Posted on 05/19/2006 11:56:06 AM PDT by Rick_Michael
"The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment -- even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents. 'There was a felony they were committing, and now they can't be prosecuted. That sounds like amnesty to me,' said Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who offered the amendment yesterday to strip out those provisions of the immigration reform bill. 'It just boggles the mind how people could be against this amendment.' The Ensign amendment was defeated on a 50-49 vote," the Washington Times reports. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) defended letting illegal aliens get Social Security. "If this amendment were enacted, the nest egg that these immigrants have worked hard for would be taken from them and their families," said McCain.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Exactly what was the vote count, anyone?
"Nest egg"...bwahahah.
Social Security is not a nest egg.
this makes me sick. our tax $ paying illegals....and we as citizens have less rights than illegals soon.
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No. 3985 ) | |||
Vote Number: | 130 | Vote Date: | May 18, 2006, 12:50 PM |
Required For Majority: | 1/2 | Vote Result: | Motion to Table Agreed to |
Amendment Number: | S.Amdt. 3985 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 ) | ||
Statement of Purpose: | 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. |
Vote Counts: | YEAs | 50 |
NAYs | 49 | |
Not Voting | 1 |
Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
Akaka (D-HI), Yea Alexander (R-TN), Nay Allard (R-CO), Nay Allen (R-VA), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Nay Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Nay Burns (R-MT), Nay Burr (R-NC), Nay Byrd (D-WV), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Chafee (R-RI), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Nay Clinton (D-NY), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Nay Coleman (R-MN), Nay Collins (R-ME), Nay Conrad (D-ND), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Craig (R-ID), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Nay Dayton (D-MN), Nay DeMint (R-SC), Nay DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Yea Dole (R-NC), Nay |
Domenici (R-NM), Nay Dorgan (D-ND), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Ensign (R-NV), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Frist (R-TN), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Nay Gregg (R-NH), Nay Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Nay Jeffords (I-VT), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (D-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lott (R-MS), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Yea Martinez (R-FL), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea |
McConnell (R-KY), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Nay Nelson (D-NE), Nay Obama (D-IL), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting Salazar (D-CO), Yea Santorum (R-PA), Nay Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Nay Smith (R-OR), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Nay Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Nay Talent (R-MO), Nay Thomas (R-WY), Nay Thune (R-SD), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Nay Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
YEAs ---50 | ||
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brownback (R-KS) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) DeWine (R-OH) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) |
Graham (R-SC) Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) |
McCain (R-AZ) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Salazar (D-CO) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Stevens (R-AK) Voinovich (R-OH) Wyden (D-OR) |
NAYs ---49 | ||
Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) |
Crapo (R-ID) Dayton (D-MN) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Lott (R-MS) McConnell (R-KY) |
Murkowski (R-AK) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Warner (R-VA) |
Not Voting - 1 | ||
Rockefeller (D-WV) |
Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Nay | Shelby (R-AL), Nay |
Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK), Nay | Stevens (R-AK), Yea |
Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ), Nay | McCain (R-AZ), Yea |
Arkansas: | Lincoln (D-AR), Yea | Pryor (D-AR), Yea |
California: | Boxer (D-CA), Yea | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
Colorado: | Allard (R-CO), Nay | Salazar (D-CO), Yea |
Connecticut: | Dodd (D-CT), Yea | Lieberman (D-CT), Yea |
Delaware: | Biden (D-DE), Yea | Carper (D-DE), Yea |
Florida: | Martinez (R-FL), Yea | Nelson (D-FL), Nay |
Georgia: | Chambliss (R-GA), Nay | Isakson (R-GA), Nay |
Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI), Yea | Inouye (D-HI), Yea |
Idaho: | Craig (R-ID), Nay | Crapo (R-ID), Nay |
Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Yea | Obama (D-IL), Yea |
Indiana: | Bayh (D-IN), Yea | Lugar (R-IN), Yea |
Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Nay | Harkin (D-IA), Yea |
Kansas: | Brownback (R-KS), Yea | Roberts (R-KS), Nay |
Kentucky: | Bunning (R-KY), Nay | McConnell (R-KY), Nay |
Louisiana: | Landrieu (D-LA), Yea | Vitter (R-LA), Nay |
Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Nay | Snowe (R-ME), Nay |
Maryland: | Mikulski (D-MD), Yea | Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea |
Massachusetts: | Kennedy (D-MA), Yea | Kerry (D-MA), Yea |
Michigan: | Levin (D-MI), Yea | Stabenow (D-MI), Yea |
Minnesota: | Coleman (R-MN), Nay | Dayton (D-MN), Nay |
Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Nay | Lott (R-MS), Nay |
Missouri: | Bond (R-MO), Nay | Talent (R-MO), Nay |
Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Yea | Burns (R-MT), Nay |
Nebraska: | Hagel (R-NE), Yea | Nelson (D-NE), Nay |
Nevada: | Ensign (R-NV), Nay | Reid (D-NV), Yea |
New Hampshire: | Gregg (R-NH), Nay | Sununu (R-NH), Nay |
New Jersey: | Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea | Menendez (D-NJ), Yea |
New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM), Yea | Domenici (R-NM), Nay |
New York: | Clinton (D-NY), Yea | Schumer (D-NY), Yea |
North Carolina: | Burr (R-NC), Nay | Dole (R-NC), Nay |
North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND), Nay | Dorgan (D-ND), Yea |
Ohio: | DeWine (R-OH), Yea | Voinovich (R-OH), Yea |
Oklahoma: | Coburn (R-OK), Nay | Inhofe (R-OK), Nay |
Oregon: | Smith (R-OR), Nay | Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
Pennsylvania: | Santorum (R-PA), Nay | Specter (R-PA), Yea |
Rhode Island: | Chafee (R-RI), Yea | Reed (D-RI), Yea |
South Carolina: | DeMint (R-SC), Nay | Graham (R-SC), Yea |
South Dakota: | Johnson (D-SD), Yea | Thune (R-SD), Nay |
Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Nay | Frist (R-TN), Nay |
Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Nay | Hutchison (R-TX), Nay |
Utah: | Bennett (R-UT), Nay | Hatch (R-UT), Nay |
Vermont: | Jeffords (I-VT), Yea | Leahy (D-VT), Yea |
Virginia: | Allen (R-VA), Nay | Warner (R-VA), Nay |
Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Yea | Murray (D-WA), Yea |
West Virginia: | Byrd (D-WV), Nay | Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting |
Wisconsin: | Feingold (D-WI), Yea | Kohl (D-WI), Yea |
Wyoming: | Enzi (R-WY), Nay | Thomas (R-WY), Nay |
Social Security is not a nest egg but you can live pretty well on a Social Security check in rural Mexico.
I think I'll have a hard worked for anide el huevos with coffee please.
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I'm not sure if this is the one. Looks like it, though.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00130
Illegals claiming MY S.S. is really theres?
*Discrimination* unless the Senate votes to allow *citizens* to also collect SS benefits if they admit to ILLEGAL employment.
even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents.
so will it be *legal* for anyone to work with forged/stolen documents or only the ILLEGALS ??
"There was a felony they were committing, and now they can't be prosecuted. That sounds like amnesty to me," said Sen. John Ensign,
Not only an *amnesty* for these lawbreakers, but also a REWARD (ss benefits).
Many on FR think that the illegal immigration debate has weakened the Republican Party. I believe it has strengthened it. If for no other reason, the Senate Republicans are being forced to vote and put themselves on the record. Now we truly know who are friends within the party are and who we should be working against when they come up for election.
My only hope is that we don't punish those who are working for us, the House Republicans and Senators like Ensign and Sessions by staying at home on election day. I know that I will vote for a conservative whenever I can.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is how I see it on this issue.
Bad guys on our side:
Brownback (R-KS), Chafee (R-RI), DeWine (R-OH), Martinez (R-FL), Lugar (R-IN), Hagel (R-NE), McCain (R-AZ), Specter (R-PA), Stevens (R-AK), Voinovich (R-OH)
*And obviously the vast majority are demotards. Four actually voted nay.
This is what is going on here: BOTH SIDES are pandering for the illegal alien vote
Thats right, they are not SUPPOSED to vote, but they do.
Is there ANYTHING te elites won't give them? This is disgusting.
"My only hope is that we don't punish those who are working for us, the House Republicans and Senators like Ensign and Sessions by staying at home on election day. I know that I will vote for a conservative whenever I can."
Absolutely....If I could control the whole thing, I would name 2-3 people in the senate we should not keep in...as an example. The same in the house but perhaps a bit more. Just enough not to effect our voting power.
Although I don't want anyone to stop voting for those whom are prodominately good conservatives. The worst of them, only.
the 'judas goats' on our side, you mean......
(just being sarcastic in case any one wonders)
The "cob house" Senate has done it again in spite of the large majority of Americans that are opposed to it!
How does it feel to have your President and your low life Senate give you the "finger" America?
It stinks to "high heaven" doesn't it!
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