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    Senate denies funds for new border fence

    Tell the people what they want to hear, then turn your back on them and hope they go away- that's our Senate. What a country!


    Less than two months after voting overwhelmingly to build 370 miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico, the Senate yesterday voted against providing funds to build it.

    Sen. Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican whose amendment to fund the fence was killed on a 71-29 vote. "The things we do often sound very good, but we never quite get there."

    Mr. Sessions offered his amendment to authorize $1.8 billion to pay for the fencing that the Senate voted 83-16 to build along high-traffic areas of the border with Mexico. In the same vote on May 17, the Senate also directed 500 miles of vehicle barriers to be built along the border.

    "If we never appropriate the money needed to construct these miles of fencing and vehicle barriers, those miles of fencing and vehicle barriers will never actually be constructed," Mr. Sessions told his colleagues yesterday before the vote.



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    June, it would be interesting to see how they voted. I'm especially interested in how Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota voted since he was all for border security and he had the courage to step away from his party on illegal immigration.

    Does anyone know if he "stayed with the American people" yesterday ??
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    U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session

    as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate


    Vote Summary

    Question: On the Amendment (Sessions Amdt. No. 4659, As Modified )
    Vote Number: 200 Vote Date: July 13, 2006, 03:44 PM
    Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Amendment Rejected
    Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 4659 to H.R. 5441 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 )
    Statement of Purpose: To appropriate an additional $1,829,400,000 to construct double-layered fencing and vehicle barriers along the southwest border and to offset such increase by reducing all other discretionary amounts on a prorata basis.
    Vote Counts: YEAs 29
    NAYs 71
    Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State


    Alphabetical by Senator Name Akaka (D-HI), Nay
    Alexander (R-TN), Nay
    Allard (R-CO), Nay
    Allen (R-VA), Yea
    Baucus (D-MT), Nay
    Bayh (D-IN), Nay
    Bennett (R-UT), Nay
    Biden (D-DE), Nay
    Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
    Bond (R-MO), Nay
    Boxer (D-CA), Nay
    Brownback (R-KS), Yea
    Bunning (R-KY), Yea
    Burns (R-MT), Yea
    Burr (R-NC), Yea
    Byrd (D-WV), Nay
    Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
    Carper (D-DE), Yea
    Chafee (R-RI), Nay
    Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
    Clinton (D-NY), Nay
    Coburn (R-OK), Yea
    Cochran (R-MS), Nay
    Coleman (R-MN), Nay
    Collins (R-ME), Nay
    Conrad (D-ND), Nay
    Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
    Craig (R-ID), Yea
    Crapo (R-ID), Yea
    Dayton (D-MN), Nay
    DeMint (R-SC), Yea
    DeWine (R-OH), Yea
    Dodd (D-CT), Nay
    Dole (R-NC), Yea
    Domenici (R-NM), Nay
    Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
    Durbin (D-IL), Nay
    Ensign (R-NV), Yea
    Enzi (R-WY), Yea
    Feingold (D-WI), Nay
    Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
    Frist (R-TN), Nay
    Graham (R-SC), Nay
    Grassley (R-IA), Yea
    Gregg (R-NH), Nay
    Hagel (R-NE), Nay
    Harkin (D-IA), Nay
    Hatch (R-UT), Yea
    Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
    Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
    Inouye (D-HI), Nay
    Isakson (R-GA), Yea
    Jeffords (I-VT), Nay
    Johnson (D-SD), Nay
    Kennedy (D-MA), Nay
    Kerry (D-MA), Nay
    Kohl (D-WI), Nay
    Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
    Landrieu (D-LA), Nay
    Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay
    Leahy (D-VT), Nay
    Levin (D-MI), Nay
    Lieberman (D-CT), Nay
    Lincoln (D-AR), Nay
    Lott (R-MS), Yea
    Lugar (R-IN), Nay
    Martinez (R-FL), Nay
    McCain (R-AZ), Nay
    McConnell (R-KY), Nay
    Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
    Mikulski (D-MD), Nay
    Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
    Murray (D-WA), Nay
    Nelson (D-FL), Nay
    Nelson (D-NE), Yea
    Obama (D-IL), Nay
    Pryor (D-AR), Nay
    Reed (D-RI), Nay
    Reid (D-NV), Nay
    Roberts (R-KS), Yea
    Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
    Salazar (D-CO), Nay
    Santorum (R-PA), Yea
    Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay
    Schumer (D-NY), Nay
    Sessions (R-AL), Yea
    Shelby (R-AL), Yea
    Smith (R-OR), Nay
    Snowe (R-ME), Nay
    Specter (R-PA), Nay
    Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
    Stevens (R-AK), Nay
    Sununu (R-NH), Nay
    Talent (R-MO), Yea
    Thomas (R-WY), Yea
    Thune (R-SD), Yea
    Vitter (R-LA), Yea
    Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
    Warner (R-VA), Nay
    Wyden (D-OR), Nay

    Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State


    Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---29
    Allen (R-VA)
    Brownback (R-KS)
    Bunning (R-KY)
    Burns (R-MT)
    Burr (R-NC)
    Carper (D-DE)
    Chambliss (R-GA)
    Coburn (R-OK)
    Craig (R-ID)
    Crapo (R-ID)
    DeMint (R-SC)
    DeWine (R-OH)
    Dole (R-NC)
    Ensign (R-NV)
    Enzi (R-WY)
    Grassley (R-IA)
    Hatch (R-UT)
    Inhofe (R-OK)
    Isakson (R-GA)
    Lott (R-MS)
    Nelson (D-NE)
    Roberts (R-KS)
    Santorum (R-PA)
    Sessions (R-AL)
    Shelby (R-AL)
    Talent (R-MO)
    Thomas (R-WY)
    Thune (R-SD)
    Vitter (R-LA)

    NAYs ---71
    Akaka (D-HI)
    Alexander (R-TN)
    Allard (R-CO)
    Baucus (D-MT)
    Bayh (D-IN)
    Bennett (R-UT)
    Biden (D-DE)
    Bingaman (D-NM)
    Bond (R-MO)
    Boxer (D-CA)
    Byrd (D-WV)
    Cantwell (D-WA)
    Chafee (R-RI)
    Clinton (D-NY)
    Cochran (R-MS)
    Coleman (R-MN)
    Collins (R-ME)
    Conrad (D-ND)
    Cornyn (R-TX)
    Dayton (D-MN)
    Dodd (D-CT)
    Domenici (R-NM)
    Dorgan (D-ND)
    Durbin (D-IL)
    Feingold (D-WI)
    Feinstein (D-CA)
    Frist (R-TN)
    Graham (R-SC)
    Gregg (R-NH)
    Hagel (R-NE)
    Harkin (D-IA)
    Hutchison (R-TX)
    Inouye (D-HI)
    Jeffords (I-VT)
    Johnson (D-SD)
    Kennedy (D-MA)
    Kerry (D-MA)
    Kohl (D-WI)
    Kyl (R-AZ)
    Landrieu (D-LA)
    Lautenberg (D-NJ)
    Leahy (D-VT)
    Levin (D-MI)
    Lieberman (D-CT)
    Lincoln (D-AR)
    Lugar (R-IN)
    Martinez (R-FL)
    McCain (R-AZ)
    McConnell (R-KY)
    Menendez (D-NJ)
    Mikulski (D-MD)
    Murkowski (R-AK)
    Murray (D-WA)
    Nelson (D-FL)
    Obama (D-IL)
    Pryor (D-AR)
    Reed (D-RI)
    Reid (D-NV)
    Rockefeller (D-WV)
    Salazar (D-CO)
    Sarbanes (D-MD)
    Schumer (D-NY)
    Smith (R-OR)
    Snowe (R-ME)
    Specter (R-PA)
    Stabenow (D-MI)
    Stevens (R-AK)
    Sununu (R-NH)
    Voinovich (R-OH)
    Warner (R-VA)
    Wyden (D-OR)
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    Thanks Moosetracks.

    As usual, Allen (VA) voted in favor of funding, and Warner voted against . In more than a few correspondences, Warner has said (paraphrased), the Mexicans are the least of our worries.

    OK, I concur - in a way - but let's get real, if the crossings are so easy, how many others are getting in and why do they want to be here?

    By year end, we will have spent a TRILLION dollars securing borders in the Middle East, and our own Senate won't even endorse $2 Billion to secure our borders. What is wrong with this picture?

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    Yeah and Mitch McConnell, Ky. voted NO...Bunning voted yes.

    Well let Warner tell that to an American who has lost a loved one to an illegal, or been violated by an illegal!

    I have to send another nasty email to McConnell !
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    Guess McConnell wants the money for this nonsense!

    Senator McConnell Secures $1.5 Million In Funding For Western Kentucky University
    from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell

    Thursday, July 13, 2006


    *Full Senate must now approve McConnell’s requests*


    WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell announced today that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved his request for $1.5 million in funding for Western Kentucky University’s Environmental Monitoring Network. The funding, which is included in the FY’07 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill, must now be approved by the full Senate.

    Taken from his web page
    www.mcconnell.senate.gov
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    Thanks for the info June. John Warner big surprise. Nothing but a fat cat money grubber and a traitor I might add . Oh yea he is also a horses ass.
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    Well, at least Sen. Dole (R-NC) and Sen. Burr (R-NC) voted for it. Now why can't those two get any thing done to encourage North Carolina to get tough on illegal immigrants?

    It's no secret the Senate routinely approves things without providing the funding necessary to make it happen. The same thing happen in 1986 - lack of funding was why promised enforcement never followed that amnesty. The American people need to realize that nothing has changed, enforcement sounds great, but without the money to make it happen - it doesn't happen.

    The Senate need to know, we're on to their game!

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    Senate denies funding

    Well, I see the two Senators from Texas voted nay...Guess they are more out of tune than I thought.
    Glad to see my Senator , David Vitter vote yea.... The other Senator from louisiana voted Nay....Not surprising....just glad she is not my Senator....

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    I see that my two sentors voted Nay. I expected that from Salazar, but Allard -- boy is he going to hear it from me!!! Creep

    This is the joker that had a mexican flag on his website until the people of Colorado raised heck - he's an idiot

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