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Roll Call Vote #152 · 113th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 18, 2013, 3:35 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1228 to S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act)

Amendment S.Amdt. 1228 (To prohibit the temporary grant of legal status to, or adjustment to citizenship status of, any individual who is unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies that the US-VISIT System (a biometric border check-in and check-out system first required by Congress in 1996) has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and airport of entry and Congress passes a joint resolution, under fast track procedures, stating that such integrated entry and exit data system has been sufficiently implemented.)

Amendment Rejected (36-58, 3/5 majority required)
36 Yea
58 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 25 senators

19 Yea / 3 Nay

3 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 25 senators

1 Yea / 22 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 36

Nay 58

Not Voting 6

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