Thread: CSpan2 - US Senate Convened 7:30am PT 10/24/07

Lott voted 'Aye' (I)

PAIGE wrote

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Anyone who has Senators in there states (I have two that voted yea) could you do some research on who is giving them money for re election and what pacs are paying them? We could put this on Alipac information

My 2 voted yea and I know Menendez is always speaking at La Raza funded events. I guess Lautenberg too. We are a sanctuary state

I'll post a partial - yes PARTIAL - list I was able to transcribe on-the-fly as they were recording the vote: (yes, I missed probably about 15-20 names) but, it might answer some of your curiosities now. Please do post the full list from Thomas back here when it becomes available (usually several hours):

Yes (Bad)

Akaka
Bayh
Boxer
Hatch
Feingold
Feinstein
Collins
Bingaman
Johnson
Lautenberg
Lieberman
Reid
Murray
Casey
Lincoln
Sanders
Nelson (FL)
Nelson (NE)
Hutchison
Kloubuchar
Salazar
Obama
Whitehouse
Wyden
Kohl
Brown
Mikulski
Brownback
Schumer
Bennett
Coleman
Kerry
Cantwell
Craig
Levin
Clinton
Harkin
Lott
Snowe

No (Good)

McCaskill
Specter
Baucus
Thune
Murkowski
Pryor
Barrasso
Sununu
Bond
Gregg
Smith
Alexander
Allard
Burr
Bunning
Landrieu
Isakson
Sessions
Shelby
Vitter
Tester
Ensign
Stevens
Dorgan
Voinovich
McConnell
Inhofe
Coburn
Chambliss
Cochran
Grassley
Conrad
Graham
Warner
Domenici

Paige wrote:

Anyone who has Senators in there states (I have two that voted yea) could you do some research on who is giving them money for re election and what pacs are paying them?

Here is a good place to start! Look under "Schedule A" filings.

http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/senate/sforms/

Sessions is saying:

The message we would have given the world is that if you bring a child into the US, we will educate them. In five years, you would get a permanent residence status and then be able to bring your family in.

The question comes down to: Do we have the will to enforce our immigration laws, or allow emotion and politics to further erode a weak immigration system.

We would send the message that to break our laws will be forgiven and you will be financially rewarded for it.

There are moral, legal and practical consequences of having a system that is not enforced. We've let people with special interest dominate the debate. That's why the American people are not happy with us. We have not been trustworthy. We have not been reliable.


ANQ

I would like to see a reprint of Session's speech. It was very good.

Cakers: I think that it will be published later either on Thomas somewhere or maybe somewhere else (somebody else will probably chime in...)

Anybody catch how my senator (Smith) voted? - I don't recall.. but need that

Never mind - I see Smith was a 'no'. No problemo.

The following senators are up for re-election in 2008 AND voted for the DREAM:

Biden,
Coleman,
Collins,
Harkin,
Johnson,
Kerry,
Lautenberg,
Levin,
Reed,

(Note - this is likely a partial list at this time..)

Paige, here's the resource you're looking for.

http://www.fec.gov/disclosure.shtml