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Senate Roll Call 492, 109th Congress · May 17, 2006

To increase the amount of fencing and improve vehicle barriers installed along the southwest border of the United States.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

83 yea · 16 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat29 yea · 14 nay
Republican54 yea · 0 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2611

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006

Policy area: Immigration — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Restrictive”

    model(0.90): A yes vote expands border fencing and barriers, strengthening immigration enforcement.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

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