Senate Casts First Votes on Immigration

By DAVID STOUT and CARL HULSE
Published: May 16, 2006

WASHINGTON, May 16 — Senators cast their first votes on immigration legislation this afternoon, just as President Bush vowed to work closely with skeptical members of Congress on a comprehensive bill to fix a system that does not work.

The Senate defeated, 55 to 40, a proposal by Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, that lawmakers demand that border-security measures be in place before beginning a guest-worker program of the kind envisioned by President Bush.

The 55 senators rejected Mr. Isakson's argument that, if the Congress did not act now, it would have to a decade or so from now, and that "instead of 10 million or 12 million, it will be 24 million" illegal immigrants at issue.

Opponents of the Isakson measure (36 Democrats, 18 Republicans and the independent James Jeffords of Vermont) maintained that it would be an obstacle to the kind of comprehensive legislation that is needed.

Roll Call Vote
May 16, 2006

The 40-55 roll call by which the Senate rejected a measure by Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., to make allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the United States contingent on first securing borders against new undocumented immigrants.

On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote to add Isakson's proposal to an immigration bill and a "no" vote was a vote to reject it.

Voting "yes" were seven Democrats and 33 Republicans.

Voting "no" were 36 Democrats, 18 Republicans and one independent.

The Ones Hilighted in RED are the Rubuplican TRAITORS that voted NO or REFUSED to vote, and should be campaigned against come Election Time.

Alabama
Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) No.

Alaska
Murkowski (R) No; Stevens (R) No.

Arizona
Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Not Voting.

Arkansas
Lincoln (D) No; Pryor (D) No.

California
Boxer (D) No; Feinstein (D) No.

Colorado
Allard (R) Yes; Salazar (D) No.

Connecticut
Dodd (D) No; Lieberman (D) No.

Delaware
Biden (D) No; Carper (D) No.

Florida
Martinez (R) No; Nelson (D) No.

Georgia
Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes.

Hawaii
Akaka (D) No; Inouye (D) No.

Idaho
Craig (R) No; Crapo (R) Yes.

Illinois
Durbin (D) No; Obama (D) No.

Indiana
Bayh (D) No; Lugar (R) No.

Iowa
Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) No.

Kansas
Brownback (R) No; Roberts (R) Yes.

Kentucky
Bunning (R) Yes; McConnell (R) Yes.

Louisiana
Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) Yes.

Maine
Collins (R) No; Snowe (R) No.

Maryland
Mikulski (D) No; Sarbanes (D) No.

Massachusetts Kennedy (D) No; Kerry (D) No.

Michigan
Levin (D) No; Stabenow (D) Yes.

Minnesota
Coleman (R) No; Dayton (D) No.

Mississippi
Cochran (R) Not Voting; Lott (R) Not Voting.

Missouri
Bond (R) Yes; Talent (R) Yes.

Montana
Baucus (D) No; Burns (R) Yes.

Nebraska
Hagel (R) No; Nelson (D) Yes.

Nevada
Ensign (R) Yes; Reid (D) No.

New Hampshire
Gregg (R) Not Voting; Sununu (R) Yes.

New Jersey
Lautenberg (D) No; Menendez (D) No.

New Mexico
Bingaman (D) No; Domenici (R) Yes.

New York
Clinton (D) No; Schumer (D) No.

North Carolina
Burr (R) Yes; Dole (R) Yes.

North Dakota
Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.

Ohio
DeWine (R) No; Voinovich (R) No.

Oklahoma
Coburn (R) Yes; Inhofe (R) Yes.

Oregon
Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) Yes.

Pennsylvania
Santorum (R) Yes; Specter (R) No.

Rhode Island
Chafee (R) No; Reed (D) No.

South Carolina
DeMint (R) Yes; Graham (R) No.

South Dakota
Johnson (D) No; Thune (R) Yes.

Tennessee
Alexander (R) Yes; Frist (R) Yes.

Texas
Cornyn (R) Yes; Hutchison (R) Yes.

Utah
Bennett (R) No; Hatch (R) Yes.

Vermont
Jeffords (I) No; Leahy (D) No.

Virginia
Allen (R) Yes; Warner (R) No.

Washington
Cantwell (D) No; Murray (D) No.

West Virginia
Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Not Voting.

Wisconsin
Feingold (D) No; Kohl (D) No.

Wyoming
Enzi (R) Yes; Thomas (R) Yes.
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