Thread: 27 Senators this eve put down their marker in latest procedural vote

NumbersUSA
Roy Beck
Mon, June 24^th

Some good news this evening is that we saw 12 additional Senators who were willing to defy an unprecedented crush of corporate lobbyists and stand against giving out 28-33 million more foreign work permits during a time of high unemployment.

The Senate just voted 67-27 to limit debate and amendments on the Corker-Hoeven amendment to the S. 744 amnesty bill. That means the 1,100+ page bill as amended by 119 pages of amendments today can come to a vote as early as Wednesday morning. The final cloture vote (requiring 60 votes) on the whole bill could be as early as Thursday morning. Some good news this evening is that we saw 12 additional Senators who were willing to defy an unprecedented crush of corporate lobbyists and stand against giving out 28-33 million more foreign work permits during a time of high unemployment. Last week, only 15 of the 100 Senators were willing to make that kind of stand and voted to kill the S. 744 mass immigration/amnesty bill on the very first vote in the process. One of those -- Sen. Kirk (R-Illinois) -- switched sides tonight and voted to keep the amnesty alive. But the outpouring of grassroots opposition to this bill continues to move us toward the 41 votes needed to block S. 744 in the final cloture vote later this week. Believe me, we have a huge battle ahead of us to get to 41. But it is still possible if we can persuade enough more Senators that the voters of their state understand what an empty set of promises the Corker/Hoeven amendment really is. Perhaps the most hopeful news this evening was that the entire leadership of the Senate Minority Party (Republican) voted against stopping debate on this substitute bill. A month ago -- with all the pressure from the National Republican Establishment and corporate lobbyists -- we would not have been surprised to see the Senate Republican leadership backing this bill. Instead, this evening the Minority Leader (McConnell), the Minority Whip (Cornyn), Policy Chair (Barrasso) and Conference Chair (Thune) all voted NO.

Voted NO

AL Sessions (R-AL)
AL Shelby (R-AL)
AR Boozman (R-AR)
IA Grassley (R-IA)
ID Crapo (R-ID)
ID Risch (R-ID)
IN Coats (R-IN)
KS Moran (R-KS)
KS Roberts (R-KS)
KY McConnell (R-KY)
KY Paul (R-KY)
LA Vitter (R-LA)
MO Blunt (R-MO)
MS Cochran (R-MS)
NC Burr (R-NC)
NE Fischer (R-NE)
NE Johanns (R-NE)
OH Portman (R-OH)
OK Coburn (R-OK)
OK Inhofe (R-OK)
PA Toomey (R-PA)
SC Scott (R-SC)
SD Thune (R-SD)
TX Cornyn (R-TX)
TX Cruz (R-TX)
WI Johnson (R-WI)
WY Barrasso (R-WY)

Congratulations to all of you who live in the states above. The majority of those Senators have been in danger of going for the bill over the last month. I know that your phone calls and faxes and office visits have helped them make the decision to vote NO today.

Voted YES to keep AMNESTY alive

AK Begich (D-AK)
AK Murkowski (R-AK)
AR Pryor (D-AR)
AZ Flake (R-AZ)
AZ McCain (R-AZ)
CA Boxer (D-CA)
CA Feinstein (D-CA)
CO Bennet (D-CO)
CT Blumenthal (D-CT)
CT Murphy (D-CT)
DE Carper (D-DE)
DE Coons (D-DE)
FL Nelson (D-FL)
FL Rubio (R-FL)
HI Hirono (D-HI)
HI Schatz (D-HI)
IA Harkin (D-IA)
IL Durbin (D-IL)
IL Kirk (R-IL)
IN Donnelly (D-IN)
LA Landrieu (D-LA)
MA Cowan (D-MA)
MA Warren (D-MA)
MD Cardin (D-MD)
MD Mikulski (D-MD)
ME Collins (R-ME)
ME King (I-ME)
MI Levin (D-MI)
MI Stabenow (D-MI)
MN Franken (D-MN)
MN Klobuchar (D-MN)
MO McCaskill (D-MO)
MS Wicker (R-MS)
MT Baucus (D-MT)
MT Tester (D-MT)
NC Hagan (D-NC)
ND Heitkamp (D-ND)
ND Hoeven (R-ND)
NH Ayotte (R-NH)
NH Shaheen (D-NH)
NJ Chiesa (R-NJ)
NJ Menendez (D-NJ)
NM Heinrich (D-NM)
NM Udall (D-NM)
NV Heller (R-NV)
NV Reid (D-NV)
NY Gillibrand (D-NY)
NY Schumer (D-NY)
OR Merkley (D-OR)
OR Wyden (D-OR)
PA Casey (D-PA)
RI Reed (D-RI)
RI Whitehouse (D-RI)
SC Graham (R-SC)
SD Johnson (D--SD)
TN Alexander (R-TN)
TN Corker (R-TN)
UT Hatch (R-UT)
VA Kaine (D-VA)
VA Warner (D-VA)
VT Leahy (D-VT)
VT Sanders (I-VT)
WA Cantwell (D-WA)
WA Murray (D-WA)
WI Baldwin (D-WI)
WV Manchin (D-WV)
WV Rockefeller (D-WV)

DIDN'T VOTE

CO Udall (D-CO)
GA Chambliss (R-GA)
GA Isakson (R-GA)
OH Brown (D-OH)
UT Lee (R-UT)
WY Enzi (R-WY)

It appears that most of the Senators not voting were not able to get back to Washington in time for the roll call.

We feel reasonably sure that Sen. Enzi and Sen. Lee would have voted NO, which would have gotten the NO vote up to 29. That means we have to persuade 12 more Senators to see this bill as a giant amnesty and increase in foreign workers at the expense of 20 million American workers who can't find a full-time job and in exchange for promises of enforcement that are full of loopholes.

We still have a decent chance to change the minds of 12 more Senators who for some reason were enticed by the empty enforcement promises of this Corker/Hoeven amendment but who have never really wanted to be known in their states as the politician who helped pass the largest amnesty in history.

Keep in mind that on these procedural votes, people are not necessarily showing where they will be on the underlying bill.

Read Chris Chmielenski's blog on the vote here:
www.NumbersUSA.com

Please send the faxes and be ready to make some more phone calls tomorrow.
It is most important that every Senator who voted YES this evening should feel a lot of heat all tomorrow.

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/

Only 4 scheduled votes left to Stop Amnesty in the Senate; Call today!

Friends, Your calling effort yesterday was phenomenal! The number of Senators who voted against the Schumer-Rubio Amnesty bill, S.744, has doubled since debate first started, and we're approaching the 41 NO votes needed to derail the bill.

The fate of S.744 will be determined by the end of the week, so we need your continued urgent calls! Here's what's left:

• 1) final vote on Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amnesty amendment (50 votes needed),
• 2) motion to limit debate on Leahy manager's amendment (60 votes),
• 3) final vote on Leahy manager's amendment (50 votes), and
• 4) motion to end debate on the bill (60 votes).

Please help us keep the pressure on the Senate!

Calling is simple! You can use the toll-free numbers we've provided below that will connect you to either your Senator's DC office or the Capitol Switchboard. When the staffer answers, tell him/her that you want the Senator to vote NO on the Leahy amendment and you want the Senator to vote NO on final passage of S.744.

We've color-coded your Senators based on their first vote on the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amnesty amendment -- green means they voted against the amendment, red means they voted for the amendment, and blue means they didn't vote. Please thank your Senator(s) if they're colored green!

Sessions (R-AL) 888-995-8349
Shelby (R-AL) 888-995-8349
Boozman (R-AR) 888-995-8349
Pryor (D-AR) 888-995-2016
Nelson (D-FL) 888-995-8349
Rubio (R-FL) 888-995-5431
Chambliss (R-GA) 888-995-1975
Isakson (R-GA) 888-995-1978
Landrieu (D-LA) 888-995-2026
Vitter (R-LA) 888-995-8349
Cochran (R-MS) 888-995-1953
Wicker (R-MS) 888-995-2066
Alexander (R-TN) 888-995-2018
Corker (R-TN) 888-995-5271

You can use these talking points when you call your Senators:

• The bill grants amnesty to 11 million illegal aliens with only promises of future enforcement
• According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the bill will increase unemployment and decrease wages for American workers
• Leaves total discretion for future enforcement in the hands of the administration, repeating the mistakes of the 1986 amnesty

Also, take a look at these recent poll results from Pulse Opinion Research:

58% of likely voters support full enforcement first before considering giving work permits to illegal aliens
72% of Republicans support full enforcement first
62% of Independents support full enforcement first
74% of likely voters want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
76% of Republicans want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
70% of Democrats want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same

Thanks for all you do!

chris chmielenski

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