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Senate Votes on 2007-174

 


Vote number 2007-174 eliminating the "Y" nonimmigrant guestworker program
on May 22, 2007 regarding bill S.Amdt.1153 on S.1348 Dorgan Amendment
Results: Amendment Rejected, 31-64

Proponents recommend voting YES because:

This legislation says we wish to add something called guest workers or temporary workers. With guest workers, working Americans would discover there is no opportunity for upward mobility at their job. In fact, every day their employers are trying to find ways to push down wages, eliminate retirement, and eliminate health care. What has happened in this country, with what is called the "new global economy," is dramatic downward pressure on income for American workers. The guest worker program provides that 400,000 people will be able to come in to assume jobs in our country per year--adding to the 12 million illegal immigrants already here.

Opponents recommend voting NO because:

I certainly concur about the need to secure our borders, about the need to have a workable immigration system, and the need for reform that ensures the rule of law is restored in the US. Where I differ is in the belief that

Voting N counts for 0 points on VoteMatch question 12: Immigration.





Democrats voting on 2007-174

Daniel Akaka NOHI Democrat Jr Senator
Max Baucus YESMT Democrat Sr Senator
Evan Bayh YESIN Democratic Jr Senator
Joe Biden YESDE Democrat Jr Senator
Jeff Bingaman NONM Democrat Jr Senator
Barbara Boxer YESCA Democratic incumbent
Sherrod Brown YESOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Robert Byrd YESWV Democrat Sr Senator
Maria Cantwell NOWA Democrat Jr Senator
Benjamin Cardin NOMD Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Tom Carper NODE Democrat Jr Senator
Bob Casey YESPA Democratic challenger, state treasurer
Hillary Clinton YESNY Democrat Jr Senator
Kent Conrad YESND Democrat Sr Senator
Byron Dorgan YESND Democratic incumbent
Richard Durbin YESIL Democrat Sr Senator
Russell Feingold YESWI Democratic incumbent
Dianne Feinstein NOCA Democrat Sr Senator
Tom Harkin YESIA Democrat Jr Senator
Daniel Inouye YESHI Democratic incumbent
Ted Kennedy NOMA Democrat Sr Senator
John Kerry NOMA Democrat Jr Senator, ran for President 2004
Amy Klobuchar NOMN DFL challenger, Hennepin County Attorney
Herbert Kohl NOWI Democrat Sr Senator
Mary Landrieu YESLA Democrat Sr Senator
Frank Lautenberg YESNJ Democrat Sr Senator
Patrick Leahy YESVT Democratic incumbent
Carl Levin YESMI Democrat Sr Senator
Joseph Lieberman NOCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
Blanche Lambert Lincoln NOAR Democratic incumbent
Claire McCaskill YESMO Democratic challenger; state Auditor
Robert Menendez NONJ Democratic appointee; previously U.S. Rep.
Barbara Mikulski NOMD Democratic incumbent
Patty Murray YESWA Democratic incumbent
Ben Nelson YESNE Democrat Jr Senator
Bill Nelson NOFL Democrat Sr Senator
Mark Pryor NOAR Democrat Challenger (Former)
Jack Reed YESRI Democrat Sr Senator
Harry Reid YESNV Democratic incumbent
John Rockefeller YESWV Democratic Jr Senator
Ken Salazar NOCO Democratic Jr Senator
Debbie Stabenow YESMI Democrat Jr Senator
Jon Tester YESMT Democratic challenger; state Senator
James Webb YESVA Democratic challenger
Sheldon Whitehouse YESRI Democratic challenger, previously attorney general
Ron Wyden NOOR Democratic incumbent



Republicans voting on 2007-174

Lamar Alexander NOTN Republican Jr Senator
Wayne Allard NOCO Republican Jr Senator
Robert Bennett NOUT Republican incumbent
Kit Bond NOMO Republican incumbent
Sam Brownback NOKS Republican incumbent
Jim Bunning NOKY Republican incumbent
Richard Burr NONC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Saxby Chambliss NOGA Republican Sr Senator
Tom Coburn YESOK Republican Jr Senator; previously US Rep
Thad Cochran NOMS Republican Sr Senator
Norm Coleman NOMN Republican Jr Senator
Susan Collins NOME Republican Jr Senator
Bob Corker NOTN Republican challenger
John Cornyn NOTX Republican Jr Senator
Larry Craig NOID Republican Sr Senator
Michael Crapo NOID Republican incumbent
Jim DeMint NOSC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Elizabeth Dole NONC Republican Sr Senator
Pete Domenici NONM Republican Sr Senator
John Ensign NONV Republican Jr Senator
Michael Enzi NOWY Republican Jr Senator
Lindsey Graham NOSC Republican Jr Senator
Chuck Grassley NOIA Republican incumbent
Judd Gregg NONH Republican incumbent
Chuck Hagel NONE Republican Jr Senator
Orrin Hatch NOUT Republican Sr Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison NOTX Republican Jr Senator
James Inhofe NOOK Republican Sr Senator
Johnny Isakson NOGA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Jon Kyl NOAZ Republican Jr Senator
Trent Lott NOMS Republican Jr Senator
Richard Lugar NOIN Republican Sr Senator
Mel Martinez NOFL Republican Jr Senator; previously US Housing Secretary
Mitch McConnell NOKY Republican Sr Senator
Lisa Murkowski NOAK Republican incumbent
Pat Roberts NOKS Republican Jr Senator
Jeff Sessions NOAL Republican Sr Senator
Richard Shelby NOAL Republican incumbent
Gordon Harold Smith NOOR Republican Jr Senator
Olympia Snowe NOME Republican Sr Senator
Arlen Specter NOPA Republican incumbent
Ted Stevens NOAK Republican Sr Senator
John Sununu NONH Republican Jr Senator
Craig Thomas NOWY Republican Sr Senator
John Thune NOSD Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
David Vitter YESLA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
George Voinovich NOOH Republican incumbent
John Warner NOVA Republican Sr Senator

Independents voting on 2007-174

Bernie Sanders YESVT Independent challenger, U.S. Rep



Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 28; NO 18
Republicans: YES 2; NO 46
Independents: YES 1; NO 0