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109th Congress / Bills / S 2611

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A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.

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Votes on this bill

DateChamberResultVote
5/25/06 Senate Passed Session 2, roll call 157: On Passage of the Bill
S. 2611 As Amended; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006
5/25/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 156: On the Amendment
Specter Amdt. No. 4188; To improve the bill.
5/25/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 155: On the Amendment
Ensign Amdt. No. 4136; To ensure the integrity of the Earned Income Tax Credit program by reducing the potential for fraud and to ensure that aliens who receive an adjustment of this status under this bill meet their obligation to pay back taxes without creating a burden on the American public.
5/25/06 Senate Rejected Session 2, roll call 154: On the Amendment
Sessions Amdt. No. 4108; To limit the application of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
5/25/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 153: On the Amendment
Feingold Amdt. No. 4083; To strike the provision prohibiting a court from staying the removal of an alien in certain circumstances.
5/25/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 152: On the Amendment
Bingaman Amdt. No. 4131; To limit the total number of aliens, including spouses and children, granted employment-based legal permanent resident status to 650,000 during any fiscal year.
5/25/06 Senate Rejected Session 2, roll call 151: On the Amendment
Cornyn Amdt. No. 4097; To modify the requirements for confidentiality certain information submitted by an alien seeking an adjustment of status under section 245B.
5/24/06 Senate Rejected Session 2, roll call 150: On the Amendment
Dorgan Amdt. No. 4095; To sunset the H-2C visa program after the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
5/24/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 149: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Chambliss Amdt. No. 4084; To modify the eligible requirements for blue card status and to increase the fines to be paid by aliens granted such status or legal permanent resident status.
5/24/06 Senate Rejected Session 2, roll call 148: On the Amendment
Hutchison Amdt. No. 4101; To enhance border security by creating a pilot SAFE Visa Program to grant visas to authorized nationals of a NAFTA or CAFTA-DR country who receive employment offers in job areas in the United States that have been certified by the Secretary of Labor as having a shortage of workers.
5/24/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 147: On the Amendment
Gregg Amdt. No. 4114; To amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the diversity visa program and create a program that awards visas to aliens with an advanced degree in science mathematics, technology, or engineering.
5/24/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 146: On the Amendment
Byrd Amdt. No. 4127; To fund improvements in border and interior security by assessing a $500 supplemental fee under title VI.
5/24/06 Senate Failed Session 2, roll call 143: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table McConnell Amdt. No. 4085; To implement the recommendation of the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform to protect and secure the franchise of all United States citizens from ballots being cast illegally by non-United States citizens.
5/23/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 142: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Durbin Amdt. No. 4142; To authorize the waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility or removal where denial of admission or removal would result in hardship for a spouse, parent, or child who is a citizen or permanent resident alien.
5/23/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 141: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Kennedy Amdt. No. 4106; To enhance the enforcement of labor protections for United States workers and guest workers.
5/23/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 140: On the Amendment
Grassley Amdt. No. 4177; To provide a substitute to title III.
5/23/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 139: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Leahy Amdt. No. 4117; To amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding restrictions on the admission of aliens.
5/23/06 Senate Rejected Session 2, roll call 138: On the Amendment
Feinstein Amdt. No. 4087; To modify the conditions under which aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States are granted legal status.
5/22/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 137: On the Amendment
Ensign Amdt. No. 4076 as Modified; To authorize the use of the National Guard to secure the southern border of the United States.
5/22/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 136: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Chambliss Amdt. No. 4009; To modify the wage requirements for employers seeking to hire H-2A and blue card agricultural workers.
5/18/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 135: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Kyl Amdt. No. 3969; To prohibit H-2C nonimmigrants from adjusting to lawful permanent resident status.
5/18/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 134: On the Amendment
Cornyn Amdt. No. 4038; To require aliens seeking adjustment of status under section 245B of the Immigration and Nationality Act or Deferred Mandatory Departure status under section 245C of such Act to pay a supplemental application fee, which shall be used to provide financial assistance to States for health and educational services for noncitizens.
5/18/06 Senate Rejected Session 2, roll call 133: On the Amendment
Clinton Amdt. No. 4072; To establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to States and local governments for the costs of providing health care and educational services to noncitizens, and to provide additional funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
5/18/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 132: On the Amendment
Salazar Amdt. No. 4073 As Modified; To declare that English is the common and unifying language of the United States, and to preserve and enhance the role of the English language.
5/18/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 131: On the Amendment
Inhofe Amdt. No. 4064; To amend title 4 United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the United States and to promote the patriotic integration of prospective US citizens.
5/18/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 130: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No. 3985; To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that persons who receive an adjustment of status under this bill are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.
5/18/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 129: On the Amendment
Kennedy Amdt. No. 4066; To modify the conditions under which an H-2C nonimmigrant may apply for adjustment of status.
5/17/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 128: On the Amendment
Cornyn Amdt. No. 3965 As Modified; To modify the conditions under which an H-2C nonimmigrant may apply for an employment-based immigrant visa.
5/17/06 Senate Rejected Session 2, roll call 127: On the Amendment
Vitter Amdt. No. 3963; To strike the provisions related to certain undocumented individuals.
5/17/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 126: On the Amendment
Sessions Amdt. No. 3979; To increase the amount of fencing and improve vehicle barriers installed along the southwest border of the United States.
5/17/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 125: On the Amendment
Kyl Amdt. No. 4027; To make certain aliens ineligible for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status or Deferred Mandatory Departure status.
5/16/06 Senate Failed Session 2, roll call 124: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Bingaman Amdt. No. 3981; To reduce the number of H-2C nonimmigrants to 200,000 during any fiscal year.
5/16/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 123: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 4017; To prohibit aliens who are currently outside the United States from participating in the H-2C guestworker visa program.
5/16/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 122: On the Amendment
Salazar Amdt. No. 3994; To prohibit implementation of title IV and title VI until the President determines that implementation of such titles will strengthen the national security of the United States.
5/16/06 Senate Rejected Session 2, roll call 121: On the Amendment
Isakson Amdt. No. 3961; To prohibit the granting of legal status, or adjustment of current status, to any individual who enters or entered the United States in violation of Federal law unless the border security measures authorized under Title I and section 233 are fully completed and fully operational.
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