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Roy amendment barring race-based concepts in Defense Department schools

House vote · H.R. 2670 · On Agreeing to the Amendment · July 13, 2023Equal rights

An amendment to the 2024 defense bill that bars Defense Department schools from promoting ideas such as that any race is inherently superior or that the United States is fundamentally racist.

Liberty position: Yea
The House voted: 227 Yea, 201 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side: A yes vote opposed teaching critical race theory concepts in military schools.

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

On the liberty side: 188; 179 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 1 Independent
Against the liberty side: 168; 168 Democrats
Not counted: 7; 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats

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188 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

168 current members voted Nay.

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

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