Roll Call Vote #138 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · May 23, 2006, 11:01 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4087 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006) (S. 2611)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4087 (To modify the conditions under which aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States are granted legal status.)
Amendment Rejected (37-61)
37 Yea
61 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
1 Yea / 53 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 44 senators
35 Yea / 8 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Carper (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 37
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- 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)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 61
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- John Ensign (NV)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Other Votes on S. 2611
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Vote #121 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3961 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act …Amendment Rejected (40-55) May 16, 2006
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Vote #122 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3994 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act …Amendment Agreed to (79-16) May 16, 2006
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Vote #123 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4017 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Refor…Motion to Table Agreed to (69-28) May 16, 2006
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Vote #124 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3981 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Refor…Motion to Table Failed (18-79) May 16, 2006
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Vote #125 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4027 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act …Amendment Agreed to (99-0) May 17, 2006
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Vote #126 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3979 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act …Amendment Agreed to (83-16) May 17, 2006
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Vote #127 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3963 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act …Amendment Rejected (33-66) May 17, 2006
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Vote #128 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3965 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act …Amendment Agreed to (50-48) May 17, 2006
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Vote #129 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4066 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act …Amendment Agreed to (56-43) May 18, 2006
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Vote #130 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3985 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Refor…Motion to Table Agreed to (50-49) May 18, 2006
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).