tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18380739.post115465566896967117..comments2023-10-26T07:08:33.504-04:00Comments on Migra Matters: Former Bush Immigration officials: House plan doomed to failDuke Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898716854097535479noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18380739.post-1154739023542113732006-08-04T20:50:00.000-04:002006-08-04T20:50:00.000-04:00I think the vote on S.2611, The Senate’s “Compreh...I think the vote on S.2611, The Senate’s “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act” says it all about who’s on which side of this debate…and who’s been sitting out the fight.<BR/><BR/>Republicans<BR/>23 Yea<BR/>32 Nay<BR/><BR/>Democrats<BR/>38+1 Yea<BR/>4 Nay<BR/>2 non-voting<BR/><BR/>Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---62 <BR/>Akaka (D-HI)<BR/>Baucus (D-MT)<BR/>Bayh (D-IN)<BR/>Bennett (R-UT)<BR/>Biden (D-DE)<BR/>Bingaman (D-NM)<BR/>Boxer (D-CA)<BR/>Brownback (R-KS)<BR/>Cantwell (D-WA)<BR/>Carper (D-DE)<BR/>Chafee (R-RI)<BR/>Clinton (D-NY)<BR/>Coleman (R-MN)<BR/>Collins (R-ME)<BR/>Conrad (D-ND)<BR/>Craig (R-ID)<BR/>Dayton (D-MN)<BR/>DeWine (R-OH)<BR/>Dodd (D-CT)<BR/>Domenici (R-NM)<BR/>Durbin (D-IL)<BR/> Feingold (D-WI)<BR/>Feinstein (D-CA)<BR/>Frist (R-TN)<BR/>Graham (R-SC)<BR/>Gregg (R-NH)<BR/>Hagel (R-NE)<BR/>Harkin (D-IA)<BR/>Inouye (D-HI)<BR/>Jeffords (I-VT)<BR/>Johnson (D-SD)<BR/>Kennedy (D-MA)<BR/>Kerry (D-MA)<BR/>Kohl (D-WI)<BR/>Landrieu (D-LA)<BR/>Lautenberg (D-NJ)<BR/>Leahy (D-VT)<BR/>Levin (D-MI)<BR/>Lieberman (D-CT)<BR/>Lincoln (D-AR)<BR/>Lugar (R-IN)<BR/>Martinez (R-FL)<BR/> McCain (R-AZ)<BR/>McConnell (R-KY)<BR/>Menendez (D-NJ)<BR/>Mikulski (D-MD)<BR/>Murkowski (R-AK)<BR/>Murray (D-WA)<BR/>Nelson (D-FL)<BR/>Obama (D-IL)<BR/>Pryor (D-AR)<BR/>Reed (D-RI)<BR/>Reid (D-NV)<BR/>Sarbanes (D-MD)<BR/>Schumer (D-NY)<BR/>Smith (R-OR)<BR/>Snowe (R-ME)<BR/>Specter (R-PA)<BR/>Stevens (R-AK)<BR/>Voinovich (R-OH)<BR/>Warner (R-VA)<BR/>Wyden (D-OR)<BR/> <BR/>NAYs ---36 <BR/>Alexander (R-TN)<BR/>Allard (R-CO)<BR/>Allen (R-VA)<BR/>Bond (R-MO)<BR/>Bunning (R-KY)<BR/>Burns (R-MT)<BR/>Burr (R-NC)<BR/>Byrd (D-WV)<BR/>Chambliss (R-GA)<BR/>Coburn (R-OK)<BR/>Cochran (R-MS)<BR/>Cornyn (R-TX)<BR/> Crapo (R-ID)<BR/>DeMint (R-SC)<BR/>Dole (R-NC)<BR/>Dorgan (D-ND)<BR/>Ensign (R-NV)<BR/>Enzi (R-WY)<BR/>Grassley (R-IA)<BR/>Hatch (R-UT)<BR/>Hutchison (R-TX)<BR/>Inhofe (R-OK)<BR/>Isakson (R-GA)<BR/>Kyl (R-AZ)<BR/> Lott (R-MS)<BR/>Nelson (D-NE)<BR/>Roberts (R-KS)<BR/>Santorum (R-PA)<BR/>Sessions (R-AL)<BR/>Shelby (R-AL)<BR/>Stabenow (D-MI)<BR/>Sununu (R-NH)<BR/>Talent (R-MO)<BR/>Thomas (R-WY)<BR/>Thune (R-SD)<BR/>Vitter (R-LA)<BR/> <BR/>Not Voting - 2 <BR/>Rockefeller (D-WV)<BR/> Salazar (D-CO)<BR/><BR/>http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00157<BR/><BR/>and don't forget that 33 Republican Congressmen voted against the renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 because they couldn'y get the multi-lingual ballote provisions removed ... OR the fact that HR4437 was the sole brian child of the House Republican Immigration Reform Caucus.<BR/><BR/>Although I applaud your efforts and the efforts of others like you .. you must realize that a large and vocal segment of YOUR party are the ones who are responsible for pushing the anti-immigration agenda to the forefront. This was never a Democratic agenda even though a few Dem contrarians have joined the far right-wing immigration band wagon.Duke Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372995156231067645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18380739.post-1154738701930958152006-08-04T20:45:00.000-04:002006-08-04T20:45:00.000-04:00To Pondering American: I don't speak for Migra Mat...To Pondering American: I don't speak for Migra Matters but I don't think the Dems had any intention of putting a fight up for broad-based legalization, family re-unification, and de-criminalization of immigration violations. After all, the Dems put IIRIRA into effect with the two other "terrorism deterence" laws of '96.<BR/>As for the Congressional Black Caucus, you might want to check out (TX-D) Sheila Jackson-Lee's Save America Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill (HR 2092). This bill never had a chance, but at least serves as an example of what is possible.<BR/>The Dems have just as much invested in keeping undocumented immigrants in the shadows as the Republicans do.<BR/>Most who are here in undocumented status are here because of neo-liberal free-trade economic policy. An economic policy which has garnered the pet name, "the Washington Consensus." The Dems and the Repubs. both have a huge stake in keeping this issue a non-issue.<BR/>To Migra Matters: Great blog! Just linked up to yours on mine. Drop by some time to check out US Border Patrol in Iraq.<BR/>www.inter-face.blogspot.comchinotronichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801963983022708343noreply@blogger.com