Bill Title: Respect for Marriage Act of 2009

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 122-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. [HB3567 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Representative Brian Higgins [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-26	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Zoe Lofgren [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Nita Lowey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-17	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Stephen Lynch [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Carolyn Maloney [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Betty McCollum [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim McDermott [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gwen Moore [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WI-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative James Moran [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jerrold Nadler [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eleanor Norton [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-DC	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Olver [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ed Pastor [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Donald Payne [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Lewis [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Barbara Lee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative James Himes [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CT-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Maurice Hinchey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-22	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mazie Hirono [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Hodes [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NH-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Rush Holt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Honda [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-17	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Steve Israel [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jesse Jackson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eddie Johnson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-30	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Patrick Kennedy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-RI-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Dennis Kucinich [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Larson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CT-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Chellie Pingree [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-ME-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jared Polis [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative David Price [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Wexler [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-19	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lynn Woolsey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative David Wu [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OR-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative James McGovern [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gregory Meeks [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Tonko [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Tonko [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Grace Napolitano [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-31	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Judy Chu [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-28	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Joseph Crowley [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mike Quigley [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Garamendi [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bill Delahunt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-10	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Diane Watson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-33	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Chris Van Hollen [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Laura Richardson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-37	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Steven Rothman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-40	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Linda Sanchez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-38	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Sarbanes [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Scott [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jose Serrano [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-15	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Joe Sestak [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Carol Shea-Porter [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NH-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Albio Sires [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Louise Slaughter [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-25	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jackie Speier [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Tierney [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Theodore Deutch [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-21	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative George Miller [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Ben Lujan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NM	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Daniel Maffei [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-24	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Edward Markey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Doris Matsui [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Christopher Murphy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Janice Schakowsky [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Brad Sherman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-32	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Fortney Stark [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Niki Tsongas [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-25	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Anthony Weiner [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Peter Welch [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gary Ackerman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mary Kilroy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-15	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Henry Johnson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Charles Rangel [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Edolphus Towns [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Nydia Velazquez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Henry Waxman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-33	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Frank Pallone [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Neil Abercrombie [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-HI-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lois Capps [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-24	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Kathy Castor [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gerald Connolly [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Diana DeGette [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eliot Engel [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-16	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Anna Eshoo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-16	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jane Harman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-36	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Andrews [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Arcuri [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-24	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Brian Baird [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Rosa DeLauro [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CT-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Doyle [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Donna Edwards [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Keith Ellison [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sam Farr [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Chaka Fattah [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bob Filner [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-51	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Marcia Fudge [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Alan Grayson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Raul Grijalva [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Luis Gutierrez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Hall [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-19	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Alcee Hastings [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Susan Davis [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-53	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Danny Davis [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tammy Baldwin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Xavier Becerra [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-34	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Shelley Berkley [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NV-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Howard Berman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-28	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Earl Blumenauer [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OR-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Brady [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Capuano [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Yvette Clarke [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lacy Clay [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Emanuel Cleaver [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Conyers [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Joe Courtney [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CT-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Elijah Cummings [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Martin Heinrich [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NM	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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