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Senate Roll Call 496, 109th Congress · May 18, 2006

To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that persons who receive an adjustment of status under this bill are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

50 yea · 49 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 5 nay
Republican10 yea · 44 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 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 “Expansive”

    model(0.85): Tabling kills a proposal restricting social security benefit eligibility for adjusted aliens.

    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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