Floor Amendment

On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 13 to H R 2360

Voted in favor of amendment to fund program to deny driver\'s licenses to illegal aliens in 2005
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ voted in favor of the Obey amendment (H. Amdt. 144) to H.R. 2360, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The Obey amendment provided $100 million to fund grants under the REAL ID Act to assist States in conforming with minimum driversÂ’ license standards. The Obey amendment passed by a vote of 226-198.

On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 1 to H R 3736

Attempted to protect U.S. high-tech workers in 1998
Before the House passed the H-1B doubling bill (H.R.3736), Rep. ZZlastnameZZ voted for a Watt Substitute bill that would have forbidden U.S. firms from using temporary foreign workers to replace Americans. It also would have required U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. The substitute failed 177-242.

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2417 to S. 1723 (American Competitiveness Act)

Attempted to protect U.S. high-tech workers in 1998
Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted for a Kennedy amendment that would have protected American
workers from the worst abuses that the federal Inspector General found in the H-1B program. ZZgender1CZZ voted to required U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. That failed 39-59.

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2418 to S. 1723 (American Competitiveness Act)

Attempted to protect U.S. high-tech workers in 1998
Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted for the Kennedy amendment (A-2418) that would have protected American workers from the worst abuses that the federal Inspector General found in the H-1B program. ZZgender1CZZ voted for the Kennedy amendment

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