On the Cloture Motion S. 1639

Voted on Senate floor against guestworker-amnesty bill by voting against cloture motion to end debate and bring bill to a vote in 2007
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted against a motion to invoke cloture and limit debate on S. 1639, thereby preventing it from moving toward a final vote. S. 1639 is the “corrected and updated” version of S. 1348, the guestworker-amnesty bill that would: grant an amnesty; authorize the importation of millions of new foreign workers; and do little to curb our illegal immigration crisis. Two days prior to this vote, the Senate had voted to invoke cloture and move forward with the debate on S. 1639, outside normal channels and bypassing the committee process. 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. Senate Majority Lea

Action Type: 
Floor Motion
Chamber: 
Senate
Endorsement: 
No Position
Timestamp: 
Thursday, June 28, 2007 (All day)
Document Link: 
View on govTrack.us

Supported 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 2007-06-28
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 2007-06-28
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 2007-06-28
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 2007-06-28
  • [844] Senator Maria Cantwell - 2007-06-28
  • [165] Senator Thomas Carper - 2007-06-28
  • [896] Senator Hillary Clinton - 2007-06-28
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 2007-06-28
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 2007-06-28
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 2007-06-28
  • [255] Senator Dick Durbin - 2007-06-28
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 2007-06-28
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 2007-06-28
  • [732] Senator Lindsey Graham - 2007-06-28
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 2007-06-28
  • [510] Senator Chuck Hagel - 2007-06-28
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 2007-06-28
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 2007-06-28
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 2007-06-28
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 2007-06-28
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 2007-06-28
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 2007-06-28
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 2007-06-28
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 2007-06-28
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 2007-06-28
  • [22] Senator Blanche Lincoln - 2007-06-28
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 2007-06-28
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 2007-06-28
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 2007-06-28
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2007-06-28
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 2007-06-28
  • [910] Senator Bill Nelson - 2007-06-28
  • [722] Senator Jack Reed - 2007-06-28
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 2007-06-28
  • [565] Senator Charles Schumer - 2007-06-28
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 2007-06-28
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 2007-06-28
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 2007-06-28
  • [384] Senator Benjamin Cardin - 2007-06-28
  • [547] Senator Bob Menendez - 2007-06-28
  • [1154] Senator Ken Salazar - 2007-06-28
  • [1156] Senator Mel Martinez - 2007-06-28
  • [1162] Former Senator Barack Obama - 2007-06-28
  • [1204] Senator Amy Klobuchar - 2007-06-28
  • [1208] Senator Bob Casey - 2007-06-28
  • [1209] Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - 2007-06-28

Opposed 

  • [1080] Senator Lamar Alexander - 2007-06-28
  • [894] Senator Wayne Allard - 2007-06-28
  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 2007-06-28
  • [900] Senator Evan Bayh - 2007-06-28
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 2007-06-28
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 2007-06-28
  • [317] Former Governor Sam Brownback - 2007-06-28
  • [330] Senator Jim Bunning - 2007-06-28
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 2007-06-28
  • [221] Senator Saxby Chambliss - 2007-06-28
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 2007-06-28
  • [1082] Senator Norm Coleman - 2007-06-28
  • [395] Senator Susan Collins - 2007-06-28
  • [1081] Senator John Cornyn - 2007-06-28
  • [251] Senator Mike Crapo - 2007-06-28
  • [1078] Senator Elizabeth Dole - 2007-06-28
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 2007-06-28
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 2007-06-28
  • [558] Senator John Ensign - 2007-06-28
  • [890] Senator Mike Enzi - 2007-06-28
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 2007-06-28
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 2007-06-28
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 2007-06-28
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 2007-06-28
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 2007-06-28
  • [344] Senator Mary Landrieu - 2007-06-28
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 2007-06-28
  • [1143] Senator Lisa Murkowski - 2007-06-28
  • [1062] Senator Ben Nelson - 2007-06-28
  • [1079] Senator Mark Pryor - 2007-06-28
  • [319] Senator Pat Roberts - 2007-06-28
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 2007-06-28
  • [6] Senator Jeff Sessions - 2007-06-28
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 2007-06-28
  • [669] Senator Gordon Smith - 2007-06-28
  • [913] Senator Debbie Stabenow - 2007-06-28
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 2007-06-28
  • [520] Senator John Sununu - 2007-06-28
  • [618] Senator George Voinovich - 2007-06-28
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 2007-06-28
  • [642] Senator Sherrod Brown - 2007-06-28
  • [492] Senator Richard Burr - 2007-06-28
  • [734] Senator James DeMint - 2007-06-28
  • [935] Senator Johnny Isakson - 2007-06-28
  • [958] Senator Bernie Sanders - 2007-06-28
  • [346] Senator David Vitter - 2007-06-28
  • [742] Senator John Thune - 2007-06-28
  • [657] Senator Tom Coburn - 2007-06-28
  • [1205] Senator Claire McCaskill - 2007-06-28
  • [1207] Senator Jon Tester - 2007-06-28
  • [1210] Senator Bob Corker - 2007-06-28
  • [1211] Senator James Webb - 2007-06-28
  • [1263] Senator John Barrasso - 2007-06-28

Avoided 

  • [741] Senator Tim Johnson - 2007-06-28
Author: 
Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy [D-MA, 1962-2009]
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