Roll Call Vote #135 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · May 18, 2006, 8:50 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3969 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3969 (To prohibit H-2C nonimmigrants from adjusting to lawful permanent resident status.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (58-35)
58 Yea
35 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 46 senators
15 Yea / 27 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 37 senators
32 Yea / 3 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Lamar Alexander (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Norm Coleman (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Larry Craig (Republican–ID) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 58
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 35
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
Not Voting 7
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).