On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3740 to S.Amdt. 3725 to S. 1664 (Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996)

Voted to reduce chain migration in 1996
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted in 1996 for the Feinstein Amendment to S.1664. The Feinstein Amendment would have reduced annual admission of spouses and minor children of citizens to 480,000 and significantly reduced annual limits other categories of chain migration such as parents of citizens, and adult unmarried children of citizens. By voting for the Feinstein Amendment, Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted in favor of reducing a chain migration system that has been the primary reason for annual immigration levels snowballing from less than 300,000 in 1965 to around a million today. In 1996 the bi-partisan Barbara Jordan Commission recommended doing away with the adult relative categories (begun only in the 1950s) in order to lessen wage depression among lower-paid American workers. The Feinstein Amendment attempted to carry out that recommendation. The Feinstein Amendment would have had an overall impact of reducing U.S. population growth by about 1.2 million over 10 years, but it

Action Type: 
Floor Amendment
Chamber: 
Senate
Endorsement: 
No Position
Timestamp: 
Thursday, April 25, 1996 (All day)
Document Link: 
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Supported 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 1996-04-25
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 1996-04-25
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 1996-04-25
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 1996-04-25
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 1996-04-25
  • [134] Senator Ben Campbell - 1996-04-25
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 1996-04-25
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 1996-04-25
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 1996-04-25
  • [739] Senator Tom Daschle - 1996-04-25
  • [616] Governor Mike DeWine - 1996-04-25
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 1996-04-25
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 1996-04-25
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 1996-04-25
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 1996-04-25
  • [745] Senator Bill Frist - 1996-04-25
  • [166] Senator Bob Graham - 1996-04-25
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 1996-04-25
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 1996-04-25
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 1996-04-25
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 1996-04-25
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 1996-04-25
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 1996-04-25
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 1996-04-25
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 1996-04-25
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 1996-04-25
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 1996-04-25
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 1996-04-25
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 1996-04-25
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 1996-04-25
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 1996-04-25
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 1996-04-25
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 1996-04-25
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 1996-04-25
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 1996-04-25
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 1996-04-25
  • [653] Senator Don Nickles - 1996-04-25
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 1996-04-25
  • [683] Senator Rick Santorum - 1996-04-25
  • [378] Senator Paul Sarbanes - 1996-04-25
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 1996-04-25
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 1996-04-25
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 1996-04-25
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 1996-04-25
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 1996-04-25
  • [2] Senator Frank Murkowski - 1996-04-25
  • [675] Representative Bob Smith - 1996-04-25
  • [727] Senator Strom Thurmond - 1996-04-25
  • [743] Senator Fred Thompson - 1996-04-25
  • [761] Senator Phil Gramm - 1996-04-25
  • [401] Senator Spencer Abraham - 1996-04-25
  • [449] Senator John Ashcroft - 1996-04-25
  • [1052] Senator Paul Coverdell - 1996-04-25
  • [838] Senator Slade Gorton - 1996-04-25
  • [432] Senator Rod Grams - 1996-04-25
  • [508] Representative Bob Kerrey - 1996-04-25
  • [167] Senator Connie Mack, III - 1996-04-25
  • [563] Senator Daniel Moynihan - 1996-04-25
  • [821] Senator Charles Robb - 1996-04-25
  • [430] Senator Paul Wellstone - 1996-04-25
  • [525] Senator Bill Bradley - 1996-04-25
  • [21] Senator Dale Bumpers - 1996-04-25
  • [969] Senator John Chafee - 1996-04-25
  • [9825] Senator Daniel Coats - 1996-04-25
  • [564] Senator Alfonse DAmato - 1996-04-25
  • [329] Senator Wendell Ford - 1996-04-25
  • [617] Senator John Glenn - 1996-04-25
  • [666] Senator Mark Hatfield - 1996-04-25
  • [250] Senator Dirk Kempthorne - 1996-04-25
  • [256] Senator Carol Moseley-Braun - 1996-04-25
  • [721] Senator Claiborne Pell - 1996-04-25
  • [740] Senator Larry Pressler - 1996-04-25
  • [23] Senator David Pryor - 1996-04-25
  • [259] Senator Paul Simon - 1996-04-25

Opposed 

  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 1996-04-25
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 1996-04-25
  • [343] Senator John Breaux - 1996-04-25
  • [477] Senator Conrad Burns - 1996-04-25
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 1996-04-25
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 1996-04-25
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 1996-04-25
  • [728] Senator Ernest Hollings - 1996-04-25
  • [836] Senator James Jeffords - 1996-04-25
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 1996-04-25
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 1996-04-25
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 1996-04-25
  • [888] Senator Craig Thomas - 1996-04-25
  • [480] Senator Jesse Helms - 1996-04-25
  • [557] Senator Richard Bryan - 1996-04-25
  • [163] Senator William Roth - 1996-04-25
  • [144] Senator Hank Brown - 1996-04-25
  • [394] Senator William Cohen - 1996-04-25
  • [316] Senator Robert Dole - 1996-04-25
  • [509] Senator Jim Exon - 1996-04-25
  • [482] Senator Lauch Faircloth - 1996-04-25
  • [5] Representative Howell Heflin - 1996-04-25
  • [345] Representative J. Bennett Johnston - 1996-04-25
  • [318] Senator Nancy Kassebaum - 1996-04-25
  • [207] Senator Sam Nunn - 1996-04-25
  • [887] Senator Alan Simpson - 1996-04-25
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