Congressional vote

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 360 To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, where these 4 Black girls’ ultimate sacrifice served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement

Outcome: Passed
Yea–Nay: 420–0
Vote: h · No. 123 · 2013-04-24
Related bill: H.R. 360 · To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in recognition of the 50th commemoration of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church where the 4 little Black girls lost their lives, which served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.

Outcome

passage-suspension · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Required: 2/3