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Norman amendment to eliminate DEI offices at the Defense Department

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

An amendment to the 2024 defense bill that eliminates diversity, equity and inclusion offices and their staff in the armed forces and the Defense Department. It passed 214 to 213.

Liberty position: Yea
The House voted: 214 Yea, 213 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side: A yes vote opposed DEI bureaucracy in the military.

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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: 177; 176 Republicans, 1 Independent
Against the liberty side: 178; 3 Republicans, 175 Democrats
Not counted: 4; 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats

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177 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

178 current members voted Nay.

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

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