On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3981 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)

Voted on Senate floor against killing amendment to cap guestworker visas in 2006
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted against a motion to table the Bingaman Amendment (SA 3981) to S. 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 . This was a procedural move to terminate further discussion of the amendment. The Bingaman amendment (submitted by Sen. Bingaman for himself and Sen. Feinstein) would cap the number of H-2C visas available annually for issuance at 200,000 and remove the 20% a year increase in annual guestworker visas. This would reduce the 10-year increase in foreign workers and their dependents from 8.4 million, as provided in the original bill, to two million. The motion to table the Bingaman amendment failed by a vote of 18 to 79 and the Bingaman amendment ultimately passed by voice vote.

Action Type: 
Floor Table
Chamber: 
Senate
Endorsement: 
No Position
Timestamp: 
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 (All day)
Document Link: 
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Supported 

  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 2006-05-16
  • [317] Former Governor Sam Brownback - 2006-05-16
  • [904] Senator Lincoln Chafee - 2006-05-16
  • [616] Governor Mike DeWine - 2006-05-16
  • [732] Senator Lindsey Graham - 2006-05-16
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 2006-05-16
  • [510] Senator Chuck Hagel - 2006-05-16
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 2006-05-16
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 2006-05-16
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 2006-05-16
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 2006-05-16
  • [1143] Senator Lisa Murkowski - 2006-05-16
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 2006-05-16
  • [669] Senator Gordon Smith - 2006-05-16
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 2006-05-16
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 2006-05-16
  • [1154] Senator Ken Salazar - 2006-05-16
  • [1156] Senator Mel Martinez - 2006-05-16

Opposed 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 2006-05-16
  • [1080] Senator Lamar Alexander - 2006-05-16
  • [894] Senator Wayne Allard - 2006-05-16
  • [899] Senator George Allen - 2006-05-16
  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 2006-05-16
  • [900] Senator Evan Bayh - 2006-05-16
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 2006-05-16
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 2006-05-16
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 2006-05-16
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 2006-05-16
  • [330] Senator Jim Bunning - 2006-05-16
  • [477] Senator Conrad Burns - 2006-05-16
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 2006-05-16
  • [844] Senator Maria Cantwell - 2006-05-16
  • [165] Senator Thomas Carper - 2006-05-16
  • [221] Senator Saxby Chambliss - 2006-05-16
  • [896] Senator Hillary Clinton - 2006-05-16
  • [1082] Senator Norm Coleman - 2006-05-16
  • [395] Senator Susan Collins - 2006-05-16
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 2006-05-16
  • [1081] Senator John Cornyn - 2006-05-16
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 2006-05-16
  • [251] Senator Mike Crapo - 2006-05-16
  • [906] Senator Mark Dayton - 2006-05-16
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 2006-05-16
  • [1078] Senator Elizabeth Dole - 2006-05-16
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 2006-05-16
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 2006-05-16
  • [255] Senator Dick Durbin - 2006-05-16
  • [558] Senator John Ensign - 2006-05-16
  • [890] Senator Mike Enzi - 2006-05-16
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 2006-05-16
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 2006-05-16
  • [745] Senator Bill Frist - 2006-05-16
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 2006-05-16
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 2006-05-16
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 2006-05-16
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 2006-05-16
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 2006-05-16
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 2006-05-16
  • [836] Senator James Jeffords - 2006-05-16
  • [741] Senator Tim Johnson - 2006-05-16
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 2006-05-16
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 2006-05-16
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 2006-05-16
  • [344] Senator Mary Landrieu - 2006-05-16
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 2006-05-16
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 2006-05-16
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 2006-05-16
  • [22] Senator Blanche Lincoln - 2006-05-16
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 2006-05-16
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2006-05-16
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 2006-05-16
  • [1062] Senator Ben Nelson - 2006-05-16
  • [910] Senator Bill Nelson - 2006-05-16
  • [1079] Senator Mark Pryor - 2006-05-16
  • [722] Senator Jack Reed - 2006-05-16
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 2006-05-16
  • [319] Senator Pat Roberts - 2006-05-16
  • [683] Senator Rick Santorum - 2006-05-16
  • [378] Senator Paul Sarbanes - 2006-05-16
  • [565] Senator Charles Schumer - 2006-05-16
  • [6] Senator Jeff Sessions - 2006-05-16
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 2006-05-16
  • [913] Senator Debbie Stabenow - 2006-05-16
  • [520] Senator John Sununu - 2006-05-16
  • [451] Senator James Talent - 2006-05-16
  • [888] Senator Craig Thomas - 2006-05-16
  • [618] Senator George Voinovich - 2006-05-16
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 2006-05-16
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 2006-05-16
  • [492] Senator Richard Burr - 2006-05-16
  • [734] Senator James DeMint - 2006-05-16
  • [935] Senator Johnny Isakson - 2006-05-16
  • [547] Senator Bob Menendez - 2006-05-16
  • [346] Senator David Vitter - 2006-05-16
  • [742] Senator John Thune - 2006-05-16
  • [657] Senator Tom Coburn - 2006-05-16
  • [1162] Former Senator Barack Obama - 2006-05-16

Avoided 

  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 2006-05-16
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 2006-05-16
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 2006-05-16
Author: 
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]
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