U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress – 1st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.1639 )

Vote Number: 235 Vote Date: June 28, 2007, 11:04 AM

Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Measure Number: S. 1639

Measure Title: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. ( note from D.A. -amnesty)

Vote Counts: YEAs 46
NAYs 53 ( note from D.A. – WE WIN!)
Not Voting 1
Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Allard (R-CO), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Nay
Bayh (D-IN), Nay
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Nay
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Clinton (D-NY), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Coleman (R-MN), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Nay
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dole (R-NC), Nay
Domenici (R-NM), Nay
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagel (R-NE), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Nay
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Obama (D-IL), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Smith (R-OR), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Stevens (R-AK), Nay
Sununu (R-NH), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Warner (R-VA), Nay
Webb (D-VA), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

The senate amnesty-again bill has been defeated …again.

Jun 28, 11:46 AM EDT
Senate Blocks Immigration Bill

By CHARLES BABINGTON
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate drove a stake Thursday through President Bush’s plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008 elections.

The bill’s supporters fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed to limit debate and clear the way for final passage of the legislation, which critics assailed as offering amnesty to illegal immigrants. The vote was 46 to 53 in favor of limiting the debate. MORE here

WE ARE AMERICA! WE DID THIS! THANK YOU EVERYBODY!

The Dustin Inman Society thanks and supports our Border Patrol Agents and the ICE Agents who risk their lives everyday to protect us from illegal immigration.

Long live the immigration authorities!…or En Espanol – “VIVA LA MIGRA!”

If you would like to have a VIVA LA MIGRA! bumper sticker…please click here.

Vail (Colorado) Daily
‘Latinos’ fire on 7-Eleven clerk for wearing Border Patrol cap

Basalt, Colo. — Five shots were fired at the counter of a 7-Eleven from outside the store at about 11:10 p.m., Tuesday, police said. — No one was hit but Basalt Police Chief Keith Ikeda said the clerk and the four or so customers – which included a family with a child – could have been killed or seriously injured.

Read the entire story here. VIVA LA MIGRA!

Video from WXIA TV of yesterday’s rallies in Atlanta here.

Fla. sheriff targets illegals
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) – The sheriff’s department has developed a remarkably effective — and controversial — way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars pull up to a construction site in force, and watch and see who runs.

Read the AP report here from Hemscott.com

The below news report was originally posted June 27, 2007 on the subscription Website Insider Advantage Georgia – Mr. Dick Pettys editor. It is gratefully reposted here with permission.

On The Sidelines Of A Protest March At Capitol, D.A. King Finds ‘Peaceful’ Action Is Not Without Incident
By Dick Pettys
InsiderAdvantage Georgia

(6/27/07) Old hippies, American Indians, gays, anti-war protesters, Bush-haters and social activists of every stripe for almost any cause in the country opened a social forum in Atlanta on Wednesday with a march from the state Capitol – – and anti-illegal immigrant activist D.A. King can tell you it wasn’t entirely without incident.

I happened to be standing on the sidewalk next to King — who was wearing his t-shirt emblazoned “No Amnesty” on the front with the legend “Kick Me I’m A Citizen” on the back — when he was approached by two swaggering young men who, looking at his t-shirt, demanded to know why he was taking crowd pictures.

I heard King tell them he was taking pictures on a public sidewalk. That, however, led to a few animated words from one of the young men, and one of them raised his hand in front of King’s camera to block his shot. Then one of them made a grab for his camera, but King held onto it. At one point, a bottle of water was splashed on King.

Several other people on the sidewalk intervened to prevent a further dispute with the two young men, one of whom said he was from Chicago and who sprinkled his comments with a lot of street vernacular. They moved on down the sidewalk, but a third young man took up the fight with words.

“I don’t get this? Who is the f—– illegal alien in this? I mean, white people kill Indians, you know, take over the land, and you’re actually telling the people whose land it was that it’s not theirs? That’s ridiculous. You are the thieves. Let’s just f—- make it straight. I’m so f—- tired of these lies,” the young man told King.

King shot back: “You know what’s protecting you right now? The rule of law is protecting you … I want the rule of law to be equally applied.”

The incident drew several reporters, including WXIA-TV’s Dennis O’Hayer, but after that point it was soon over and King resumed his photo-taking as the march began and passed by the Capitol.

He laughed about it later, saying there were so many people in the march protesting so many different causes, he actually found some he could agree with. “There was a lady with a ‘Save The Water’ sign,” he said. “I’m fully on her side.”

Participants in the march were aware of a fairly large law enforcement presence outside the building. What few of them saw was that there was plenty of backup inside the Capitol building, as well.

What’s drawing this crowd to Atlanta? Something called the first United States Social Forum. It runs through Sunday featuring workshops, plenary sessions and concerts. The Civic Center seems to be ground zero for the event.

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From www.NumbersUSA.com Another Senate Cloture Vote Around the Corner

(June 27) The Senate is carrying out a series of votes to table amendments to S. 1639, the “corrected and updated” version of S. 1348. The purpose is to kill amendments that supporters of the so-called “grand compromise” think may harm the bill’s chances for passage before they are fully debated or brought up for a vote on adoption under the normal process. Another cloture vote – this one to bring debate to a close (and, again, for which a “YES” vote will be considered as a vote for amnesty) – is slated for tomorrow (June 28).

We don’t need no stinking American papers! We will make our own for amnesty!

Washington Times

‘Amnesty’ fake papers pledged in wiretap

The head of a Mexican forgery ring was convinced he could make phony documents that illegal aliens could use to indicate fraudulently that they were eligible for a new amnesty, says a government affidavit recounting wiretapped phone calls the man made. — Julio Leija- Sanchez, who ran a $3 million-a-year forgery operation

READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES HERE….

This alert is from the National Council of the Race ( La Raza)….do the opposite of what these racists ask.

OPPOSE the Graham/Kyl/Martinez Amendment Take Action!
SAY “NO” TO PUNITIVE AND UNWORKABLE PROVISIONS IN THE IMMIGRATION BILL
What would this amendment do?

• MANDATORY DETENTION FOR VISA OVERSTAYS: This amendment requires mandatory detention of all individuals who overstay their authorized period of admission by more than 60 days or who violate even a technical condition of their lawful status.
Many of the individuals who will be subject to mandatory detention have valid claims to relief, pose no threat or danger to the community, and have substantial ties to their communities.
The cost of this mandate would be enormous: This proposal will overwhelm federal law enforcement by requiring them to detain everyone and place a costly and unnecessary burden on taxpayers. On average, detention costs are more than $100 per day.

• PERMANENT BAR ON RELIEF FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO OVERSTAY: This amendment permanently bars individuals who overstay or violate the terms of their status from receiving any immigration benefits.

This permanent bar is plainly overreaching, unnecessary, and substandard policy.

• RETURN HOME PRIOR TO Z STATUS: This amendment requires principal Z applicants to return to their home country and obtain a certificate from their consulate before they can be accorded Z status.

This amendment will undermine one of the central goals of the bill: To encourage undocumented immigrants to register with the government, pay fines, and reconcile with the law.
Requiring consulates to steel themselves for a flood of applications eight to ten years down the line is one thing; requiring them to gear up for adjudication of this deluge of in-person applications in the next two to four years is a very different story.

Thanks to AILA, the Rights Working Group and National Immigration Justice Center for this update.