On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1311 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)

Voted on Senate floor in favor of amendment to increase enforcement and delay amnesty in 2007
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted in favor of the Coburn Amendment (SA 1131) to S. 1348. The Coburn Amendment would have added some teeth to the underlying measure\'s so-called enforcement \"triggers\" and would surely have delayed the granting of any amnesty to illegal aliens or the importation of any additional \"temporary\" nonimmigrant workers. Specifically, the Coburn Amendment required DHS, in addition to the mechanisms needed to \"trigger\" implementation of the bill\'s amnesty and guestworker provisions, to certify the implementation of various border security and interior enforcement measures (e.g., all statutorily-required border fencing has been constructed, US-VISIT is fully operational, \"sanctuary cities\" are prohibited, denying aliens who are likely to become public charges admission into the United States, etc.). It also required the presid

Action Type: 
Floor Amendment
Chamber: 
Senate
Endorsement: 
No Position
Timestamp: 
Thursday, June 7, 2007 (All day)
Document Link: 
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Supported 

  • [1080] Senator Lamar Alexander - 2007-06-07
  • [894] Senator Wayne Allard - 2007-06-07
  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 2007-06-07
  • [900] Senator Evan Bayh - 2007-06-07
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 2007-06-07
  • [330] Senator Jim Bunning - 2007-06-07
  • [221] Senator Saxby Chambliss - 2007-06-07
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 2007-06-07
  • [1082] Senator Norm Coleman - 2007-06-07
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 2007-06-07
  • [1081] Senator John Cornyn - 2007-06-07
  • [251] Senator Mike Crapo - 2007-06-07
  • [1078] Senator Elizabeth Dole - 2007-06-07
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 2007-06-07
  • [558] Senator John Ensign - 2007-06-07
  • [890] Senator Mike Enzi - 2007-06-07
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 2007-06-07
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 2007-06-07
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 2007-06-07
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 2007-06-07
  • [344] Senator Mary Landrieu - 2007-06-07
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 2007-06-07
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 2007-06-07
  • [1062] Senator Ben Nelson - 2007-06-07
  • [1079] Senator Mark Pryor - 2007-06-07
  • [319] Senator Pat Roberts - 2007-06-07
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 2007-06-07
  • [6] Senator Jeff Sessions - 2007-06-07
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 2007-06-07
  • [669] Senator Gordon Smith - 2007-06-07
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 2007-06-07
  • [913] Senator Debbie Stabenow - 2007-06-07
  • [520] Senator John Sununu - 2007-06-07
  • [492] Senator Richard Burr - 2007-06-07
  • [734] Senator James DeMint - 2007-06-07
  • [935] Senator Johnny Isakson - 2007-06-07
  • [346] Senator David Vitter - 2007-06-07
  • [742] Senator John Thune - 2007-06-07
  • [657] Senator Tom Coburn - 2007-06-07
  • [1205] Senator Claire McCaskill - 2007-06-07
  • [1207] Senator Jon Tester - 2007-06-07
  • [1210] Senator Bob Corker - 2007-06-07

Opposed 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 2007-06-07
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 2007-06-07
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 2007-06-07
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 2007-06-07
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 2007-06-07
  • [317] Former Governor Sam Brownback - 2007-06-07
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 2007-06-07
  • [844] Senator Maria Cantwell - 2007-06-07
  • [165] Senator Thomas Carper - 2007-06-07
  • [896] Senator Hillary Clinton - 2007-06-07
  • [395] Senator Susan Collins - 2007-06-07
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 2007-06-07
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 2007-06-07
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 2007-06-07
  • [255] Senator Dick Durbin - 2007-06-07
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 2007-06-07
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 2007-06-07
  • [732] Senator Lindsey Graham - 2007-06-07
  • [510] Senator Chuck Hagel - 2007-06-07
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 2007-06-07
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 2007-06-07
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 2007-06-07
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 2007-06-07
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 2007-06-07
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 2007-06-07
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 2007-06-07
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 2007-06-07
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 2007-06-07
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 2007-06-07
  • [22] Senator Blanche Lincoln - 2007-06-07
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 2007-06-07
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2007-06-07
  • [1143] Senator Lisa Murkowski - 2007-06-07
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 2007-06-07
  • [910] Senator Bill Nelson - 2007-06-07
  • [722] Senator Jack Reed - 2007-06-07
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 2007-06-07
  • [565] Senator Charles Schumer - 2007-06-07
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 2007-06-07
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 2007-06-07
  • [618] Senator George Voinovich - 2007-06-07
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 2007-06-07
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 2007-06-07
  • [642] Senator Sherrod Brown - 2007-06-07
  • [384] Senator Benjamin Cardin - 2007-06-07
  • [547] Senator Bob Menendez - 2007-06-07
  • [958] Senator Bernie Sanders - 2007-06-07
  • [1154] Senator Ken Salazar - 2007-06-07
  • [1156] Senator Mel Martinez - 2007-06-07
  • [1162] Former Senator Barack Obama - 2007-06-07
  • [1204] Senator Amy Klobuchar - 2007-06-07
  • [1208] Senator Bob Casey - 2007-06-07
  • [1209] Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - 2007-06-07
  • [1211] Senator James Webb - 2007-06-07

Avoided 

  • [741] Senator Tim Johnson - 2007-06-07
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 2007-06-07
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 2007-06-07
Author: 
Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]
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