Floor Amendment

On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 5 to H R 4205

Voted in 2000 to authorize troops on the border.
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ acted to enforce the border by voting for the Traficant amendment to H.R.4205. This amendment authorizes the Secretary of Defense, under certain circumstances, to assign members of the Armed Forces to assist the INS with border control duties. The Traficant amendment passed by a vote of 243 to 183, but the Clinton Administration never chose to exercise this power.

On the Motion (Daschle Motion To Suspend Rule XXII RE: Amdt. No. 4184)

Voted against an amnesty for illegal aliens in 2000
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted against a procedural vote to include an amnesty for illegal aliens from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti in the Senate H-1B bill (S.2045). This was not necessarily a vote against the amnesty but rather a vote against including it with the H-1B bill. The move to include the amnesty with the H-1B legislation failed43-55 in a procedural vote on the Senate floor.

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1399 to S.Amdt. 1373 to H.R. 2892 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010)

Supported an amendment to complete 700 miles of border fencing in 2009
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ supported the DeMint amendment to H.R. 2892, the DHS Appropriations bill. The DeMint amendment mandates that the 700 miles of border fencing (which was previously approved and appropriated for) be completed. The DeMint amendment passed 54-44.

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