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Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140)

House vote · H.R. 140 · On Passage · March 9, 2023Free speechKey vote, counts double

Bars federal employees from using their office to push online platforms to remove or suppress lawful speech.

Liberty position: Yea
The House voted: 219 Yea, 206 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side: A yes vote opposed government pressure on platforms to censor lawful speech.

Counted under the principle Free speech and a free mind.

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359 current members of Congress were in the House for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side: 180; 179 Republicans, 1 Independent
Against the liberty side: 171; 171 Democrats
Not counted: 8; 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats

On the liberty side

180 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

171 current members voted Nay.

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8 current members missed the vote or voted present. Neither counts for or against a member.

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