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1999-H1854 on May 18, 1999

To temporarily increase, for five years, the number of visas available for backlogged spouses and children of lawful permanent resident aliens.


    Participating counts on VoteMatch question 12.
  • Topic: Immigration
  • Headline: More visas for families of lawful immigrants (Score: 1)
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.



Democrats participating in 1999-H1854

Shelley Berkley s1oNevada Democrat
Robert Brady s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Michael Capuano s1oMA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009)
Danny Davis s1oIllinois Democrat
Eni Faleomavaega s1oSamoa Democrat
Martin Frost s1oTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Luis Gutierrez s1oIllinois Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee s1oTexas Democrat
Carolyn Kilpatrick s1oMichigan Democrat (until 2010)
Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
Carolyn Maloney s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat



Republicans participating in 1999-H1854

Phil English s1oPennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)
Benjamin Gilman s1oNew York Republican
Jim Kolbe s1oArizona Republican
Christopher Shays s1pConnecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)



Independents participating in 1999-H1854

Bob Schaffer s1oCO Former GOP Senate Challenger (2008)
Robert Underwood s1oGuam -



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 14
Republicans: 4
Independents: 2


















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