On the Cloture Motion S. 2611

Voted against motion to invoke cloture on S. 2611 to increase overall immigration numbers and reward illegal aliens with amnesty in 2006
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted against a motion to invoke cloture on S. 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006. The motion to invoke cloture was a procedural move to ends debate on S. 2611. If the motion had been rejected by at least 40 Senators, Majority Leader Bill Frist, MD (R-TN) would have had to choose between continued debate on S. 2611 and moving on to other legislative business. If the motion had failed, Sen. Frist was expected to move on to other legislative business, thus effectively killing the bill. S. 2611 provides an indirect path to citizenship for illegal aliens. S. 2611 also provides for major increases in temporary worker visas and permanent immigrant visas. It provides for at least an additional 100,000 H-1B visas annually; an additional 325,000 new guestworker visas (H-5A/H-2C visas); a one-time-only permanent increase of 310,660. In addi

Action Type: 
Floor Motion
Chamber: 
Senate
Endorsement: 
No Position
Timestamp: 
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 (All day)
Document Link: 
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Supported 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 2006-05-24
  • [1080] Senator Lamar Alexander - 2006-05-24
  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 2006-05-24
  • [900] Senator Evan Bayh - 2006-05-24
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 2006-05-24
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 2006-05-24
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 2006-05-24
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 2006-05-24
  • [317] Former Governor Sam Brownback - 2006-05-24
  • [844] Senator Maria Cantwell - 2006-05-24
  • [165] Senator Thomas Carper - 2006-05-24
  • [904] Senator Lincoln Chafee - 2006-05-24
  • [896] Senator Hillary Clinton - 2006-05-24
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 2006-05-24
  • [1082] Senator Norm Coleman - 2006-05-24
  • [395] Senator Susan Collins - 2006-05-24
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 2006-05-24
  • [1081] Senator John Cornyn - 2006-05-24
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 2006-05-24
  • [906] Senator Mark Dayton - 2006-05-24
  • [616] Governor Mike DeWine - 2006-05-24
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 2006-05-24
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 2006-05-24
  • [255] Senator Dick Durbin - 2006-05-24
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 2006-05-24
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 2006-05-24
  • [745] Senator Bill Frist - 2006-05-24
  • [732] Senator Lindsey Graham - 2006-05-24
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 2006-05-24
  • [510] Senator Chuck Hagel - 2006-05-24
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 2006-05-24
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 2006-05-24
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 2006-05-24
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 2006-05-24
  • [836] Senator James Jeffords - 2006-05-24
  • [741] Senator Tim Johnson - 2006-05-24
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 2006-05-24
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 2006-05-24
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 2006-05-24
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 2006-05-24
  • [344] Senator Mary Landrieu - 2006-05-24
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 2006-05-24
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 2006-05-24
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 2006-05-24
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 2006-05-24
  • [22] Senator Blanche Lincoln - 2006-05-24
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 2006-05-24
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 2006-05-24
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 2006-05-24
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 2006-05-24
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2006-05-24
  • [1143] Senator Lisa Murkowski - 2006-05-24
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 2006-05-24
  • [1062] Senator Ben Nelson - 2006-05-24
  • [910] Senator Bill Nelson - 2006-05-24
  • [1079] Senator Mark Pryor - 2006-05-24
  • [722] Senator Jack Reed - 2006-05-24
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 2006-05-24
  • [378] Senator Paul Sarbanes - 2006-05-24
  • [565] Senator Charles Schumer - 2006-05-24
  • [669] Senator Gordon Smith - 2006-05-24
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 2006-05-24
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 2006-05-24
  • [913] Senator Debbie Stabenow - 2006-05-24
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 2006-05-24
  • [888] Senator Craig Thomas - 2006-05-24
  • [618] Senator George Voinovich - 2006-05-24
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 2006-05-24
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 2006-05-24
  • [547] Senator Bob Menendez - 2006-05-24
  • [1154] Senator Ken Salazar - 2006-05-24
  • [1156] Senator Mel Martinez - 2006-05-24
  • [1162] Former Senator Barack Obama - 2006-05-24

Opposed 

  • [894] Senator Wayne Allard - 2006-05-24
  • [899] Senator George Allen - 2006-05-24
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 2006-05-24
  • [330] Senator Jim Bunning - 2006-05-24
  • [477] Senator Conrad Burns - 2006-05-24
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 2006-05-24
  • [221] Senator Saxby Chambliss - 2006-05-24
  • [251] Senator Mike Crapo - 2006-05-24
  • [1078] Senator Elizabeth Dole - 2006-05-24
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 2006-05-24
  • [558] Senator John Ensign - 2006-05-24
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 2006-05-24
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 2006-05-24
  • [319] Senator Pat Roberts - 2006-05-24
  • [683] Senator Rick Santorum - 2006-05-24
  • [6] Senator Jeff Sessions - 2006-05-24
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 2006-05-24
  • [520] Senator John Sununu - 2006-05-24
  • [451] Senator James Talent - 2006-05-24
  • [492] Senator Richard Burr - 2006-05-24
  • [734] Senator James DeMint - 2006-05-24
  • [935] Senator Johnny Isakson - 2006-05-24
  • [346] Senator David Vitter - 2006-05-24
  • [742] Senator John Thune - 2006-05-24
  • [657] Senator Tom Coburn - 2006-05-24

Avoided 

  • [890] Senator Mike Enzi - 2006-05-24
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 2006-05-24
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