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

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
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.