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With a 49-50 vote, the Senate voted against advancing the $118 billion for foreign aid and revamping America's border and immigration policies. How Iowa's Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst voted on ...
The Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 was a bill in the 109th United States Congress.It was passed by the United States House of Representatives on December 16, 2005, by a vote of 239 to 182 (with 92% of Republicans supporting, 82% of Democrats opposing), but did not pass the Senate.
The next day, the Senate voted to limit debate on the motion to proceed by a vote of 84–9, and, on January 13, approved it by a vote of 82–10. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] On January 17, following a long debate stage that spanned multiple days, the Senate invoked cloture on the bill by a vote of 61–35, with 10 Democrats voting in favor alongside all ...
Lobbying for the bill in the United States Senate was led by Sen. Bob Menendez, who indicated gathering the necessary 10 Republican votes would be a 'herculean' challenge. [25] Democrats have indicated they are unlikely to take up this bill immediately, instead focusing on advancing piecemeal legislation in the form of the American Dream and ...
On Thursday, most Senate Democrats again supported the procedural vote to begin debate on the border bill, but it failed to advance 43-50 after all but one Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of ...
Johnson announced the vote on the separate Israel bill after the Senate reached its immigration deal. The House bill included $17.6 billion in military aid to Israel, “as well as important ...
The bill also received heated criticism from both sides of the immigration debate. The bill was introduced in the United States Senate on May 9, 2007, but was never voted on, though a series of votes on amendments and cloture took place. The last vote on cloture, on June 7, 2007, 11:59 AM, failed 34–61 effectively ending the bill's chances.
President Biden and Senate Democrats have made clear they do not support this bill as it stands. If we want to get serious about addressing the crisis at our border, we need to find common ground ...