Date Bill Title Vote Outcome 07/08/2009 Requiring Reinforced Border Fencing Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 02/13/2009 2009 Economic Package N Conference Report Adopted - Senate 02/10/2009 2009 Economic Package N Bill Passed - Senate 03/13/2008 Immigration Enforcement and Border Fence Amendment NV Amendment Adopted - Senate 03/13/2008 Immigration Enforcement and Employer Sanctions Amendment NV Amendment Adopted - Senate 03/13/2008 Restriction of Federal Assistance Based on Compliance with Federal Immigration Laws NV Amendment Tabled - Senate 12/18/2007 Inclusion of Consolidated Appropriations NV Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate 10/24/2007 Permanent Residence for Certain Undocumented Immigrants NV Cloture Not Invoked - Senate 10/03/2007 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations NV Amendment Adopted - Senate 07/26/2007 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations NV Bill Passed - Senate 07/26/2007 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations NV Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/28/2007 Second Immigration Act of 2007 Y Cloture Not Invoked - Senate 06/07/2007 Immigration Act of 2007 NV Cloture Not Invoked - Senate 06/06/2007 Declaring English the National Language Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/06/2007 Denying Legal Status for Immigrants Convicted of Certain Crimes N Amendment Rejected - Senate 06/06/2007 Point Based Immigration Expiration Date N Amendment Rejected - Senate 06/06/2007 Law Enforcement Review of Z Visa Applications Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/06/2007 Five Year Expiration for Guest Worker Program N Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/06/2007 Barring Immigrants with Certain Criminal Histories Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/06/2007 English as the Common Language N Amendment Adopted - Senate 05/23/2007 Guest Worker Number Reduction Amendment NV Amendment Adopted - Senate 09/29/2006 Secure Fence Act of 2006 Y Bill Passed - Senate 09/13/2006 National Security Amendment N Motion Rejected - Senate 08/02/2006 Triple-Layered Fencing Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 07/13/2006 Double-Layered Fencing Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 07/11/2006 USEMA Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/15/2006 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2006 Y Conference Report Adopted - Senate 05/25/2006 Immigration Reform Bill Y Bill Passed - Senate 05/25/2006 Confidentiality Requirement Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 05/24/2006 H-2C Visa Program Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 05/23/2006 Employer Verification Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 05/23/2006 Orange Card Program Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 05/18/2006 English As National Language Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 05/18/2006 English as Unifying Language Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 05/18/2006 "State Criminal Alien Assistance Program" Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 05/17/2006 Employment-based Immigrant Visa Amendment N Amendment Adopted - Senate 05/04/2006 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2006 N Bill Passed - Senate 03/16/2006 National Defense Funding Amendment Y Amendment Rejected - Senate 10/03/2000 American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act, 2000 Y Bill Passed - Senate 07/23/1998 Temporary Farm Workers Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 05/18/1998 Non-Immigrant Specialty Workers bill Y Bill Passed - Senate 05/18/1998 U.S. Citizen Recruitment Amendment Y Amendment Tabled - Senate 03/20/1997 U.S.- Mexico Drug Trafficking Prevention Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 05/02/1996 Immigration Reform bill Y Bill Passed - Senate 05/02/1996 Public Assistance to Legal Immigrants Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 05/01/1996 Asylum Seeker Amendment N Amendment Adopted - Senate 05/01/1996 Citizen Verification Pilot Program Amendment N Amendment Tabled - Senate 04/30/1996 Legal Immigrants Assistance Eligibility Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 04/25/1996 Foreign Student Public Education Amendment Y Amendment Tabled - Senate 04/25/1996 Foreign Student Program Amendment Y Amendment Tabled - Senate 04/17/1996 Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act Y Conference Report Adopted - Senate 09/14/1995 Naturalized Citizen Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 06/07/1995 Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act Y Bill Passed - Senate 02/18/1993 Prohibiting Immigrants with AIDS from entering the United States Y Amendment Adopted - Senate
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