Thread: Here are all the votes on the fence bill, listed by state:

Fence Vote 9-29-06
Here are all the votes on the fence bill, listed by state:

Alabama: Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Alaska: Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas: Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California: Boxer (D-CA), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado: Allard (R-CO), Yea Salazar (D-CO), Nay
Connecticut: Dodd (D-CT), Yea Lieberman (D-CT), Nay
Delaware: Biden (D-DE), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea
Florida: Martinez (R-FL), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Georgia: Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea

Hawaii: Akaka (D-HI), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Idaho: Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Illinois: Durbin (D-IL), Nay Obama (D-IL), Yea
Indiana: Bayh (D-IN), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Iowa: Grassley (R-IA), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Kansas: Brownback (R-KS), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky: Bunning (R-KY), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Louisiana: Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Maine: Collins (R-ME), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Maryland: Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay

Massachusetts: Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting Kerry (D-MA), Nay
Michigan: Levin (D-MI), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota: Coleman (R-MN), Yea Dayton (D-MN), Yea
Mississippi: Cochran (R-MS), Yea Lott (R-MS), Yea
Missouri: Bond (R-MO), Yea Talent (R-MO), Yea
Montana: Baucus (D-MT), Yea Burns (R-MT), Yea
Nebraska: Hagel (R-NE), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Nevada: Ensign (R-NV), Yea Reid (D-NV), Nay
New Hampshire: Gregg (R-NH), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Yea
New Jersey: Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Nay

New Mexico: Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Domenici (R-NM), Yea
New York: Clinton (D-NY), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina: Burr (R-NC), Yea Dole (R-NC), Yea
North Dakota: Conrad (D-ND), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Ohio: DeWine (R-OH), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma: Coburn (R-OK), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Oregon: S mith (R-OR), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Pennsylvania: Santorum (R-PA), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island: Chafee (R-RI), Nay Reed (D-RI), Nay
South Carolina: DeMint (R-SC), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea

South Dakota: Johnson (D-SD), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea
Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Utah: Bennett (R-UT), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Vermont: Jeffords (I-VT), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Virginia: Allen (R-VA), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea
Washington: Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Murray (D-WA), Nay
West Virginia: Byrd (D-WV), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Wisconsin: Feingold (D-WI), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Wyoming: Enzi (R-WY), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea

These didn’t want to vote Yes but felt the heat;
Boxer (D-CA)
Carper (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Obama (D-IL)
Schumer (D-NY)



SKIPPED THE VOTE LAST NIGHT but switched to PRO-FENCE TONIGHT

Snowe (R-ME)


ANTI-FENCE LAST NIGHT but switched to SKIPPING THE VOTE TONIGHT

Kennedy (D-MA)


ANTI-FENCE LAST NIGHT and still ANTI-FENCE TONIGHT

Bob Johnson, below are the 19 whom you sought to know.

Say what you will about them, my guess is that they are principled Senators.

That is, the political downside to voting as they did is so great that I am
persuaded that most of these 19 are being true to their principles. And this
would indicate that one of their highest principles is either:

1. They favor massive flows of foreign workers to keep wages down and certain
industries happy.

2. They are so in favor of an amnesty for illegal aliens that they will oppose
passing any enforcement for fear that that will weaken their ability to bargain
for the amnesty in the future.

3. They oppose slowing any kind of flow of mostly poor foreign nationals whom
they hope eventually will become Democratic voters (as the largest portion of
foreign workers do once they become citizens).

4. Or all three.

VOTING NO ON THE FENCE TONIGHT
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Chafee (R-RI)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)

Underlined are all the ones who are up for re-election this fall.

You may look forward to a chance to work against those incumbents over the next
few weeks.

Find links to their website and information about their opponents at:

Our Candidates Website at www.CongressGrades.org

Two of the Senators on the list are retiring: Jeffords and Sarbanes.

THE REST OF THEM VOTED YES FOR THE FENCE

I'm especially proud of those of you who phoned and argued and pleaded with the
offices of the following Senators who made it very clear how much they did NOT
want to vote for this fence bill.

But they voted for it, anyway.

Martinez (R-FL)
Graham (R-SC)
Specter (R-PA)
McCain (R-AZ)
Brownback (R-KS)
DeWine (R-OH)


BACKGROUND

Here is what happened on 9-29-06

The Senate just finished passing the U.S. House of Representative's fence bill.

It will now go to President Bush who has promised to sign it.

This is a stand-alone bill. It was not bundled with any compromises, any
increases in immigration, any new guest worker visas or any amnesty.

It deals only with making our southern border more secure and to further impede
the flow of illegal workers and dependents.

This bill basically is the only step forward that Congress has taken this year
in the fight against out-of-control mass immigration.

It is sad that this is all we got when we consider the great promise of the
ATTRITION THROUGH ENFORCEMENT bill (H.R. 4437) passed last December by the
House.

But the Senate refused to deal with it unless it could add an amnesty and
incredible increases in legal immigration.

In addition, we have to remember that the bill tonight was not an appropriations
bill. The money to fund the fence must come in another bill. Money for a few
hundred miles appears to be in the pipeline, but the Senate so far has not shown
signs of being willing to provide all the money to build all 700 miles.

Nonetheless, there will be plenty of money to get started. As this fence begins
to be erected at and near the populated settlements along the Mexican border --
and as it clearly slows the illegal traffic -- we can hope that steps of success
will breed more interest and more money for more fence in Congress next year.

ohflyingone, thank you so much for making this list for us, I will be sending thank you emails to my Okla Senators and at the same time asking them to stand behind Rep. Virgil Goode. R VA,and his call for a congressional hearing into the North Amreica Union with the Sohflyingone, thank you so much for making this list for us, I will be sending thank you emails to my Okla Senators and at the same time asking them to stand behind Rep. Virgil Goode's call for a congressional hearing in to the matter of the North American Union. I heard on Lou Dobbs friday night that Rep Goode is against the SPP and is calling for a congressional hearing to look into the matter of the NAU and the SPP. I hope any people here who are from VA will call of write Rep. Goode to find out more about this matter and let him know we stand behind him 100%.