Sad Day In The Senate-Immigration Reform is Dead

Those of us expecting some action on the part of the Senate regarding Immigration are sure disappointed today. Not only our representatives have shown lack of guts to tackle this issue but also there are some who don’t deserve our vote next time around. Among others, John Ensign of Nevada who among other 16 changed his vote at the last minute, helping defeat the proposal.
Another bit of bad news comes from the Democrat’s side. 16 of them voted against showing very little in what party support may mean.

In short, this Senate is doing basically nothing, not only on this issue but others like Iraq, having bent their will - or so we believe - to the President’s desire to keep going on that front.
A shameful spectacle for those who really want something done in the matter of immigration, border security and employment verification.
Now they can go home and feel patriotic in their own feeble minds, but voters, especially Hispanics, should remember these actions at the time to cast their ballots.

Now the future is the same as yesterday, nothing will change, we will continue to have illegal immigration, we will continue to have employers hiring those illegal immigrants. And we will enlarge the pool of illegal immigrants beyond the estimated 12 million here.

A lot of talk and lukewarm debates on the floor on the part of the respective Senators just to show their districts that they are doing “something”. What, I don’t know, because in fact “nothing” has been accomplished to date.

When they go back home, if you were expecting some results of this entire charade, tell those who voted No that that’s exactly what they’ll get when asking for your support next time around.




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. Max 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. Barbara 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-Colorado: 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

SENATORS SWITCHING (12 Republicans, 6 Dems)
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-New Mexico
Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Misouri
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio
Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas
Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina
Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minnesota
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine
Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico
Sen. John Ensign, R-Nevada
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska
Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Arkansas
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio
Sen. John Warner, R-Virginia
Sen. James Webb, D-Virginia