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Roll Call Vote #148 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · May 24, 2006, 6:09 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4101 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)

Amendment S.Amdt. 4101 (To enhance border security by creating a pilot SAFE Visa Program to grant visas to authorized nationals of a NAFTA or CAFTA-DR country who receive employment offers in job areas in the United States that have been certified by the Secretary of Labor as having a shortage of workers.)

Amendment Rejected (31-67)

31 Yea

67 Nay

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How the Parties Voted

Republican 46 senators

25 Yea / 20 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 37 senators

1 Yea / 35 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
James Bunning (Republican–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Richard Burr (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Saxby Chambliss (Republican–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Larry Craig (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Johnny Isakson (Republican–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Mel Martinez (Republican–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
James Talent (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 31

Nay 67

Not Voting 2

Michael Enzi (WY)
Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).

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