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Senate Roll Call 97, 109th Congress · April 19, 2005

To simplify the process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to increase access to such workers, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

21 yea · 77 nayCloture Motion Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 40 nay
Republican19 yea · 35 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1268 ↗

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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(0.90): Cloture advances a bill increasing access to foreign agricultural workers.

    Tagged by: keyword:immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The measure focuses on immigration procedures rather than federal spending or budget levels.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (21)

Nay (77)

Not voting or present (2)

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