On the Cloture Motion S. 1639

Voted on Senate floor against guestworker-amnesty bill by voting against motion to bring bill to the Senate floor for a debate and a vote in 2007
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted against a motion to invoke cloture and bring S. 1639, the “corrected and updated” version of S. 1348, the guestworker-amnesty bill that would grant an amnesty, would authorize the importation of millions of new foreign workers, and would do little to curb our illegal immigration crisis, to the Senate floor. Two weeks prior to this vote, the Senate rejected cloture on the “grand bargain” substitute amendment to S. 1348 by a 45-50 margin, thus halting – for the time being – the bill’s progress toward final passage. President Bush then stepped in to plead with Senate Republicans to give the “compromise” another look and Senate Majority Leader Reid then brought the proposal back to the Senate as a new bill, S. 1369. The motion to invoke cloture passed by a vote of

Action Type: 
Floor Motion
Chamber: 
Senate
Endorsement: 
No Position
Timestamp: 
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 (All day)
Document Link: 
View on govTrack.us

Supported 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 2007-06-26
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 2007-06-26
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 2007-06-26
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 2007-06-26
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 2007-06-26
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 2007-06-26
  • [317] Former Governor Sam Brownback - 2007-06-26
  • [844] Senator Maria Cantwell - 2007-06-26
  • [165] Senator Thomas Carper - 2007-06-26
  • [896] Senator Hillary Clinton - 2007-06-26
  • [1082] Senator Norm Coleman - 2007-06-26
  • [395] Senator Susan Collins - 2007-06-26
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 2007-06-26
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 2007-06-26
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 2007-06-26
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 2007-06-26
  • [255] Senator Dick Durbin - 2007-06-26
  • [558] Senator John Ensign - 2007-06-26
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 2007-06-26
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 2007-06-26
  • [732] Senator Lindsey Graham - 2007-06-26
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 2007-06-26
  • [510] Senator Chuck Hagel - 2007-06-26
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 2007-06-26
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 2007-06-26
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 2007-06-26
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 2007-06-26
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 2007-06-26
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 2007-06-26
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 2007-06-26
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 2007-06-26
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 2007-06-26
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 2007-06-26
  • [22] Senator Blanche Lincoln - 2007-06-26
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 2007-06-26
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 2007-06-26
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 2007-06-26
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 2007-06-26
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2007-06-26
  • [1143] Senator Lisa Murkowski - 2007-06-26
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 2007-06-26
  • [1062] Senator Ben Nelson - 2007-06-26
  • [910] Senator Bill Nelson - 2007-06-26
  • [1079] Senator Mark Pryor - 2007-06-26
  • [722] Senator Jack Reed - 2007-06-26
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 2007-06-26
  • [565] Senator Charles Schumer - 2007-06-26
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 2007-06-26
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 2007-06-26
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 2007-06-26
  • [618] Senator George Voinovich - 2007-06-26
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 2007-06-26
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 2007-06-26
  • [642] Senator Sherrod Brown - 2007-06-26
  • [492] Senator Richard Burr - 2007-06-26
  • [384] Senator Benjamin Cardin - 2007-06-26
  • [547] Senator Bob Menendez - 2007-06-26
  • [1154] Senator Ken Salazar - 2007-06-26
  • [1156] Senator Mel Martinez - 2007-06-26
  • [1162] Former Senator Barack Obama - 2007-06-26
  • [1204] Senator Amy Klobuchar - 2007-06-26
  • [1208] Senator Bob Casey - 2007-06-26
  • [1209] Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - 2007-06-26
  • [1211] Senator James Webb - 2007-06-26

Opposed 

  • [1080] Senator Lamar Alexander - 2007-06-26
  • [894] Senator Wayne Allard - 2007-06-26
  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 2007-06-26
  • [900] Senator Evan Bayh - 2007-06-26
  • [330] Senator Jim Bunning - 2007-06-26
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 2007-06-26
  • [221] Senator Saxby Chambliss - 2007-06-26
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 2007-06-26
  • [1081] Senator John Cornyn - 2007-06-26
  • [251] Senator Mike Crapo - 2007-06-26
  • [1078] Senator Elizabeth Dole - 2007-06-26
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 2007-06-26
  • [890] Senator Mike Enzi - 2007-06-26
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 2007-06-26
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 2007-06-26
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 2007-06-26
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 2007-06-26
  • [344] Senator Mary Landrieu - 2007-06-26
  • [319] Senator Pat Roberts - 2007-06-26
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 2007-06-26
  • [6] Senator Jeff Sessions - 2007-06-26
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 2007-06-26
  • [669] Senator Gordon Smith - 2007-06-26
  • [913] Senator Debbie Stabenow - 2007-06-26
  • [520] Senator John Sununu - 2007-06-26
  • [734] Senator James DeMint - 2007-06-26
  • [935] Senator Johnny Isakson - 2007-06-26
  • [958] Senator Bernie Sanders - 2007-06-26
  • [346] Senator David Vitter - 2007-06-26
  • [742] Senator John Thune - 2007-06-26
  • [657] Senator Tom Coburn - 2007-06-26
  • [1205] Senator Claire McCaskill - 2007-06-26
  • [1207] Senator Jon Tester - 2007-06-26
  • [1210] Senator Bob Corker - 2007-06-26
  • [1263] Senator John Barrasso - 2007-06-26

Avoided 

  • [741] Senator Tim Johnson - 2007-06-26
Author: 
Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy [D-MA, 1962-2009]
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