Thomas E. Petri on Immigration

RepublicanWI

Immigration133 votes · 48.1/100 consistent

ExpansiveRestrictive

210 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 133 of them counted toward the score above: 55 toward “Expansive” and 78 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 77 did not count: 75 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 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
1980-06-05	TO AMEND H.R. 6942 BY REDUCING THE OVERALL AUTHORIZATION LEVEL BY 10%, EXCLUDING ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL AND EGYPT, UNICEF, PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ABROAD, INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL, AND MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6942 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1980-05-22	TO AGREE TO H. RES. 662, THE RULE PERMITTING FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6942, FISCAL 1981 APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZATION FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, THE PEACE CORPS, AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. (MOTION PASSED)H.Res. 662 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1980-03-04	TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 643, A BILL AMENDING THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO REVISE THE PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMISSION OF REFUGEES. (MOTION PASSED)S. 643 · 96th Congress	Nay	Restrictive
1980-02-26	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S. CON. RES. 72, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD REQUEST THE UNITED NATIONS TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN THE REFUGEE ENCAMPMENTS ON THE BORDER BETWEEN THAILAND AND KAMPUCHEA. (MOTION PASSED; 2/3'S REQUIRED)S.Con.Res. 72 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-12-20	TO PASS H.R. 2816, REVISING THE PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMISSION OF REFUGEES. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2816 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expansive
1979-10-25	TO PASS H.R. 4955, SUPPLEMENTAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4955 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1979-10-25	TO AMEND H.R. 4955, SUPPLEMENTAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE, BY AUTHORIZING $30 MILLION FOR USE IN FURNISHING ASSISTANCE TO ALLEVIATE THE HUMAN SUFFERING AND STARVATION AMONG CAMBODIAN REFUGEES. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4955 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1979-10-25	TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4955, SUPPLEMENTAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4955 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1979-09-06	TO AMEND THE OBEY SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 4473 BY PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTIONS FOR ISRAEL, EGYPT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, NUTRITION, AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4473 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expansive
1979-06-18	TO AGREE TO H. RES. 321, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD CALL UPON THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE U.N. TO IMMEDIATELY DEAL WITH THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. (MOTION PASSED)H.Res. 321 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	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.