Congratulations AIC - Senate Amnesty/Guest Worker Bill S. 1639 Killed

The Senate's amnesty/guest worker bill, S. 1639 was, in the words of CNN (6/28/07) "effectively killed . . . when members voted against advancing the controversial legislation. The tally was 46 to 53, 14 votes shy of the 60 needed to end debate." Many opponents objected to the bill offering legal status (amnesty) to 12 million or more illegal aliens with only promises of effective immigration law enforcement.

One of these opponents, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), affirmed that "the American people want us to start with enforcement, both at the border and at the workplace, and don't want promises. They want action, they want results, they want proof, because they've heard all the promises before."

Commentary: Congratulations, AIC members and all the other concerned citizens whose calls, letters, faxes, and e-mails made the Senate understand what the American people wanted. This was a great victory for representative government and the rule of law. Below is the record of how the senators voted. A no vote was for killing the bill, a yes vote was for moving it to passage.

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Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Alaska: Yes
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee: No
Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colorado: No
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming: No
Sen. Wayne Baucus, D-Montana: No
Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Indiana: No
Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah: Yes
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Delaware: Yes
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-New Mexico: No
Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Missouri: No
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California: Yes
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio: No
Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas: No
Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Kentucky: No
Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina: No
Sen. Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia: No
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington: Yes
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland: Yes
Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware: Yes
Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pennsylvania: Yes
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Georgia: No
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York: Yes
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma: No
Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi: No
Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minnesota: No
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine: No
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-North Dakota: Yes
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee: No
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas: No
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho: Yes
Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho: No
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina: No
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Connecticut: Yes
Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-North Carolina: No
Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico: No
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-North Dakota: No
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois: Yes
Sen. John Ensign, R-Nevada: No
Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyoming: No
Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin: Yes
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California: Yes
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina: Yes
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa: No
Sen. Judd Gregg, R-New Hampshire: Yes
Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska: Yes
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa: No
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah: No
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas: No
Sen. James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma: No
Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii: Yes
Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia: No
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-South Dakota: Not Voting, Recuperating from stroke)
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts: Yes
Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts: Yes
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota: Yes
Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin: Yes
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Arizona: Yes
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana: No
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey: Yes
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont: Yes
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan: Yes
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Connecticut: Yes
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Arizona: Yes
Sen. Trent Lott, R-Mississippi: Yes
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana: Yes
Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Florida: Yes
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona: Yes
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri: No
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky: No
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey: Yes
Sen. Barbasa Mikulski, D-Maryland: Yes
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska: No
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington: Yes
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska: No
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida: Yes
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois: Yes
Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Arkansas: No
Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island: Yes
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada: Yes
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas: No
Sen. John Rockefeller, D-West Virginia: No
Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colordo: Yes
Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vermont: No
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York: Yes
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama: No
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama: No
Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Oregon: No
Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine: Yes
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania: Yes
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan: No
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska: No
Sen. John Sununu, R-New Hampshire: No
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana: No
Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota: No
Sen. David Vitter, R-Louisiana: No
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio: No
Sen. John Warner, (R-Virginia: No
Sen. James Webb, D-Virginia: No
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island: Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon: Yes