Thread: Mason-Dixon Poll: Florida Dem Sen. Nelson Vulnerable

Mason-Dixon Poll: Florida Sen. Nelson Vulnerable



Tuesday, 15 Feb 2011 01:44 PM
By Dan Weil

Many politicos have said that Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson is on shaky ground in next year’s election. And a new poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research proves it, Politico reports.

Against five different Republican opponents support for Nelson doesn’t reach 50 percent, the survey shows. Former GOP Gov. Jeb Bush appears to be the most powerful potential Republican candidate for Nelson, leading him 49 percent to 41 percent.

But Bush almost certainly won’t run. Those who might include Rep. Connie Mack, former Sen. George LeMieux, state Senate President Mike Haridopolos and former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner.

Nelson leads Mack 45 percent to 40 percent, leads LeMieux 49 percent to 35 percent, Haridopolos 48 percent to 25 percent and Hasner 46 percent to 22 percent.

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Mason-D ... /id/386178

MEGA AMNESTY SUPPORTER ~ Let's Go Florida ~ It's Time to give Eviction Notices to the Crack Heads

Bill Nelson Senator, Democrat



Florida

Capitol Hill Office
ph (202) 224-5274
fax (202) 228-2183

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/co ... 0/overview

Sen. Bill Nelson

Voting Record

Updated February 15, 2011

This document is a record and analysis of all of Sen. Nelson's immigration related congressional votes, cosponsorships and other immigration actions during his career in Congress.

Career Record

Usually supports higher immigration, population growth, foreign labor.

Sen. Nelson's voting history is divided into five areas:
Chain Migration & Visa LotteryMajor Numbers in All CategoriesImporting Specific Foreign WorkersCitizenship for Illegal Alien BabiesInviting / Repelling Illegal AliensChain Migration & Visa Lottery

Chain Migration & Visa Lottery

Voted on Senate floor in favor of amendment to expand chain migration in 2007

Sen. Nelson voted in favor of the Clinton Amendment (SA 1183) to S. 1348. The Clinton Amendment would significantly increase legal immigration by adding an unlimited number of spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents to the uncapped immediate relative category that currently is for the spouses, minor children and parents of U.S. citizens only. The spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents currently are allocated some 87,000 visas each year. The Clinton Amendment failed by a vote of 44 to 53.

Voted on Senate floor in favor of amendment to increase chain migration in 2007

Sen. Nelson voted in favor of the Menendez Amedment (SA 1194) to S. 1395. The Menedez Amendment would not only increase near-term legal immigration by more than 100,000 each year, it would remove even the façade that the bill would end chain migration. Specifically, it would change the cut-off date for reducing the “backlogâ€