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) (S. 2611)
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
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
30 Yea / 24 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 44 senators
1 Yea / 42 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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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 -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) 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 -
Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC) 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 -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) 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 -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) 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
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- William Frist (TN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
Nay 67
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- 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)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Talent (MO)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
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 ↗).