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William H. Frist on Immigration

RepublicanTN

Immigration78 votes · 33.6/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive

105 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 78 of them counted toward the score above: 37 toward “Expansive” and 41 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 27 did not count: 27 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
1996-04-24To repeal the ban on the search of open-fields by employees of the INS when they have probable cause to believe an illegal act has occurred. — (SENATE REJECTED SIMPSON AMENDMENT NO. 3730 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3725, TO REPEAL THE BAN ON THE SEARCH OF OPEN-FIELDS BY EMPLOYEES OF THE INS WHEN THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE AN ILLEGAL ACT HAS OCCURRED.)S. 1664 · 104th Congress · On the AmendmentNayExpansive
1996-04-17A bill to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes. — (SENATE TABLED A MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS TO ASYLUM PROVISIONS.)S. 735 · 104th Congress · On the Motion to Table the Motion to RecommitYeaDirection not readable
1995-06-06To ensure due process in deportation proceedings. — (SENATE AGREED TO SPECTER/SIMON/KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 1250 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1199, TO ENSURE DUE PROCESS IN DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS.)S. 735 · 104th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpansive
1995-05-25To allow the shift of up to $1,000,000,000 from wasteful bureaucratic overhead and wasteful procurement in the military budget for use in strengthening enforcement of immigration laws. — S.C.R.13 BY DOMENICI (R-NM) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, AND 2002 (SENATE REJECTED LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT NO. 1168, TO ALLOW THE TRANSFER OF $1 BILLION FROM THE MILITARY BUDGET FOR USE IN STRENGTHENING ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.)S.Con.Res. 13 · 104th Congress · On the AmendmentNayExpansive
1995-01-26To provide for unreimbursed costs to States due to the imposition of enforceable duties on the States regarding illegal immigrants of the Federal Government's failure to fully enforce immigration laws. — S.1 BY KEMPTHORNE (R-ID) -- UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM ACT OF 1995 (PUB. L. 104-4, APPROVED 3/22/95) (SENATE TABLED BOXER AMENDMENT NO. 201, TO PROVIDE FOR UNREIMBURSED COSTS TO STATES DUE TO THE IMPOSITION OF ENFORCEABLE DUTIES ON THE STATES REGARDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO FULLY ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS.)S. 1 · 104th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable

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.