On the Motion (Motion to Table Sessions Amdt. No. 1371)

Supported an amendment to permanently reauthorize the E-Verify system in 2009
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ opposed a motion to table the Sessions amendment to H.R. 2892, the DHS Appropriations bill (by voting against the motion to table, the Senator was supporting the amendment). The Sessions amendment authorizes E-Verify permanently, mandates that any business getting a federal contract must run all new hires through E-Verify, and mandates that every existing employee who works on the government contracts must be run through E-Verify. Thus, for the first time, E-Verify can be used to root out illegal aliens who were previously hired. The existing employee provision only applies to that part of a company actually working on the government contract. The motion to table the Sessions amendment failed 44-53 and the amendment pass

Action Type: 
Floor Amendment
Chamber: 
Senate
Endorsement: 
No Position
Timestamp: 
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 (All day)
Document Link: 
View on govTrack.us

Supported 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 2009-07-08
  • [900] Senator Evan Bayh - 2009-07-08
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 2009-07-08
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 2009-07-08
  • [844] Senator Maria Cantwell - 2009-07-08
  • [165] Senator Thomas Carper - 2009-07-08
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 2009-07-08
  • [255] Senator Dick Durbin - 2009-07-08
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 2009-07-08
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 2009-07-08
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 2009-07-08
  • [741] Senator Tim Johnson - 2009-07-08
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 2009-07-08
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 2009-07-08
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 2009-07-08
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 2009-07-08
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 2009-07-08
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2009-07-08
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 2009-07-08
  • [910] Senator Bill Nelson - 2009-07-08
  • [722] Senator Jack Reed - 2009-07-08
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 2009-07-08
  • [565] Senator Charles Schumer - 2009-07-08
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 2009-07-08
  • [913] Senator Debbie Stabenow - 2009-07-08
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 2009-07-08
  • [642] Senator Sherrod Brown - 2009-07-08
  • [384] Senator Benjamin Cardin - 2009-07-08
  • [547] Senator Bob Menendez - 2009-07-08
  • [958] Senator Bernie Sanders - 2009-07-08
  • [140] Senator Mark Udall - 2009-07-08
  • [554] Senator Tom Udall - 2009-07-08
  • [1250] Senator Kirsten Gillibrand - 2009-07-08
  • [1208] Senator Bob Casey - 2009-07-08
  • [1209] Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - 2009-07-08
  • [1211] Senator James Webb - 2009-07-08
  • [1343] Senator Mark Warner - 2009-07-08
  • [1338] Senator Jeanne Shaheen - 2009-07-08
  • [1341] Senator Jeff Merkley - 2009-07-08
  • [1333] Senator Mark Begich - 2009-07-08
  • [1346] Senator Roland Burris - 2009-07-08
  • [1345] Senator Edward E. Kaufman - 2009-07-08
  • [1347] Senator Michael Bennet - 2009-07-08
  • [1349] Senator Al Franken - 2009-07-08

Opposed 

  • [1080] Senator Lamar Alexander - 2009-07-08
  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 2009-07-08
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 2009-07-08
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 2009-07-08
  • [317] Former Governor Sam Brownback - 2009-07-08
  • [330] Senator Jim Bunning - 2009-07-08
  • [221] Senator Saxby Chambliss - 2009-07-08
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 2009-07-08
  • [395] Senator Susan Collins - 2009-07-08
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 2009-07-08
  • [1081] Senator John Cornyn - 2009-07-08
  • [251] Senator Mike Crapo - 2009-07-08
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 2009-07-08
  • [558] Senator John Ensign - 2009-07-08
  • [890] Senator Mike Enzi - 2009-07-08
  • [732] Senator Lindsey Graham - 2009-07-08
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 2009-07-08
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 2009-07-08
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 2009-07-08
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 2009-07-08
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 2009-07-08
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 2009-07-08
  • [344] Senator Mary Landrieu - 2009-07-08
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 2009-07-08
  • [22] Senator Blanche Lincoln - 2009-07-08
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 2009-07-08
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 2009-07-08
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 2009-07-08
  • [1143] Senator Lisa Murkowski - 2009-07-08
  • [1062] Senator Ben Nelson - 2009-07-08
  • [1079] Senator Mark Pryor - 2009-07-08
  • [319] Senator Pat Roberts - 2009-07-08
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 2009-07-08
  • [6] Senator Jeff Sessions - 2009-07-08
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 2009-07-08
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 2009-07-08
  • [618] Senator George Voinovich - 2009-07-08
  • [492] Senator Richard Burr - 2009-07-08
  • [734] Senator James DeMint - 2009-07-08
  • [935] Senator Johnny Isakson - 2009-07-08
  • [346] Senator David Vitter - 2009-07-08
  • [467] Senator Roger Wicker - 2009-07-08
  • [742] Senator John Thune - 2009-07-08
  • [657] Senator Tom Coburn - 2009-07-08
  • [1156] Senator Mel Martinez - 2009-07-08
  • [1204] Senator Amy Klobuchar - 2009-07-08
  • [1205] Senator Claire McCaskill - 2009-07-08
  • [1207] Senator Jon Tester - 2009-07-08
  • [1210] Senator Bob Corker - 2009-07-08
  • [1263] Senator John Barrasso - 2009-07-08
  • [1337] Senator Mike Johanns - 2009-07-08
  • [1334] Senator Jim Risch - 2009-07-08
  • [1336] Senator Kay Hagan - 2009-07-08

Avoided 

  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 2009-07-08
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 2009-07-08
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 2009-07-08
Author: 
Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]
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