On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3739 to S.Amdt. 3725 to S. 1664 (Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996)

Tried to end chain migration in 1996
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted to end chain migration in 1996. He did that by voting for the Simpson Amendment to S.1664. For Americans who want to bring immigration back down toward traditional levels, that vote was the most important one cast since 1990. Total annual immigration had snowballed from less than 300,000 in 1965 to around a million primarily because of provisions allowing immigrants to send for their adult relatives. Then each of those relatives can send for their and their spouse's adult relatives, creating a never-ending and ever-growing chain. The bi-partisan Barbara Jordan Commission recommended doing away with the adult relative categories (begun only in the 1950s) in order to lessen wage depression among lower-paid American workers. Sen. ZZlastnameZZ agreed with the Jordan Commission. ZZgender1CZZ voted in favor of the

Action Type: 
Floor Amendment
Chamber: 
Senate
Endorsement: 
Support
Timestamp: 
Thursday, April 25, 1996 (All day)
Document Link: 
View on govTrack.us

Supported 

  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 1996-04-25
  • [477] Senator Conrad Burns - 1996-04-25
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 1996-04-25
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 1996-04-25
  • [728] Senator Ernest Hollings - 1996-04-25
  • [836] Senator James Jeffords - 1996-04-25
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 1996-04-25
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 1996-04-25
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 1996-04-25
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 1996-04-25
  • [888] Senator Craig Thomas - 1996-04-25
  • [557] Senator Richard Bryan - 1996-04-25
  • [163] Senator William Roth - 1996-04-25
  • [144] Senator Hank Brown - 1996-04-25
  • [394] Senator William Cohen - 1996-04-25
  • [509] Senator Jim Exon - 1996-04-25
  • [482] Senator Lauch Faircloth - 1996-04-25
  • [345] Representative J. Bennett Johnston - 1996-04-25
  • [318] Senator Nancy Kassebaum - 1996-04-25
  • [887] Senator Alan Simpson - 1996-04-25

Opposed 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 1996-04-25
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 1996-04-25
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 1996-04-25
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 1996-04-25
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 1996-04-25
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 1996-04-25
  • [343] Senator John Breaux - 1996-04-25
  • [134] Senator Ben Campbell - 1996-04-25
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 1996-04-25
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 1996-04-25
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 1996-04-25
  • [739] Senator Tom Daschle - 1996-04-25
  • [616] Governor Mike DeWine - 1996-04-25
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 1996-04-25
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 1996-04-25
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 1996-04-25
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 1996-04-25
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 1996-04-25
  • [745] Senator Bill Frist - 1996-04-25
  • [166] Senator Bob Graham - 1996-04-25
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 1996-04-25
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 1996-04-25
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 1996-04-25
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 1996-04-25
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 1996-04-25
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 1996-04-25
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 1996-04-25
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 1996-04-25
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 1996-04-25
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 1996-04-25
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 1996-04-25
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 1996-04-25
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 1996-04-25
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 1996-04-25
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 1996-04-25
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 1996-04-25
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 1996-04-25
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 1996-04-25
  • [653] Senator Don Nickles - 1996-04-25
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 1996-04-25
  • [683] Senator Rick Santorum - 1996-04-25
  • [378] Senator Paul Sarbanes - 1996-04-25
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 1996-04-25
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 1996-04-25
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 1996-04-25
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 1996-04-25
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 1996-04-25
  • [2] Senator Frank Murkowski - 1996-04-25
  • [480] Senator Jesse Helms - 1996-04-25
  • [675] Representative Bob Smith - 1996-04-25
  • [727] Senator Strom Thurmond - 1996-04-25
  • [743] Senator Fred Thompson - 1996-04-25
  • [761] Senator Phil Gramm - 1996-04-25
  • [401] Senator Spencer Abraham - 1996-04-25
  • [449] Senator John Ashcroft - 1996-04-25
  • [1052] Senator Paul Coverdell - 1996-04-25
  • [838] Senator Slade Gorton - 1996-04-25
  • [432] Senator Rod Grams - 1996-04-25
  • [508] Representative Bob Kerrey - 1996-04-25
  • [167] Senator Connie Mack, III - 1996-04-25
  • [563] Senator Daniel Moynihan - 1996-04-25
  • [821] Senator Charles Robb - 1996-04-25
  • [430] Senator Paul Wellstone - 1996-04-25
  • [525] Senator Bill Bradley - 1996-04-25
  • [21] Senator Dale Bumpers - 1996-04-25
  • [969] Senator John Chafee - 1996-04-25
  • [9825] Senator Daniel Coats - 1996-04-25
  • [564] Senator Alfonse DAmato - 1996-04-25
  • [316] Senator Robert Dole - 1996-04-25
  • [329] Senator Wendell Ford - 1996-04-25
  • [617] Senator John Glenn - 1996-04-25
  • [666] Senator Mark Hatfield - 1996-04-25
  • [5] Representative Howell Heflin - 1996-04-25
  • [250] Senator Dirk Kempthorne - 1996-04-25
  • [256] Senator Carol Moseley-Braun - 1996-04-25
  • [207] Senator Sam Nunn - 1996-04-25
  • [721] Senator Claiborne Pell - 1996-04-25
  • [740] Senator Larry Pressler - 1996-04-25
  • [23] Senator David Pryor - 1996-04-25
  • [259] Senator Paul Simon - 1996-04-25
Author: 
Sen. Alan Simpson [R-WY]
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