William Gilmer Bray on Immigration

RepublicanIN

Immigration2 votes

ExpansiveRestrictive

7 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 2 of them counted toward the score above: 0 toward “Expansive” and 2 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 5 did not count: 5 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1974-08-05	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 15172, AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PRESCRIBE THE FEE FOR EXECUTION OF AN APPLICATION FOR A PASSPORT AND TO CONTINUE TO TRANSFER TO THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE THE EXECUTION FEE FOR EACH APPLICATION ACCEPTED BY THAT SERVICE.H.R. 15172 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1974-03-18	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S. 1206, A BILL AMENDING THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.S. 1206 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1974-03-05	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.RES. 947, AGREEING TO SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 8245; A BILL TO AMEND REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1973. THE BILL DELETES SECTION 2 OF THE REORG. PLAN WHICH WOULD HAVE TRANSFERRED APPROXIMATELY 900 EMPLOYEES OF THE IMMIGRATION & NATIONALIZATION SERVICE FOR THE DEPT. OF THE TREASURY. THE SENATE AMENDMENT WOULD PERMIT THE GOVT. TO BE SUED BY THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ACTS OF U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES.H.Res. 947 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1973-09-26	TO AMEND H.R. 891, A BILL TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE A MAXIMUM OF 35,000 IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CANADA & MEXICO, AN INCREASE OF 15,000 OVER THE BILL'S ORIGINAL PROVISION. THE AMENDMENT WOULD RETAIN THE LIMIT OF 120,000 ON ALL WESTERN HEMISPHERE VISAS.H.R. 891 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Restrictive
1973-07-17	TO PASS H.R. 6078, A BILL TO INCLUDE INSPECTORS OF THE IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE OR OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF SEC. 8336(C) OF TITLE 5, U.S. CODE, RELATING TO RETIREMENT OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN HAZARDOUS OCCUPATIONS.H.R. 6078 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-05-03	TO PASS H.R. 392, A BILL TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.H.R. 392 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-05-03	TO AMEND H.R. 392, A BILL TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, SO AS TO STRIKE OUT THE THREE-STEP CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTY PROCEDURE FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON EMPLOYERS WHO KNOWINGLY EMPLOY ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES.H.R. 392 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Restrictive

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expansive / Restrictive axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.