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Flag Desecration Amendment (view source)
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==Congressional votes==
==Congressional votes==
Years later, the [[104th Congress]] attempted to amend the Constitution to prohibit flag desecration by introducing the amendment in the [[House]] and [[Senate]]. In the first attempt, in 1995 the amendment passed the House 312-120, but failed in the Senate 63-36, falling four votes short of the necessary amount. In 1997, the amendment passed the House 310-114, but was not brought up for a vote in the Senate. In 1999, it passed the House 305-124, but failed again in the Senate 63-37. In 2001 and 2003, it passed the House 298-125 and 300-125 respectively, but was not brought up for a vote in the Senate. The [[109th Congress]] was the closest that Congress got to passing the amendment, with the House voting 286-130, but falling one vote short in the Senate, 66-34.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flag-burning amendment fails by one vote|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/flag.burning/index.html}}</ref> Overall, the support in the Senate is slightly increasing, but support in the House in on the decline.
Years later, the [[104th Congress]] attempted to amend the Constitution to prohibit flag desecration by introducing the amendment in the [[House]] and [[Senate]]. In the first attempt, in 1995 the amendment passed the House 312-120, but failed in the Senate 63-36, falling four votes short of the necessary amount. In 1997, the amendment passed the House 310-114, but was not brought up for a vote in the Senate. In 1999, it passed the House 305-124, but failed again in the Senate 63-37. In 2001 and 2003, it passed the House 298-125 and 300-125 respectively, but was not brought up for a vote in the Senate. The [[109th Congress]] was the closest that Congress got to passing the amendment, with the House voting 286-130, but falling one vote short in the Senate, 66-34.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flag-burning amendment fails by one vote|url=https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/flag.burning/index.html}}</ref> Overall, the support in the Senate is slightly increasing, but support in the House in on the decline.
==Arguments for and against the Amendment==
==Arguments for and against the Amendment==