On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2417 to S. 1723 (American Competitiveness Act)

Attempted to protect U.S. high-tech workers in 1998
Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted for a Kennedy amendment that would have protected American
workers from the worst abuses that the federal Inspector General found in the H-1B program. ZZgender1CZZ voted to required U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. That failed 39-59.

Action Type: 
Floor Amendment
Chamber: 
Senate
Endorsement: 
Oppose
Timestamp: 
Monday, May 18, 1998 (All day)
Document Link: 
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Supported 

  • [894] Senator Wayne Allard - 1998-05-18
  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 1998-05-18
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 1998-05-18
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 1998-05-18
  • [317] Former Governor Sam Brownback - 1998-05-18
  • [477] Senator Conrad Burns - 1998-05-18
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 1998-05-18
  • [395] Senator Susan Collins - 1998-05-18
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 1998-05-18
  • [616] Governor Mike DeWine - 1998-05-18
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 1998-05-18
  • [890] Senator Mike Enzi - 1998-05-18
  • [745] Senator Bill Frist - 1998-05-18
  • [166] Senator Bob Graham - 1998-05-18
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 1998-05-18
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 1998-05-18
  • [510] Senator Chuck Hagel - 1998-05-18
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 1998-05-18
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 1998-05-18
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 1998-05-18
  • [836] Senator James Jeffords - 1998-05-18
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 1998-05-18
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 1998-05-18
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 1998-05-18
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 1998-05-18
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 1998-05-18
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 1998-05-18
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 1998-05-18
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 1998-05-18
  • [653] Senator Don Nickles - 1998-05-18
  • [319] Senator Pat Roberts - 1998-05-18
  • [683] Senator Rick Santorum - 1998-05-18
  • [6] Senator Jeff Sessions - 1998-05-18
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 1998-05-18
  • [669] Senator Gordon Smith - 1998-05-18
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 1998-05-18
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 1998-05-18
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 1998-05-18
  • [888] Senator Craig Thomas - 1998-05-18
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 1998-05-18
  • [2] Senator Frank Murkowski - 1998-05-18
  • [20] Senator Tim Hutchinson - 1998-05-18
  • [206] Senator Max Cleland - 1998-05-18
  • [480] Senator Jesse Helms - 1998-05-18
  • [675] Representative Bob Smith - 1998-05-18
  • [727] Senator Strom Thurmond - 1998-05-18
  • [743] Senator Fred Thompson - 1998-05-18
  • [761] Senator Phil Gramm - 1998-05-18
  • [401] Senator Spencer Abraham - 1998-05-18
  • [449] Senator John Ashcroft - 1998-05-18
  • [1052] Senator Paul Coverdell - 1998-05-18
  • [838] Senator Slade Gorton - 1998-05-18
  • [432] Senator Rod Grams - 1998-05-18
  • [167] Senator Connie Mack, III - 1998-05-18
  • [163] Senator William Roth - 1998-05-18
  • [969] Senator John Chafee - 1998-05-18
  • [9825] Senator Daniel Coats - 1998-05-18
  • [564] Senator Alfonse DAmato - 1998-05-18
  • [250] Senator Dirk Kempthorne - 1998-05-18

Opposed 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 1998-05-18
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 1998-05-18
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 1998-05-18
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 1998-05-18
  • [343] Senator John Breaux - 1998-05-18
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 1998-05-18
  • [134] Senator Ben Campbell - 1998-05-18
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 1998-05-18
  • [739] Senator Tom Daschle - 1998-05-18
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 1998-05-18
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 1998-05-18
  • [255] Senator Dick Durbin - 1998-05-18
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 1998-05-18
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 1998-05-18
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 1998-05-18
  • [728] Senator Ernest Hollings - 1998-05-18
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 1998-05-18
  • [741] Senator Tim Johnson - 1998-05-18
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 1998-05-18
  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 1998-05-18
  • [344] Senator Mary Landrieu - 1998-05-18
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 1998-05-18
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 1998-05-18
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 1998-05-18
  • [722] Senator Jack Reed - 1998-05-18
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 1998-05-18
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 1998-05-18
  • [378] Senator Paul Sarbanes - 1998-05-18
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 1998-05-18
  • [526] Senator Robert Torricelli - 1998-05-18
  • [557] Senator Richard Bryan - 1998-05-18
  • [508] Representative Bob Kerrey - 1998-05-18
  • [563] Senator Daniel Moynihan - 1998-05-18
  • [821] Senator Charles Robb - 1998-05-18
  • [430] Senator Paul Wellstone - 1998-05-18
  • [21] Senator Dale Bumpers - 1998-05-18
  • [329] Senator Wendell Ford - 1998-05-18
  • [617] Senator John Glenn - 1998-05-18
  • [256] Senator Carol Moseley-Braun - 1998-05-18

Avoided 

  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 1998-05-18
  • [482] Senator Lauch Faircloth - 1998-05-18
Author: 
Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA]
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