Thread: The Senators' voting records

This thread is a voting record of Senators McCain, Obama, and Clinton in the U.S. Senate.

2006-2007 - Sen. John McCain co-sponsored the Kennedy-McCain-Graham amnesty.

2007 - future vote on S.A.2237 DREAM Act - amnesty and in-state tuition for illegal aliens under 21

2007 - future vote on H.C.R.40, that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada.

2007 - S.A.2797 (passed 75-23-2) - Sen. McCain did not vote on the Dorgan amendment prohibiting Mexican trucks.

Even Senators Bayh (D-IN), Biden (D-DE), Boxer (D-CA), Byrd (D-WV), Clinton (D-NY), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Feinstein (D-CA), Graham (R-SC), Inouye (D-HI), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Kohl (D-WI), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Obama (D-IL), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Schumer (D-NY), Specter (R-PA), and Voinovich (R-OH) all voted to prohibit Mexican trucks, but not you, Sen. McCain.

Sen. McCain voted for:

2007 - S.774 DREAM act - amnesty and in-state tuition for illegal aliens under 21

2007 - S.340 Ag-jobs amnesty for nearly a million agricultural workers

2007 - S.1639 guestworker-amnesty bill

2007 - S.1348 guestworker-amnesty bill

2006 - S.2611 amnesty for illegal aliens

2006 - SA 4188 amendment to kill border fence
(before he voted for H.R.6061 to build a 700 mile border fence, of which 55 miles have been built over a year later)

2006 - SA 4066 Kennedy amendment to not require employer certification of workers

2005 - S.2075 DREAM act - in-state tuition and amnesty for illegal aliens under 21

2005 - S.1307 DR-CAFTA Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement.

2005 - S.1033 a path to jobs and residency for illegal aliens

2005 - AgJobs amnesty for agricultural workers

2005 - S.359 amnesty for agricultural workers

2005 - SA 387 increase in low-skill H-2B visas

2004 - S.2252 increase low-skill H-2B visas by 60%

2003 - S.1645 AgJobs amnesty for agricultural workers

2003 - S.1545 DREAM act - amnesty and in-state tuition for illegal aliens under 21

2003 - S.1461 to legalize almost all illegal aliens and grant green cards after 6 years

2002 - H.R.3009 2001-2002 Fast Track / Trade Promotion Authority (Andean Trade Preference Act)

2000 - H.R.4444 China PNTR - granting permanent normalized trade relations to the People's Republic of China

2000 - S.2045 nearly tripled high-tech H-1B visas (by 585,000)

1998 - S.1723 nearly doubled high-tech H-1B visas (by 150,000)

1996 - Abraham amendment to S.1664 to kill voluntary worker verification programs in high-immigration states

1994 - H.R.5110 to implement WTO

1993 - H.R.3450 to implement NAFTA

1993 - H.R.1876 to implement 1993 (Uruguay) Fast Track

1990 - S.358 to amend Immigration and Nationality Act to change level and preference system for admitting immigrants

Sen. McCain voted against:

2007 - SA 1316 Dorgan sunset amendment

2007 - SA 1184 Cornyn amendment barring gang members, terrorists, and criminals

2007 - SA 1181 Dorgan sunset amendment

2007 - SA 1157 Vitter amendment striking amnesty provisions from S.1348

2006 - H.R.5441 Sessions amendment for 800 more immigration investigators

2006 - H.R.5441 Sessions amendment to extend border fence by 370 miles

2006 - SA 4131 Bingaman employment visa cap

2006 - SA 4095 Dorgan sunset on H-2C visas

2006 - SA 4017 Dorgan "no guestworker" amendment

2006 - SA 3985 Ensign amendment barring Social Security payments without a valid SSN

2006 - SA 3969 Kyl amendment to S.2611

2006 - SA 3965 Cornyn amendment protecting U.S. workers from displacement

2006 - SA 3963 Vitter amendment striking amnesty provisions from S.2611

2005 - Byrd Amendment to stop immigration increases

2005 - SA 516 funding 1068 more border patrol and immigration agents

1998 - requiring U.S. firms to attest to first seeking a U.S. worker

1998 - Kennedy amendment to S.1723, prohibiting replacing U.S. workers

1996 - Simpson immigration limits to S.1664, and again, Feinstein immigration limits to S.1664

[size=117]Obama’s Senate Votes Offer Clues to His Presidency

http://www.newsmax.com

Barack Obama has cast more than 1,100 votes since entering the U.S. Senate in January 2005, and those votes indicate the likely position he would take on several issues as president.

In each of his three years in the Senate, Obama has voted with the majority of Democrats at least 96 percent of the time.

Here is where he has stood on key measures in the Senate, according to MSNBC:

[list] * Obama voted against the confirmation of John Roberts for the Supreme Court, saying he “far more often used his formidable skills on behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak.â€

[size=117]How about a vow, "No New Illegal Aliens"? - MMCDCSC

McCain Vows: No New Taxes

George Stephanopoulos tried to pin down John McCain regarding tax increases during the Republican presidential candidate’s appearance on ABC’s “This Weekâ€

SenateMatch at http://www.ontheissues.org

Sen. Hillary Clinton

Sen. John McCain

Sen. Barack Obama

Project Vote Smart at http://www.votesmart.org/

Sen. Hillary Clinton

Sen. John McCain

Sen. Barack Obama

American Conservative Union at http://www.conservative.org/

ACU ratings:

Sen. Hillary Clinton: 8 (2006); 12 (2005); 9 (6 years)
Sen. John McCain: 65 (2006); 80 (2005): 82.3 (24 years)
Sen. Barack Obama: 8 (2006); 8 (2005); 8 (2 years)

ACU - 2004 Key Votes:

Sen. Hillary Clinton

Sen. John McCain

Sen. Barack Obama: not in office in 2004

Washington Post: Key Votes at http://www.washingtonpost.com

Sen. Hillary Clinton

Sen. John McCain

Sen. Barack Obama

National Journal on Democratic candidates

This differentiates Senators Clinton and Obama on economic, social, and foreign policy issues.
(Hint: they are virtually indistinguishable, except that Sen. Obama didn't vote on one third of the key votes tallied.)

"Of the 267 measures on which both senators cast votes in 2007, the two differed on only 10."