Thread: Amendments for S1348

This is a brief rundown of the two amendments for S1348.

Since this is just part of the article, I decided to post it in General.

May 26, 2007, 5:54PM
How Texans voted in D.C.


Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

WASHINGTON — How the Texas congressional delegation voted on selected issues last week:


Senate

• 2. Immigration legalization: Refused, 29-66, to strip a pending immigration bill (S 134 of its section providing America's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants with legal status and a lengthy path to citizenship if they pay heavy fines, clear criminal background checks and meet other requirements. A yes vote was to kill the legalization program.

• 3. Guest-Worker program: Voted, 74-24, to scale back the guest-worker program in a pending immigration bill (S 134. The amendment capped guest-worker visas at 200,000 annually, down from 400,000 or more in the original bill. Under the program, two-year visas would be awarded on the basis of work skills, education, English proficiency and family ties. The visas could be renewed twice if the individual returns home for one year between stints. The program contains measures to keep immigrants from depressing the wages of or taking jobs from U.S. workers. Additionally, the program would grant visas to seasonal workers, who would have to leave the country after 10 months. A yes vote was to scale back the program.


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Cornyn (R) San Antonio Y N N
Hutchison (R) Dallas Y N N

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This reduction in guest workers was accepted far to easy, how much would you like to bet it was all planned from the beginning,you know like, lets start with 400,000 then in front of the American people we can lower it to 200,000 and they will be so relieved they will go for it. traitors!!



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I think the 200,000 was fluff. They probably heard about a 200k reduction amendment so they wrote the bill for 400k.

You always ask for twice as much as you really want. It's part of the "barganing". It's called throwing them a bone.

No one lost or gained with this amendment. It means nothing and was designed to make it look like they were trying to reduce the problem and be reasonable. It was all for show.

Dixie

A brief summary of the voting thus far on S1348 cloture + all amendments (that have been voted on formally). Most of the info here is info posted on GovTrack (www.GovTrack.us) - with many thanks of course:

[Reverse Chrono order - most recent first]

Senate Roll #180
May 24, 2007 5:59 PM
Vitter Amdt. No. 1157, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment)
Amendment Rejected 29-66, 5 not voting
(Poster note - this is the bill that attempted to revoke the granting of 'Z' visas to IAs under the entire bill; thereby ensuring that IA would remain just that - illegal)

Senate Roll #179
May 24, 2007 5:27 PM
Sanders Amdt. No. 1223, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment)
Amendment Agreed to 59-35, 6 not voting
(Poster note - this is the bill Sanders authored to increase the processing fee for H1b applications; and also to apply those funds raised toward the creation of US scholarship programs to bolster enrollment and graduation in high-need US technical/scientific fields)

Senate Roll #178
May 24, 2007 2:15 PM
Dorgan Amdt. No. 1181, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment)
Amendment Rejected 48-49, 3 not voting
(Poster note - this is the amend. that Dorgan authored which attempted to
sunset the duration that guest workers are allowed in - requires review after 5 years from implementation [down from 10])

Senate Roll #177
May 24, 2007 12:46 PM
Coleman Amdt. No. 1158, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment)
Amendment Rejected 48-49, 3 not voting
(Poster note - this is the bill authored by Coleman that would have stripped provisions from existing Fed law in order to allow greater information sharing [regarding legal status/citizenship] between local-Federal law enforcement and related agencies)

Senate Roll #176
May 24, 2007 12:19 PM
Akaka Amdt. No. 1186, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment)
Amendment Agreed to 87-9, 4 not voting
(Poster note - this is a rather limited and straightforward amend. to allow extended family members of Filipino WW2 vets to acquire PR/citizenship without being included in current visa / PR quotas)

Senate Roll #175
May 23, 2007 2:29 PM
Bingaman Amdt. No. 1169, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment)
Amendment Agreed to 74-24, 2 not voting
(Poster note - this amend reduces the numbers of guest workers allowed in under the entire bill from the [original] 400k down to 200k)

Senate Roll #174
May 22, 2007 5:47 PM
Dorgan Amdt. No. 1153, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment)
Amendment Rejected 31-64, 5 not voting
(Poster note - this amend. attempted to reduce the number of total guest workers allowed in under the entire bill from an original 400k/yr down to 0k/yr)

Senate Roll #173
May 21, 2007 5:43 PM
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.1348
Cloture Motion Agreed to 69-23, 8 not voting
(Poster note - the main vote to consider and proceed with the entire immigration bill)