Henry John Hyde on Immigration

RepublicanIL

Immigration124 votes · 46.6/100 consistent

ExpansiveRestrictive

203 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 124 of them counted toward the score above: 59 toward “Expansive” and 65 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 79 did not count: 73 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 6 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
1975-10-02	TO AMEND S. 2230, AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR THE BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING FOR FISCAL 1976 AND TO PROMOTE IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S., GREECE AND TURKEY, BY PROHIBITING MILITARY AID TO TURKEY UNLESS THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES TO CONGRESS THAT SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON THE REFUGEE PROBLEM ON CYPRUS.S. 2230 · 94th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1975-07-22	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S. J. RES. 23, POSTHUMOUSLY RESTORING CITIZENSHIP TO GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE.S.J.Res. 23 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-04-23	TO AMEND THE ECKHARDT AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE EDGAR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 6096. THE ECKHARDT AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE CONGRESS DOES NOT BY THIS BILL GRANT, EXTEND OR DELEGATE ANY FURTHER WAR POWERS TO THE PRESIDENT; BUT IT ALSO STATES AS DID THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE BILL, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SEVERAL PUBLIC ACTS SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT FUNDING OF MILITARY OPERATIONS NECESSARY FOR EVACUATION. THE ECKHARDT SUBSTITUTE ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE IMMIGRATION OF "OTHER FOREIGN NATIONALS TO WHOSE LIVES A DIRECT AND IMMINENT THREAT EXISTS." THE STRATTON AMENDMENT TO THE ECKHARDT SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT PROVIDES $150 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR MILITARY AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM TO PROVIDE SUCH PROTECTION AS DEEMED NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION CONTEMPLATED BY THE BILL.H.R. 6096 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction 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.