816 District Offices: Pasco 509-543-9396 Yakima 509-452-3243 Washington — 5th George R. Nethercutt, Jr. DID NOT VOTE Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2006 District Offices: Spokane 509-353-2374 Walla Walla 509-529-9358 Colville 509-684-3481 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "If -- and only if -- activist judges force states like Washington to recognize other states' gay marriages, we should amend the Constitution," he said in a statement, according to The Seattle Times   – BP (Baptist Press) News, July 16, 2004   Washington — 6th Norman D. Dicks Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-5916 District Offices: Tacoma 253-593-6536 Bremerton 360-479-4011 Port Angeles 360-452-3370  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $1,525    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "'Marriage has always been and should remain a state issue.' He notes that the Constitution has been amended only 27 times in the country's history. That's a position shared by Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, said his chief of staff, George Behan."   – The Seattle Times, February 22, 2004   Washington — 7th Jim McDermott Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3106 District Offices: Seattle 206-553-7170  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $1,000    2000 – $1,500    2002 – $1,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Voted against federal Defense of Marriage Act Washington — 8th Jennifer Dunn DID NOT VOTE Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-7761 District Offices: Mercer Island 206-275-3438 Washington — 9th Adam Smith Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-8901 District Offices: Tacoma 253-593-6600  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $10,000    2002 – $1,025    2004 – $2,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "I support civil unions, not marriage," he said. "States should not be forced to accept other states' laws on that." But, he added, "a constitutional amendment that out-and-out bans gay marriage, I would oppose."   – Seattle Times, February 22, 2004   West Virginia — 1st Alan B. Mollohan Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-4172 District Offices: Morgantown 304-292-3019 Parkersburg 304-428-0493 Wheeling 304-232-5390 Clarksburg 304-623-4422 West Virginia — 2nd Shelley Moore Capito Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-2711 District Offices: Charleston 304-925-5964 Martinsburg 304-264-8810 West Virginia — 3rd Nick J. Rahall II Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3452 District Offices: Beckley 304-252-5000 Bluefield 304-325-6222 Huntington 304-522-6425 Logan 304-752-4934 Wisconsin — 1st Paul D. Ryan Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-3031 District Offices: Janesville 608-752-4050 Kenosha 262-654-1901 Racine 262-637-0510 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    The amendment is also unpopular among House members from the state. Five have spoken out against the amendment, including three Republicans. "Marriage should be defined as a union between a man and a woman, but I don’t think this is something that requires amending the Constitution," said Rep. Paul Ryan, a Republican. "I believe constitutional amendments should be reserved for only the most vital matters pertaining to the function of our government and protecting our individual liberties and rights."   – Greater Milwaukee Today Jan 12, 2004   Wisconsin — 2nd Tammy Baldwin Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2906 District Offices: Madison 608-258-9800 Beloit 608-362-2800  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $10,000    2000 – $9,912    2002 – $9,419    2004 – $5,500 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    "[Republicans] feel like they need something to campaign on to draw attention away from the war, the faltering economy, and a national debt burden... if you can’t win elections by focusing on the issues the voters are most anxious about, I think that's when you see these tactics."   – Baldwin's New Battle The Advocate, June 8, 2004.   Wisconsin — 3rd Ron J. Kind Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5506 District Offices: LaCrosse 608-782-2558 Eau Claire 715-831-9214  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 – $5,500    2000 – $2,000    2002 – $1,525    2004 – $4,000 Wisconsin — 4th Jerry Kleczka Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-4572 District Offices: Milwaukee 414-297-1140 Milwaukee 414-297-1331  HRC PAC Funding Contributions    1998 –      2000 –      2002 – $2,025    2004 –   Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Rep. Jerry Kleczka, a Democrat, said he saw no "compelling reason" for the amendment. Wisconsin — 5th F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5101 District Offices: Brookfield 262-784-1111 Wisconsin — 6th Thomas E. Petri Opposed Washington Phone: 202-225-2476 District Offices: Fond du Lac 920-922-1180 Oshkosh 920-231-6333 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • Openly opposes FMA    Republican Tom Petri, agreed, saying constitutional amendments should be reserved for only "the most serious problems." "Yesterday, an Associated Press article reported that ... Tom Petri oppose the amendment."   – Action Wisconsin Press Release, January 13, 2004   Wisconsin — 7th David R. Obey Voted AGAINST HJR 106 Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-3365 District Offices: Wausau 715-842-5606 Superior 715-398-4426 Wisconsin — 8th Mark Green Unknown Washington Phone: 202-225-5665 District Offices: Green Bay 920-437-1954 Appleton 920-380-0061 Wyoming — At Large Barbara Cubin Co-sponsor Washington Phone: 202-225-2311 District Offices: Casper 307-261-6595 Rock Springs 307-362-4095 Cheyenne 307-772-2595 Public Action • Press Reports and Official Quotes • FMA Co-sponsor