Harlan Mathews on Immigration

DemocratTN

Immigration2 votes

ExpansiveRestrictive

3 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 1 did not count: 1 was a roll call 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
1994-08-10	To provide for $100,000,000 to carry out the Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 or its successor authority. — H.R.4606 BY SMITH, NEAL (D-IA) -- DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 (PUB. L. 103-333, APPROVED 9/30/94) (SENATE TABLED THE GRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 2478, TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE EMERGENCY IMMIGRANT EDUCATION ACT OF 1984 OR ITS SUCCESSOR AUTHORITY.)H.R. 4606 · 103rd Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrictive
1994-03-25	To reimburse states for costs resulting from Federal Government's failure to control our borders and curb illegal immigrants. — (SENATE REJECTED GRAMM/HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 1598, TO REIMBURSE STATES FOR COSTS RESULTING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO CONTROL U.S. BORDERS AND CURB ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.)S.Con.Res. 63 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
1993-11-09	To require State and local governments to cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding enforcement of immigration laws. — (SENATE AGREED TO ROTH AMENDMENT NO. 1150, TO REQUIRE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COOPERATE WITH THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION OF ALIENS WHO ARE NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES.)S. 1607 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	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.