The Senate voted 69 to 23 to begin debating (Cloture )Bill S-1348 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 The legislation would provide a path to citizenship for many of the 12 million illegal workers inside the country. The Senate had an opportunity to put a stop to this Bill, but because of 69 no Good senators who totally ignored the will of the American people, this bill will now be officially voted on and have a chance to pass.
Here is a list of the full vote. Senators that voted NO deserve to be praised, the ones that voted YES should continue to feel the heat from the American people until they vote on passing or blocking the bill itself after memorial day Holiday
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YEAs ---69 |
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| Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Brownback (R-KS) Burr (R-NC) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Craig (R-ID) Domenici (R-NM) Durbin (D-IL) Ensign (R-NV) |
Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Kennedy (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) |
McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Schumer (D-NY) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Stevens (R-AK) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) |
| NAYs ---23 | ||
| Allard (R-CO) Baucus (D-MT) Bunning (R-KY) Byrd (D-WV) Coburn (R-OK) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) |
DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Dorgan (D-ND) Enzi (R-WY) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Roberts (R-KS) Sanders (I-VT) |
Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Sununu (R-NH) Tester (D-MT) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) |
| Not Voting - 8 | ||
| Biden (D-DE) Clinton (D-NY) Dodd (D-CT) |
Johnson (D-SD) Kerry (D-MA) McCain (R-AZ) |
Nelson (D-FL) Obama (D-IL) |
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ON 5/22/07 The Senate Voted Today 64 to 31 To Reject the Amendment To strike the Y nonimmigrant guest worker program ( to remove the 400,000 annual guest workers requirement) from the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, Rejecting the amendment means that the ones votes yes want to keep the guest worker requirement in the bill.
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Nay | Shelby (R-AL), Nay |
| Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK), Nay | Stevens (R-AK), Nay |
| Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ), Nay | McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting |
| Arkansas: | Lincoln (D-AR), Nay | Pryor (D-AR), Nay |
| California: | Boxer (D-CA), Yea | Feinstein (D-CA), Nay |
| Colorado: | Allard (R-CO), Nay | Salazar (D-CO), Nay |
| Connecticut: | Dodd (D-CT), Not Voting | Lieberman (ID-CT), Nay |
| Delaware: | Biden (D-DE), Yea | Carper (D-DE), Nay |
| Florida: | Martinez (R-FL), Nay | Nelson (D-FL), Nay |
| Georgia: | Chambliss (R-GA), Nay | Isakson (R-GA), Nay |
| Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI), Nay | Inouye (D-HI), Yea |
| Idaho: | Craig (R-ID), Nay | Crapo (R-ID), Nay |
| Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Yea | Obama (D-IL), Not Voting |
| Indiana: | Bayh (D-IN), Yea | Lugar (R-IN), Nay |
| Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Nay | Harkin (D-IA), Yea |
| Kansas: | Brownback (R-KS), Nay | Roberts (R-KS), Nay |
| Kentucky: | Bunning (R-KY), Nay | McConnell (R-KY), Nay |
| Louisiana: | Landrieu (D-LA), Yea | Vitter (R-LA), Yea |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Nay | Snowe (R-ME), Nay |
| Maryland: | Cardin (D-MD), Nay | Mikulski (D-MD), Nay |
| Massachusetts: | Kennedy (D-MA), Nay | Kerry (D-MA), Nay |
| Michigan: | Levin (D-MI), Yea | Stabenow (D-MI), Yea |
| Minnesota: | Coleman (R-MN), Nay | Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Nay | Lott (R-MS), Nay |
| Missouri: | Bond (R-MO), Nay | McCaskill (D-MO), Yea |
| Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Yea | Tester (D-MT), Yea |
| Nebraska: | Hagel (R-NE), Nay | Nelson (D-NE), Yea |
| Nevada: | Ensign (R-NV), Nay | Reid (D-NV), Yea |
| New Hampshire: | Gregg (R-NH), Nay | Sununu (R-NH), Nay |
| New Jersey: | Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea | Menendez (D-NJ), Nay |
| New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM), Nay | Domenici (R-NM), Nay |
| New York: | Clinton (D-NY), Yea | Schumer (D-NY), Not Voting |
| North Carolina: | Burr (R-NC), Nay | Dole (R-NC), Nay |
| North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND), Yea | Dorgan (D-ND), Yea |
| Ohio: | Brown (D-OH), Yea | Voinovich (R-OH), Nay |
| Oklahoma: | Coburn (R-OK), Yea | Inhofe (R-OK), Nay |
| Oregon: | Smith (R-OR), Nay | Wyden (D-OR), Nay |
| Pennsylvania: | Casey (D-PA), Yea | Specter (R-PA), Nay |
| Rhode Island: | Reed (D-RI), Yea | Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea |
| South Carolina: | DeMint (R-SC), Nay | Graham (R-SC), Nay |
| South Dakota: | Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting | Thune (R-SD), Nay |
| Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Nay | Corker (R-TN), Nay |
| Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Nay | Hutchison (R-TX), Nay |
| Utah: | Bennett (R-UT), Nay | Hatch (R-UT), Nay |
| Vermont: | Leahy (D-VT), Yea | Sanders (I-VT), Yea |
| Virginia: | Warner (R-VA), Nay | Webb (D-VA), Yea |
| Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Nay | Murray (D-WA), Yea |
| West Virginia: | Byrd (D-WV), Yea | Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea |
| Wisconsin: | Feingold (D-WI), Yea | Kohl (D-WI), Nay |
| Wyoming: | Enzi (R-WY), Nay | Thomas (R-WY), Nay |
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on 5/25/07 The Senate Voted 66-29 on Thursday (Amendment S.Amdt. 1157) to rejected an effort to bar millions of unlawful immigrants from gaining legal status and eventually citizenship (Amnesty) as part of a broad immigration bill. Voting "yes" were 9 Democrats and 20 Republicans. Voting "no" were 38 Democrats and 26 Republicans and 2 independents.
On this vote, a "yes" vote is good and was a vote to ban immigrants from gaining legal status.
| Vote Counts: | YEAs | 29 |
| NAYs | 66 | |
| Not Voting | 5 |
| YEAs ---29 | ||
| Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Baucus (D-MT) Bond (R-MO) Bunning (R-KY) Byrd (D-WV) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) Crapo (R-ID) |
DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Dorgan (D-ND) Enzi (R-WY) Grassley (R-IA) Inhofe (R-OK) Landrieu (D-LA) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Nelson (D-NE) |
Pryor (D-AR) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Sununu (R-NH) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) |
| NAYs ---66 | ||
| Akaka (D-HI) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burr (R-NC) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Clinton (D-NY) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Dodd (D-CT) Domenici (R-NM) Durbin (D-IL) |
Ensign (R-NV) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Hutchison (R-TX) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) |
Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Obama (D-IL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Salazar (D-CO) Sanders (I-VT) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Stevens (R-AK) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) |
| Not Voting - 5 | ||
| Brownback (R-KS) Hatch (R-UT) |
Johnson (D-SD) Schumer (D-NY) |
Thomas (R-WY) |
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NEW ON 6/07/07 The senate voted 45-50 (vote 203) not to allow S. 1348 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 to go for official vote and to continue the ongoing rebate THE BILL HAS STALLED . Harry Reid (D-NV) the majority leader of the senate said he may re-introduce it again in a few weeks, FOR NOW THE BILL HAS FAILED and Hopefully DEAD
Grouped By Vote Position| YEAs ---45 | ||
| Akaka (D-HI) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Clinton (D-NY) Conrad (D-ND) Dodd (D-CT) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (R-SC) |
Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) |
Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Obama (D-IL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Salazar (D-CO) Schumer (D-NY) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Voinovich (R-OH) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) |
| NAYs ---50 | ||
| Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Baucus (D-MT) Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) |
Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lott (R-MS) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) |
Murkowski (R-AK) Pryor (D-AR) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Warner (R-VA) Webb (D-VA) |
| Not Voting - 4 | ||
| Brownback (R-KS) Coburn (R-OK) |
Enzi (R-WY) Johnson (D-SD) |
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