H.R. 2739 (108th): United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (On Passage of the Bill)

Voted against worker importation program as part of Singapore free trade agreement in 2003
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted against the Singapore Free Trade Agreement, H.R. 2739. The trade agreement permits an unlimited number of workers from Singapore to enter the U.S. each year as "treaty traders or investors" who are coming to the U.S. to carry on trade between the U.S. and Singapore or to "establish, develop, administer or provide advice or key technical services" to the operations of a business in which they have invested capital. Congress is prohibited from restricting the category with numerical limits, labor certification requirements or other protections for American workers. This category is in addition to the number of workers from Singapore who are permitted to come to the U.S. each year under our normal immigration laws. Finally, the agreements also prohibit Congress from placing any numerical limits, labor certi

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Timestamp: 
Thursday, July 31, 2003 (All day)

Supported 

  • [1080] Senator Lamar Alexander - 2003-07-31
  • [894] Senator Wayne Allard - 2003-07-31
  • [899] Senator George Allen - 2003-07-31
  • [476] Senator Max Baucus - 2003-07-31
  • [900] Senator Evan Bayh - 2003-07-31
  • [812] Senator Robert Bennett - 2003-07-31
  • [549] Senator Jeff Bingaman - 2003-07-31
  • [447] Senator Kit Bond - 2003-07-31
  • [343] Senator John Breaux - 2003-07-31
  • [317] Former Governor Sam Brownback - 2003-07-31
  • [330] Senator Jim Bunning - 2003-07-31
  • [477] Senator Conrad Burns - 2003-07-31
  • [134] Senator Ben Campbell - 2003-07-31
  • [844] Senator Maria Cantwell - 2003-07-31
  • [165] Senator Thomas Carper - 2003-07-31
  • [904] Senator Lincoln Chafee - 2003-07-31
  • [896] Senator Hillary Clinton - 2003-07-31
  • [465] Senator Thad Cochran - 2003-07-31
  • [1082] Senator Norm Coleman - 2003-07-31
  • [395] Senator Susan Collins - 2003-07-31
  • [504] Senator Kent Conrad - 2003-07-31
  • [1081] Senator John Cornyn - 2003-07-31
  • [739] Senator Tom Daschle - 2003-07-31
  • [616] Governor Mike DeWine - 2003-07-31
  • [548] Senator Pete Domenici - 2003-07-31
  • [255] Senator Dick Durbin - 2003-07-31
  • [558] Senator John Ensign - 2003-07-31
  • [890] Senator Mike Enzi - 2003-07-31
  • [258] Senator Peter Fitzgerald - 2003-07-31
  • [745] Senator Bill Frist - 2003-07-31
  • [166] Senator Bob Graham - 2003-07-31
  • [235] Senator Chuck Grassley - 2003-07-31
  • [519] Senator Judd Gregg - 2003-07-31
  • [510] Senator Chuck Hagel - 2003-07-31
  • [811] Senator Orrin Hatch - 2003-07-31
  • [763] Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 2003-07-31
  • [655] Senator James Inhofe - 2003-07-31
  • [35] Senator Jon Kyl - 2003-07-31
  • [344] Senator Mary Landrieu - 2003-07-31
  • [835] Senator Patrick Leahy - 2003-07-31
  • [400] Senator Carl Levin - 2003-07-31
  • [22] Senator Blanche Lincoln - 2003-07-31
  • [466] Senator Trent Lott - 2003-07-31
  • [295] Senator Richard Lugar - 2003-07-31
  • [33] Senator John McCain - 2003-07-31
  • [328] Senator Mitch McConnell - 2003-07-31
  • [1143] Senator Lisa Murkowski - 2003-07-31
  • [840] Senator Patty Murray - 2003-07-31
  • [1062] Senator Ben Nelson - 2003-07-31
  • [910] Senator Bill Nelson - 2003-07-31
  • [653] Senator Don Nickles - 2003-07-31
  • [1079] Senator Mark Pryor - 2003-07-31
  • [319] Senator Pat Roberts - 2003-07-31
  • [882] Senator John Rockefeller - 2003-07-31
  • [683] Senator Rick Santorum - 2003-07-31
  • [565] Senator Charles Schumer - 2003-07-31
  • [6] Senator Jeff Sessions - 2003-07-31
  • [669] Senator Gordon Smith - 2003-07-31
  • [392] Senator Olympia Snowe - 2003-07-31
  • [913] Senator Debbie Stabenow - 2003-07-31
  • [1] Senator Ted Stevens - 2003-07-31
  • [520] Senator John Sununu - 2003-07-31
  • [451] Senator James Talent - 2003-07-31
  • [888] Senator Craig Thomas - 2003-07-31
  • [618] Senator George Voinovich - 2003-07-31
  • [820] Senator John Warner - 2003-07-31

Opposed 

  • [230] Senator Daniel Akaka - 2003-07-31
  • [162] President Joseph Biden - 2003-07-31
  • [49] Senator Barbara Boxer - 2003-07-31
  • [881] Senator Robert Byrd - 2003-07-31
  • [221] Senator Saxby Chambliss - 2003-07-31
  • [895] Senator Jon Corzine - 2003-07-31
  • [248] Senator Larry Craig - 2003-07-31
  • [251] Senator Mike Crapo - 2003-07-31
  • [906] Senator Mark Dayton - 2003-07-31
  • [148] Senator Christopher Dodd - 2003-07-31
  • [1078] Senator Elizabeth Dole - 2003-07-31
  • [506] Senator Byron Dorgan - 2003-07-31
  • [483] Senator John Edwards - 2003-07-31
  • [862] Senator Russell Feingold - 2003-07-31
  • [46] Senator Dianne Feinstein - 2003-07-31
  • [732] Senator Lindsey Graham - 2003-07-31
  • [236] Senator Tom Harkin - 2003-07-31
  • [728] Senator Ernest Hollings - 2003-07-31
  • [229] Senator Daniel Inouye - 2003-07-31
  • [836] Senator James Jeffords - 2003-07-31
  • [741] Senator Tim Johnson - 2003-07-31
  • [358] Senator Edward Kennedy - 2003-07-31
  • [860] Senator Herb Kohl - 2003-07-31
  • [524] Senator Frank Lautenberg - 2003-07-31
  • [379] Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2003-07-31
  • [908] Senator Zell Miller - 2003-07-31
  • [722] Senator Jack Reed - 2003-07-31
  • [556] Senator Harry Reid - 2003-07-31
  • [378] Senator Paul Sarbanes - 2003-07-31
  • [4] Senator Richard Shelby - 2003-07-31
  • [682] Senator Arlen Specter - 2003-07-31
  • [667] Senator Ron Wyden - 2003-07-31

Avoided 

  • [359] Former Senator John Kerry - 2003-07-31
  • [149] Senator Joseph Lieberman - 2003-07-31
Author: 
Rep. Tom DeLay [R-TX22]
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