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Senate Roll Call 501, 110th Congress · March 13, 2008

To establish a reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

53 yea · 45 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat46 yea · 3 nay
Republican5 yea · 42 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 70 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.

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.

  • ImmigrationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The measure includes both immigration reform and enforcement, combining expansive and restrictive elements.

    Tagged by: keyword:immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Establishing a reserve fund facilitates potential future federal spending expansion.

    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 (53)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (2)

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