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Candidate's in Congress Voting Record on Major Issues
James Madison:The two vital characteristics of the political system of the United States are, first, that the Government holds its powers by a charter granted to it by the people; second, that the powers of government are formed in two grand divisions — one vested in a Government over the whole community, the other in a number of independent Governments over its component parts. Hitherto charters have been written grants of privileges by Governments to the people. Here they are written grants of power by the people to their Governments.
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How the Candidates in Congress Voted on Major Issues
Enrichment: How the Congress from the Border States Voted.
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Voted AGAINST raising the minimum wage
* Mc Cain (R-AZ) Nah
Voted for raising the minimum wage
Biden (D-DE), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Yea Obama (D-IL), Yea Did not vote
Brownback (R-KS), Not
Vote Summary
.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R.2 )
Vote Number: 23 Vote Date: January 24, 2007, 12:01 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Measure Number: H.R. 2
Measure Title: A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
Vote Counts: YEAs 54
Quote: Teddy Roosevelt "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
--Theodore Roosevelt, 1919 resource
Summary: Every senator running for the presidency voted for amnesty.
Two representatives running for the presidency voted for amnesty
Two representatives running for the presidency voted against amnesty
Voted FOR Senate amnesty bill (S.2611)
Biden (D-DE) Dodd (D-CT), Yea Mc Cain (R-AZ), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Yea Obama (D-IL), Yea Voted AGANINST Senate amnesty bill (S.2611)
Zero
Border state senator votes
Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Mc Cain (R-AZ), Yea
California: Boxer (D-CA), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), YeaNew Mexico: Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea
Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Vote Summary
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session Amnesty Vote Summary
Question: On Passage of the Bill (S. 2611 As Amended )
Vote Number: 157 Vote Date: May 25, 2006, 05:39 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Bill Passed
Measure Number: S. 2611
Measure Title: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.
House Vote amnesty bill (S.2611)
H R 4437 RECORDED VOTE 16-Dec-2005 10:33 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act
Ayes Noes PRES NV Republican 203 17 11 Democratic 36 164 2 Independent 1 TOTALS 239 182 13 Representatives Voted FOR Senate amnesty bill (S.2611)
Duncan Hunter (AK) Yea Ron Paul (Tx) Yea
Representatives Voted Against Senate amnesty bill (S.2611)
Kucinich (MI) Nay Tancredo(Co) Nah Border Representative States Votes
Ayes
Az 4 yes
Jeff Flake (R AZ 6) yes
Rick Renzi (R AZ 1) yesTrent Franks (R AZ 2) yes John B. Shadegg (R AZ 3) yes
CA 13 yes
Mary Bono (R CA 45)yes Eleton Gallegly (R CA 24) yes Howard P. McKeon (R Ca 25) yes Kent Calvert (R CA 44) yes Wally Herger (R Ca 2) yes Dana Rhorabacher (R Ca 46) yes John Campbell 9R CA 48) yes Darrell Issa (R Ca 49) yes Edward R. Royce (R Ca 40) yes John Doolittle (R CA 4) yes Jerry Lewis (R Ca 41) yes David Dreier (R CA 26) yes Daniel Lungren (R Ca 3) yes New Mexico:0 yes
Texas 17 Yes
Michael Burgess (R TX 26) yesLouie Gohmert(R TX 1) yes Michael McCaul (R TX 10) yes Kevin Brady (R TX 8) yes Kay Granger (R. TX.12) yes Randy Neugebauer (R TX 19) yes
John Carter (R TX 31) yesRalph M. Hall (R TX 4) yes Ron Paul (R TX 14) yes
Michael Conway (R TX 11) yesJeb Hensarling (R TX 5) yes Ted Poe (R TX 2) yes
John A Culberson (R TX 7) yesBernice Eddie Johnson (D TX 20) yes
Mac Thornberry 9R TX 13) yes
Chet Edwards (D TX 17) yesKenny Marchant (R TX 24) yes
NAYAZ: 2
Raul M. Grijalva (D AZ 7) no Ed Pastor (D AZ 4) no
CA 30
Dennis Cardoza ( D CA 18)no Barbara Lee (D Ca 9) no Adam B. Schiff (D CA 29) no Jim Costa (D CA 20)no Zoe Lofgren (D Ca 16) no
Brad Sherman (D CA 27) noSusan Davis (D CA 53) no Juanita Millender-McDonald (D Ca 37) no Hilda L. Solis (D CA 32) no Anna Eshoo (D CA 14) no George Miller (D Ca 7) no
Fortney P. Stark (D. Ca 13) noSam Farr (D CA 17) no Devin Nunes (R Ca 21) no Ellen O. Tauscher (D CA 10) no Bob Filner (D CA 51) no Nancy Pelosi (D Ca 8) no Mike Thompson (D CA 1) no Jane Harman (D Ca 36) no George Radanovich 9R CA 19) no Maxine Waters (D Ca 35) no Michael M. Honda (D Ca 15) no Lucille Roybal Allard (D CA 34 ) no Diane Watson (D CA 33) no *Duncan Hunter (R CA-52) no Linda T. Sanchez (D CA 39) no Henry Waxman (D CA 30) no Tom Lantos (D Ca 12) no Loretta Sanchez 9D CA 47) no Lynn Woolsey Lynn C. (D. CA 60) no New Mexico 3
Stevan Pearce (R NM 2) noTom Udall (D NM 3) no
Heather Wilson (R NM 1) noTexas 10
Joe Barton (R TX 6) not Chaarles Gonzalez (D TX 20) no Sam Johnson (R TX 3) Silvestre Reyes (D TX 16) no Henry Cueller (D TX 28) no
Al Green (D. TX 9) noJohnson(TX) Lamar Smith (R TX 21) no Lloyd Dogget (D TX 25) no Gene Green (D TX 29) no Solomon Ortiz (D TX 27) no Smith (TX) Did Not Vote 3
Kevin McCarthy (R Ca 22)not
Grace F. Napolitano (D Ca 38) notJoe Barton (TX) not Don’t know 15
Gabrielle Giffords (D AZ 8) Brian Bilbrary (R. CA 50) Sheila Lee Jackson (D TX 18)
Harry E. Mitchell (D AZ 5)Lois Camps (D CA 23) Ruben Hinojosa (D TX 15) Joe Bace (D CA 43) Doris O. Matsui (D Ca 5) Nick Lampson (D TX 22) Xavier Becerra (D CA 31) Jerry McNerney (D Ca 11) Pete Sessions (R TX 32) Howard Berman (D. CA 28) Gary G. Miller (R Ca 42) Ciro Rodriguez (D TX 23)
Voted against English as the National Language:
Biden (D-DE) Clinton (D-NY), Nay Dodd (D-CT) Obama (D-IL), Nay Voted for English as the National Language:
Brownback (R-KS), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea Vote Summary
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Question: On the Amendment (Inhofe Amdt. No. 4064 )
Vote Number: 131 Vote Date: May 18, 2006, 05:00 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Amendment Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 4064 to S. 2611
Statement of Purpose: 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.
Vote Counts: YEAs 62
NAYs 35
Not Voting 3
Voted for funding the border fence:
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Voted AGAINST funding the border fence:
Biden (D-DE), Nay Clinton (D-NY), Nay Dodd (D-CT), Nay Obama (D-IL), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Nay Voting by the Senators on the border states
Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Nay
California: Boxer (D-CA), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), NayNew Mexico: Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Domenici (R-NM), Nay
Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Amendment (Sessions Amdt. No. 4659, As Modified )
Vote Number: 200 Vote Date: July 13, 2006, 03:44 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Amendment Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 4659 to H.R. 5441
Statement of Purpose: To appropriate an additional $1,829,400,000 to construct double-layered fencing and vehicle barriers along the southwest border and to offset such increase by reducing all other discretionary amounts on a prorata basis.
Vote Counts: YEAs 29
NAYs 71
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