On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: Menendez Amdt. No 1194)

Voted on Senate floor against amendment to increase chain migration in 2007
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted against the Menendez Amedment (SA 1194) to S. 1395. The Menedez Amendment would not only increase near-term legal immigration by more than 100,000 each year, it would remove even the façade that the bill would end chain migration. Specifically, it would change the cut-off date for reducing the “backlog” of family-sponsored immigration applicants from May 1, 2005, to January 1, 2007, the same date by which illegal aliens must have been unlawfully present in the United States in order to receive amnesty under this bill. It also adds 110,000 green cards a year for adult children and sibling backlog reduction. The Menedez Amendment failed by a vote of 53 to 44.

Action Type: 
Floor Motion
Chamber: 
Senate
Timestamp: 
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 (All day)
Document Link: 
View on govTrack.us

Supported 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 2007-06-06
  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 2007-06-06
  • [900] Senator Evan Bayh - 2007-06-06
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 2007-06-06
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 2007-06-06
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 2007-06-06
  • [330] Senator Jim Bunning - 2007-06-06
  • [844] Senator Maria Cantwell - 2007-06-06
  • [165] Senator Thomas Carper - 2007-06-06
  • [896] Senator Hillary Clinton - 2007-06-06
  • [1082] Senator Norm Coleman - 2007-06-06
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 2007-06-06
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 2007-06-06
  • [255] Senator Dick Durbin - 2007-06-06
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 2007-06-06
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 2007-06-06
  • [510] Senator Chuck Hagel - 2007-06-06
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 2007-06-06
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 2007-06-06
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 2007-06-06
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 2007-06-06
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 2007-06-06
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 2007-06-06
  • [344] Senator Mary Landrieu - 2007-06-06
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 2007-06-06
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 2007-06-06
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 2007-06-06
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 2007-06-06
  • [22] Senator Blanche Lincoln - 2007-06-06
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2007-06-06
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 2007-06-06
  • [1062] Senator Ben Nelson - 2007-06-06
  • [910] Senator Bill Nelson - 2007-06-06
  • [1079] Senator Mark Pryor - 2007-06-06
  • [722] Senator Jack Reed - 2007-06-06
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 2007-06-06
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 2007-06-06
  • [565] Senator Charles Schumer - 2007-06-06
  • [669] Senator Gordon Smith - 2007-06-06
  • [913] Senator Debbie Stabenow - 2007-06-06
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 2007-06-06
  • [642] Senator Sherrod Brown - 2007-06-06
  • [384] Senator Benjamin Cardin - 2007-06-06
  • [547] Senator Bob Menendez - 2007-06-06
  • [958] Senator Bernie Sanders - 2007-06-06
  • [1154] Senator Ken Salazar - 2007-06-06
  • [1162] Former Senator Barack Obama - 2007-06-06
  • [1204] Senator Amy Klobuchar - 2007-06-06
  • [1205] Senator Claire McCaskill - 2007-06-06
  • [1207] Senator Jon Tester - 2007-06-06
  • [1208] Senator Bob Casey - 2007-06-06
  • [1209] Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - 2007-06-06
  • [1211] Senator James Webb - 2007-06-06

Opposed 

  • [1080] Senator Lamar Alexander - 2007-06-06
  • [894] Senator Wayne Allard - 2007-06-06
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 2007-06-06
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 2007-06-06
  • [317] Former Governor Sam Brownback - 2007-06-06
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 2007-06-06
  • [221] Senator Saxby Chambliss - 2007-06-06
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 2007-06-06
  • [395] Senator Susan Collins - 2007-06-06
  • [1081] Senator John Cornyn - 2007-06-06
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 2007-06-06
  • [251] Senator Mike Crapo - 2007-06-06
  • [1078] Senator Elizabeth Dole - 2007-06-06
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 2007-06-06
  • [558] Senator John Ensign - 2007-06-06
  • [890] Senator Mike Enzi - 2007-06-06
  • [732] Senator Lindsey Graham - 2007-06-06
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 2007-06-06
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 2007-06-06
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 2007-06-06
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 2007-06-06
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 2007-06-06
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 2007-06-06
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 2007-06-06
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 2007-06-06
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 2007-06-06
  • [1143] Senator Lisa Murkowski - 2007-06-06
  • [319] Senator Pat Roberts - 2007-06-06
  • [6] Senator Jeff Sessions - 2007-06-06
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 2007-06-06
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 2007-06-06
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 2007-06-06
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 2007-06-06
  • [520] Senator John Sununu - 2007-06-06
  • [618] Senator George Voinovich - 2007-06-06
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 2007-06-06
  • [492] Senator Richard Burr - 2007-06-06
  • [734] Senator James DeMint - 2007-06-06
  • [935] Senator Johnny Isakson - 2007-06-06
  • [346] Senator David Vitter - 2007-06-06
  • [742] Senator John Thune - 2007-06-06
  • [657] Senator Tom Coburn - 2007-06-06
  • [1156] Senator Mel Martinez - 2007-06-06
  • [1210] Senator Bob Corker - 2007-06-06

Avoided 

  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 2007-06-06
  • [741] Senator Tim Johnson - 2007-06-06
Author: 
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
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