Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Junior John voted against a plan for legalizing millions of undocumented

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Junior John voted against a plan for legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants who are already here. Is that a pro hispanic vote?.


Senator votes against Amnesty for undocumented workers who are already living in the country.

By Associated Press

Thursday, June 28, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republican senators and a handful of Democrats are trying to put a final knife in President Bush's plan for legalizing millions of unlawful immigrants.

A broad immigration bill, embracing what critics call amnesty, survived a series of unfriendly amendments Wednesday.

Supporters must gain 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to limit debate and clear the way for a roll call on final passage, perhaps by Friday. Anything less will likely doom the legislation until a new president and Congress take office in 2009.

Junior John voted against the immigration measure that could grant legalization to the estimated 12 million unlawful immigrants if they pass background checks and pay fines and fees. It also would toughen border security and institute a new system for weeding out illegal immigrants from workplaces.

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was among those disappointed Wednesday. The Senate voted 55-40 to reject his amendment that would have made it easier for some immigrants to obtain visas for family members left behind in their home countries.

Senate Roll #247	Jul 13, 2007 9:29 AM	No Vote	Dorgan Amdt. No. 2135, as Amended, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 87-1, 12 not voting
Senate Roll #246	Jul 12, 2007 4:55 PM	Aye	Levin Amdt. No. 2019, As Amended, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 94-0, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #245	Jul 12, 2007 4:10 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 2024, as Modified, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 90-5, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #244	Jul 11, 2007 6:48 PM	Aye	Graham Amdt. No. 2078, as Modified, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 41-55, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #243	Jul 11, 2007 6:20 PM	Nay	Hagel Amdt. No. 2032, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 52-45, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #242	Jul 11, 2007 4:13 PM	Aye	Lieberman Amdt. No. 2073, as Modified, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #241	Jul 11, 2007 11:38 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Webb Amdt. No. 2012 Cloture Motion Rejected 56-41, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #240	Jul 9, 2007 6:12 PM	Aye	Confirming Janet T. Neff, of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 83-4, 13 not voting
Senate Roll #239	Jul 9, 2007 5:43 PM	Aye	Confirming Liam O'Grady, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 88-0, 12 not voting
Senate Roll #238	Jun 28, 2007 5:00 PM	Aye	Confirming Richard Sullivan, of New York, to be US District Judge Nomination Confirmed 99-0, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #237	Jun 28, 2007 4:45 PM	Aye	Confirming Benjamin Hale Settle, of Washington, to be US District Judge Nomination Confirmed 99-0, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #236	Jun 28, 2007 4:11 PM	Aye	Confirming Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, to be Lt. Gen. US Army under title 10, U.S.C., section 601 Nomination Confirmed 94-4, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #235	Jun 28, 2007 11:04 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 1639: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Cloture Motion Rejected 46-53, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #234	Jun 27, 2007 5:34 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. VII, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Failed 45-52, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #233	Jun 27, 2007 4:14 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. VI of Amdt. No.1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 55-40, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #232	Jun 27, 2007 3:45 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. IV, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 56-41, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #231	Jun 27, 2007 3:05 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. III of Amdt. No.1934, as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 57-40, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #230	Jun 27, 2007 12:47 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. II, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 79-18, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #229	Jun 27, 2007 12:03 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. I Amdt. No. 1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 53-45, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #228	Jun 26, 2007 12:16 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 1639: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Cloture Motion Agreed to 64-35, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #227	Jun 26, 2007 11:51 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 800: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 51-48, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #225	Jun 21, 2007 11:03 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 62-32, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #224	Jun 21, 2007 1:35 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 1502 Cloture Motion Agreed to 61-32, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #223	Jun 21, 2007 12:22 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 1704 Cloture Motion Rejected 57-36, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #222	Jun 21, 2007 11:53 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Kyl Amdt. No. 1733 as Modified (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 38-55, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #226	Jun 21, 2007 11:25 AM	Nay	H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 65-27, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #219	Jun 20, 2007 5:33 PM	Nay	Bingaman Amdt. No. 1693, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 58-34, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #221	Jun 20, 2007 4:19 PM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 1800, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 45-49, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #220	Jun 20, 2007 4:00 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Inhofe Amdt. No. 1666 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 31-63, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #218	Jun 20, 2007 11:24 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Gregg Amdt. No. 1718 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 36-56, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #217	Jun 20, 2007 10:11 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: DeMint Amdt. No. 1546 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 37-55, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #216	Jun 19, 2007 5:53 PM	Nay	Cardin Amdt. No. 1610, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 37-56, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #215	Jun 19, 2007 5:25 PM	Nay	Kohl Amdt. No. 1519, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 70-23, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #214	Jun 19, 2007 3:47 PM	Nay	Tester Amdt. No. 1614, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 33-61, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #213	Jun 19, 2007 3:21 PM	Aye	Bunning Amdt. No. 1628, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 39-55, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #212	Jun 14, 2007 5:30 PM	Aye	Warner Amdt. No. 1566, As Modified, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 43-44, 12 not voting
Senate Roll #211	Jun 14, 2007 11:58 AM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Domenici Amdt. No. 1538 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 56-39, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #210	Jun 13, 2007 11:55 AM	Aye	Inhofe Amdt. No. 1505, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 43-52, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #209	Jun 12, 2007 5:46 PM	Nay	Bayh Amdt. No. 1508, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 63-30, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #208	Jun 11, 2007 6:16 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 91-0, 8 not voting
Senate Roll #207	Jun 11, 2007 5:55 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S.J.Res.14 Cloture Motion Rejected 53-38, 8 not voting
Senate Roll #206	Jun 7, 2007 8:24 PM	Nay	Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Kennedy Amdt. No. 1150, As Amended Cloture Motion Rejected 45-50, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #205	Jun 7, 2007 8:02 PM	No Vote	Motion to Instruct Sgt. at Arms (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 72-13, 14 not voting
Senate Roll #204	Jun 7, 2007 11:59 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Cloture Motion Rejected 34-61, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #203	Jun 7, 2007 11:41 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Kennedy Amdt. No. 1150, As Amended Cloture Motion Rejected 33-63, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #202	Jun 7, 2007 11:05 AM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 1311, As Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 42-54, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #201	Jun 6, 2007 11:59 PM	Nay	Dorgan Amdt. No. 1316, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 49-48, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #200	Jun 6, 2007 11:41 PM	Nay	Obama Amdt. No. 1202, As Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 42-55, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #199	Jun 6, 2007 11:22 PM	Aye	Vitter Amdt. No. 1339, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-49, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #198	Jun 6, 2007 11:02 PM	Aye	Inhofe Amdt. No. 1151, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 64-33, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #197	Jun 6, 2007 10:46 PM	Nay	Salazar Amdt. No. 1384, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 58-39, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #196	Jun 6, 2007 10:27 PM	Aye	Ensign Amdt. No. 1374, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 42-55, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #195	Jun 6, 2007 10:00 PM	Nay	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Clinton Amdt. No. 1183, As Further Modified (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 44-53, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #194	Jun 6, 2007 8:10 PM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 1460, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 51-45, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #193	Jun 6, 2007 7:54 PM	Nay	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Menendez Amdt. No 1194 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 53-44, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #192	Jun 6, 2007 7:37 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 1234, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 56-41, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #191	Jun 6, 2007 7:19 PM	Nay	Reid Amdt. No. 1331, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 57-40, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #190	Jun 6, 2007 6:50 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 1250, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 57-39, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #189	Jun 6, 2007 2:30 PM	Nay	Bingaman Amdt. No. 1267 As Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 41-57, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #188	Jun 6, 2007 2:04 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 1197, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 43-55, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #187	Jun 6, 2007 12:25 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 1184, As Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-51, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #186	Jun 6, 2007 11:56 AM	Nay	Kennedy Amdt. No. 1333, as Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 66-32, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #185	Jun 5, 2007 7:46 PM	Nay	Feingold Amdt. No. 1176, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 67-26, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #184	Jun 5, 2007 7:20 PM	Aye	McConnell Amdt. No. 1170, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 41-52, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #183	Jun 5, 2007 3:58 PM	Nay	Durbin Amdt. No. 1231, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 71-22, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #182	Jun 5, 2007 3:29 PM	Aye	Allard Amdt. No. 1189, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 31-62, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #181	May 24, 2007 8:26 PM	Aye	Motion to Concur in House Amdt. to Senate Amdt to H.R.2206 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 80-14, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #180	May 24, 2007 5:59 PM	Nay	Vitter Amdt. No. 1157, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 29-66, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #179	May 24, 2007 5:27 PM	Nay	Sanders Amdt. No. 1223, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 59-35, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #178	May 24, 2007 2:15 PM	Nay	Dorgan Amdt. No. 1181, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-49, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #177	May 24, 2007 12:46 PM	Aye	Coleman Amdt. No. 1158, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-49, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #176	May 24, 2007 12:19 PM	Aye	Akaka Amdt. No. 1186, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 87-9, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #175	May 23, 2007 2:29 PM	Nay	Bingaman Amdt. No. 1169, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 74-24, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #174	May 22, 2007 5:47 PM	Nay	Dorgan Amdt. No. 1153, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 31-64, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #173	May 21, 2007 5:43 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Cloture Motion Agreed to 69-23, 8 not voting
Senate Roll #172	May 17, 2007 4:03 PM	Nay	S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. (On the Conference Report) Conference Report Agreed to 52-40, 8 not voting
Senate Roll #171	May 17, 2007 10:31 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 1123 Cloture Motion Agreed to 94-1, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #170	May 16, 2007 5:15 PM	Aye	H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 91-4, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #169	May 16, 2007 11:35 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Cochran Amdt. No. 1135 Cloture Motion Agreed to 87-9, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #168	May 16, 2007 11:12 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Warner Amdt. No. 1134 Cloture Motion Rejected 52-44, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #167	May 16, 2007 10:44 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Feingold Amdt. No. 1098 Cloture Motion Rejected 29-67, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #166	May 15, 2007 6:11 PM	Nay	Kerry Amdt. No. 1094, H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 51-42, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #165	May 15, 2007 2:55 PM	Nay	Feingold Amdt. No. 1086, H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 22-69, 9 not voting
Senate Roll #164	May 15, 2007 2:23 PM	Nay	Coburn Amdt. No. 1089, H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 11-79, 10 not voting
Senate Roll #163	May 15, 2007 11:43 AM	Nay	Coburn Amdt. No. 1090, H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 12-77, 11 not voting
Senate Roll #162	May 10, 2007 9:59 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 89-7, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #161	May 9, 2007 8:14 PM	Aye	Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 21 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 44-51, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #160	May 9, 2007 7:58 PM	Nay	Conrad Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res.21 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 51-44, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #159	May 9, 2007 7:34 PM	Aye	Kyl Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 21 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 54-41, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #158	May 9, 2007 2:41 PM	Aye	Confirming Debra Ann Livingston to be U.S. Circuit Judge Nomination Confirmed 91-0, 9 not voting
Senate Roll #157	May 9, 2007 12:54 PM	Aye	S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 93-1, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #156	May 9, 2007 12:37 PM	Nay	Durbin Amdt. No. 1034, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-47, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #155	May 9, 2007 12:18 PM	Aye	Grassley Amdt. No. 998, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 64-30, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #154	May 9, 2007 11:49 AM	Nay	Grassley Amdt. No. 1039, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-47, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #153	May 8, 2007 12:09 PM	Aye	Confirming Frederick J. Kapala, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 91-0, 9 not voting
Senate Roll #152	May 7, 2007 5:09 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Committee Substitute as Modified and Amended to S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 82-8, 10 not voting
Senate Roll #151	May 7, 2007 4:05 PM	Aye	Cochran Amdt. No. 1010, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 49-40, 11 not voting
Senate Roll #150	May 3, 2007 10:36 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Dorgan Amdt. No. 990 Cloture Motion Agreed to 63-28, 9 not voting
Senate Roll #149	May 2, 2007 5:08 PM	Aye	Durbin Amdt. No. 1022, as Modified, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 94-0, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #148	May 2, 2007 12:26 PM	Aye	Allard Amdt. No. 982, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 41-53, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #147	Apr 26, 2007 12:56 PM	Nay	H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. (On the Conference Report) Conference Report Agreed to 51-46, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #146	Apr 25, 2007 6:24 PM	Aye	S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 88-8, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #145	Apr 25, 2007 5:58 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 922, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 82-14, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #144	Apr 25, 2007 5:33 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 921, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 39-57, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #143	Apr 25, 2007 3:49 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 918, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 27-67, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #142	Apr 25, 2007 3:21 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 930, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 22-71, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #141	Apr 25, 2007 11:10 AM	Aye	Sununu Amdt. No. 938, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 24-74, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #140	Apr 24, 2007 6:23 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 917 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 54-43, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #139	Apr 24, 2007 6:02 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 928 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 62-35, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #138	Apr 24, 2007 5:38 PM	Aye	Dodd Amdt. No. 947, As Modified, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #137	Apr 24, 2007 2:16 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 929, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 96-0, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #136	Apr 24, 2007 12:12 PM	Aye	Confirming Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 95-0, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #135	Apr 19, 2007 2:05 PM	Aye	S. 378: Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #134	Apr 18, 2007 6:02 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 891 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 59-38, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #133	Apr 18, 2007 10:17 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 378: Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 93-3, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #132	Apr 18, 2007 9:48 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 55-42, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #131	Apr 17, 2007 5:46 PM	Nay	Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 372: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 50-45, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #130	Apr 16, 2007 5:32 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 372: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 41-40, 19 not voting
Senate Roll #129	Apr 12, 2007 11:33 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 372: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 94-3, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #128	Apr 11, 2007 6:20 PM	Aye	S. 30: HOPE Act (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 70-28, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #127	Apr 11, 2007 5:53 PM	Nay	S. 5: Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 63-34, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #125	Mar 29, 2007 10:48 AM	Nay	Whether the Amendment is Germane (Is Section 431 of the Senate Language to H.R. 1591 Germane? ) Amendment Germane 57-41, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #126	Mar 29, 2007 10:36 AM	Nay	H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 51-47, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #124	Mar 29, 2007 9:59 AM	Aye	Biden Amdt. No. 739, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #123	Mar 29, 2007 9:38 AM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 704, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #122	Mar 29, 2007 9:10 AM	Aye	Ensign Amdt. No. 752, As Modified, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 93-0, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #121	Mar 28, 2007 3:50 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 648, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 45-51, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #120	Mar 28, 2007 3:29 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 657, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 23-74, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #119	Mar 28, 2007 3:12 PM	Nay	Burr Amdt. No. 716, As Modified, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 8-89, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #118	Mar 28, 2007 2:44 PM	Nay	Wyden Amdt. No. 709, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 74-23, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #117	Mar 28, 2007 12:02 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... Cloture Motion Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #116	Mar 27, 2007 5:06 PM	Aye	Cochran Amd. No. 643, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-50, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #115	Mar 27, 2007 12:12 PM	Aye	Confirming George H. Wu, of California, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 95-0, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #114	Mar 23, 2007 2:52 PM	Nay	S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. (On the Resolution) Resolution Agreed to 52-47, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #113	Mar 23, 2007 2:26 PM	Aye	Lott Amdt. No. 606, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 49-50, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #112	Mar 23, 2007 2:07 PM	Aye	Chambliss Amendment No. 536, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-55, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #111	Mar 23, 2007 1:52 PM	Aye	Bunning Amdt. No. 594 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-55, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #110	Mar 23, 2007 1:32 PM	Nay	Biden Amdt. No. 529, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 65-33, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #109	Mar 23, 2007 1:13 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 578, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-55, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #108	Mar 23, 2007 12:54 PM	Aye	Grassley Amdt. No. 471, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-53, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #107	Mar 23, 2007 12:37 PM	Aye	Graham Amdt. No. 478, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-52, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #106	Mar 23, 2007 12:17 PM	Aye	Thomas Amendment No. 515, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 39-59, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #105	Mar 23, 2007 11:59 AM	Nay	Smith Amdt. No. 510 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 59-40, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #104	Mar 23, 2007 11:43 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Allard Amendment No. 521 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 39-60, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #103	Mar 23, 2007 11:26 AM	Aye	Hatch Amdt. No. 508, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 49-50, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #102	Mar 23, 2007 11:05 AM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 583, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-51, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #101	Mar 23, 2007 10:45 AM	Nay	Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 626, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 25-74, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #100	Mar 23, 2007 10:24 AM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 473, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-53, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #99	Mar 23, 2007 9:50 AM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 513, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 38-61, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #98	Mar 22, 2007 6:03 PM	Aye	Coleman Amdt. No. 577, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 42-53, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #97	Mar 22, 2007 5:48 PM	Nay	Conrad Amdt. No. 598, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 54-42, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #96	Mar 22, 2007 5:24 PM	Nay	Thomas Amdt. No. 498, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 29-67, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #95	Mar 22, 2007 5:03 PM	Aye	Enzi Amendment No. 497, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-49, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #94	Mar 22, 2007 4:44 PM	Nay	Sanders Amdt. No. 545 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 38-58, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #93	Mar 22, 2007 4:17 PM	Aye	Ensign Amdt. No. 472, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-52, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #92	Mar 22, 2007 12:38 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 525 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 23-74, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #91	Mar 22, 2007 12:19 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 511, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 38-59, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #90	Mar 22, 2007 12:00 PM	Aye	Allard Amdt. No. 491, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 33-64, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #89	Mar 22, 2007 11:33 AM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 489, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 45-52, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #88	Mar 21, 2007 6:45 PM	Aye	Bingaman Amdt. No. 486, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-1, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #87	Mar 21, 2007 6:31 PM	Aye	Bunning Amdt. No. 483, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #86	Mar 21, 2007 6:16 PM	Aye	Ensign Amdt. No. 476, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-51, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #85	Mar 21, 2007 6:01 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. 466 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-52, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #84	Mar 21, 2007 5:44 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 477, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 63-35, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #83	Mar 21, 2007 5:28 PM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 507, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-51, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #82	Mar 21, 2007 5:02 PM	Aye	Baucus Amdt. No. 492, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-1, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #81	Mar 20, 2007 12:16 PM	Aye	S. 214: Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 94-2, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #80	Mar 20, 2007 12:01 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 460, S. 214: Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-50, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #79	Mar 20, 2007 11:33 AM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 459, S. 214: Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 40-56, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #78	Mar 15, 2007 5:01 PM	Aye	Confirming Thomas M. Hardiman, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge Nomination Confirmed 95-0, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #77	Mar 15, 2007 4:40 PM	Aye	S.Con.Res. 20: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that no funds should be cut off or reduced for American Troops in the field which would result in undermining their safety or their ability to complete their assigned mission. (On the Concurrent Resolution) Concurrent Resolution Agreed to 82-16, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #76	Mar 15, 2007 4:18 PM	Aye	S.Res. 107: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions. (On the Resolution) Resolution Agreed to 96-2, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #75	Mar 15, 2007 3:51 PM	Nay	S.J.Res. 9: A joint resolution to revise United States policy on Iraq. (On the Joint Resolution) Joint Resolution Defeated 48-50, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #74	Mar 14, 2007 11:17 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. J. Res. 9 Cloture Motion Agreed to 89-9, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #73	Mar 13, 2007 5:11 PM	Nay	S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 60-38, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #72	Mar 13, 2007 4:20 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Biden Amdt. No. 383 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 73-25, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #71	Mar 13, 2007 12:34 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 325 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 66-31, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #70	Mar 13, 2007 11:47 AM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 294 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 60-38, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #69	Mar 9, 2007 9:56 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on Reid Amdt. No. 275, As Amended Cloture Motion Agreed to 69-26, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #68	Mar 9, 2007 9:30 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on Cornyn Amdt. No. 312, As Modified Cloture Motion Rejected 46-49, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #67	Mar 8, 2007 6:36 PM	Aye	On the Nomination (John Alfred Jarvey, of Iowa, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa ) Nomination Confirmed 95-0, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #66	Mar 7, 2007 6:16 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 345 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 71-25, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #65	Mar 7, 2007 2:12 PM	Aye	Collins Amdt. No. 342, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-52, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #64	Mar 7, 2007 1:22 PM	Nay	McCaskill Amdt. No. 316 As Modified, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 51-48, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #63	Mar 6, 2007 6:17 PM	Nay	Leahy Amdt. No. 333, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 49-50, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #62	Mar 6, 2007 6:00 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Obama Amdt. No. 338 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 59-40, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #61	Mar 6, 2007 5:34 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 335 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 56-43, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #60	Mar 6, 2007 12:00 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 314 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 51-46, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #59	Mar 5, 2007 5:49 PM	Aye	Confirming Carl J. Artman, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior Nomination Confirmed 87-1, 12 not voting
Senate Roll #58	Mar 2, 2007 10:26 AM	Aye	Salazar Amdt. No. 280, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 82-1, 17 not voting
Senate Roll #57	Mar 2, 2007 10:02 AM	Aye	Sununu Amdt. No. 292, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 82-0, 18 not voting
Senate Roll #56	Mar 1, 2007 4:48 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 298 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 58-38, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #55	Feb 28, 2007 5:54 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 279 As Modified, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 94-2, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #54	Feb 28, 2007 5:29 PM	Nay	Inouye Amdt. No. 285, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 58-37, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #53	Feb 27, 2007 2:29 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #52	Feb 17, 2007 2:18 PM	Nay	H.Con.Res. 67: Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 47-33, 20 not voting
Senate Roll #51	Feb 17, 2007 1:45 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 574: A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq. Cloture Motion Rejected 56-34, 10 not voting
Senate Roll #50	Feb 15, 2007 10:58 AM	Aye	Confirming Marcia Morales Howard, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 93-0, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #49	Feb 15, 2007 10:29 AM	Aye	Confirming Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Nomination Confirmed 94-0, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #47	Feb 14, 2007 4:46 PM	Aye	Confirming Nora Barry Fischer, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 96-0, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #48	Feb 14, 2007 7:10 AM	Aye	H.J.Res. 20: Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (On the Joint Resolution) Joint Resolution Passed 81-15, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #46	Feb 13, 2007 2:30 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.J.Res. 20 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 71-26, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #45	Feb 8, 2007 11:51 AM	Aye	Confirming Gen. George W. Casey to be Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Nomination Confirmed 83-14, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #44	Feb 5, 2007 5:44 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 470: A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq. Cloture Motion Rejected 49-47, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #43	Feb 1, 2007 5:25 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.Con.Res.2 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 0-97, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #42	Feb 1, 2007 5:00 PM	Aye	H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 94-3, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #41	Feb 1, 2007 12:19 PM	Aye	Confirming Gregory Kent Frizzell, of Oklahoma, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 99-0, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #40	Feb 1, 2007 11:54 AM	Aye	Confirming Lawrence Joseph O' Neill, of California, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #39	Jan 31, 2007 4:33 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R.2, As Amended (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 88-8, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #38	Jan 31, 2007 4:02 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive C.B.A. Re: Kyl Amdt. No. 115 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 46-50, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #37	Jan 31, 2007 2:32 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Kyl Amdt. No. 209 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 49-48, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #36	Jan 30, 2007 4:39 PM	Aye	Confirming Philip S. Gutierrez, of California, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #35	Jan 30, 2007 4:13 PM	Aye	Confirming Lisa Godbey Wood, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #34	Jan 30, 2007 12:15 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 100 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 87-10, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #33	Jan 26, 2007 9:45 AM	Aye	Confirming Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army, to be General Nomination Confirmed 81-0, 19 not voting
Senate Roll #31	Jan 25, 2007 5:42 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 148, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 94-0, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #30	Jan 25, 2007 4:14 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA, Smith Amdt. No. 113, As Amended (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 43-50, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #29	Jan 25, 2007 3:48 PM	Aye	Baucus Amdt. No. 206, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 90-0, 10 not voting
Senate Roll #28	Jan 25, 2007 2:59 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA, Bunning Amdt. No. 19 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 42-51, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #27	Jan 25, 2007 2:05 PM	Aye	Baucus Amdt. No. 207, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 93-0, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #26	Jan 25, 2007 12:17 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA, Ensign Amdt. No. 154 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 47-48, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #25	Jan 25, 2007 10:32 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive Re: DeMint Amdt. No. 158 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 18-76, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #24	Jan 24, 2007 5:11 PM	Aye	Allard Amdt. No. 116, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 28-69, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #23	Jan 24, 2007 12:01 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 54-43, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #22	Jan 24, 2007 11:34 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Gregg Amdt. No. 1012 Cloture Motion Rejected 49-48, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #21	Jan 23, 2007 4:46 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 106 As Modified, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #20	Jan 23, 2007 2:45 PM	Aye	Snowe Amdt. No. 103 As Modified, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 99-0, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #18	Jan 18, 2007 9:22 PM	Nay	Lieberman Amdt No. 30, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 27-71, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #19	Jan 18, 2007 9:04 PM	Aye	S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 96-2, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #17	Jan 18, 2007 8:21 PM	Aye	Bennett Amdt No. 20, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 55-43, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #16	Jan 17, 2007 9:58 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt No. 3 To S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 51-46, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #15	Jan 17, 2007 9:41 PM	Aye	Reid Amdt No. 4, As Modified and Amended, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 88-9, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #14	Jan 17, 2007 9:24 PM	Aye	Bennett Amdt. No. 81, As amended, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 51-46, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #13	Jan 17, 2007 8:59 PM	Aye	Feingold Amdt. No. 65, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 89-5, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #12	Jan 16, 2007 6:17 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 4 to S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 95-2, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #11	Jan 16, 2007 5:57 PM	Aye	Demint Amdt. No. 11, As amended, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #10	Jan 16, 2007 5:35 PM	Aye	Durbin Amdt. No. 44 As Modified, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #9	Jan 12, 2007 10:17 AM	Aye	Vitter Amdt. No. 10, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 81-6, 13 not voting
Senate Roll #8	Jan 12, 2007 9:50 AM	Aye	Kerry Amdt. No. 1, As Modified, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 87-0, 13 not voting
Senate Roll #7	Jan 11, 2007 4:10 PM	Aye	Motion to Instruct Sgt. at Arms (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 90-6, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #6	Jan 11, 2007 2:32 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 13 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 25-72, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #5	Jan 11, 2007 2:03 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 11 ) Motion to Table Failed 46-51, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #4	Jan 10, 2007 5:28 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 6 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 54-41, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #3	Jan 10, 2007 5:02 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 5 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 56-40, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #2	Jan 10, 2007 12:00 PM	Aye	Vitter Amdt No. 7, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 93-2, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #1	Jan 8, 2007 12:01 PM	Aye	S.Res. 19: A resolution honoring President Gerald Rudolph Ford. (On the Resolution) Resolution Agreed to 88-0, 12 not voting

Incumbent Senator's Immigration Policy is not in the Spirit of Dr. Hector or the GI Forum. WATT a Corny Attempt to decieve

TEXAS TIMES: A quiet hero remembered
by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn


The civil rights movement of the past 60 years has benefited from the involvement of many Texans, but one man stands out. His generosity and sense of equality have left a mark on this nation, which will always be felt.

Dr. Hector P. Garcia was a man of great moral clarity. When he saw injustice or human suffering, he acted. For that, he was occasionally reviled, and often honored. His life of service is an inspiration.

Hector Garcia was brought to Mercedes, Texas as a small child by parents fleeing the Mexican Revolution in 1917. He proved to be an able student, graduating from the University of Texas Medical School in 1940. He later joined the U.S. Army, serving as an infantryman, a combat engineer and a medical doctor during World War II. His distinguished service earned him the Bronze Star medal with six battle stars in Italy.

The U.S. military had always taken care to reward performance and merit, but when Garcia returned to Corpus Christi and began working with the Veterans Administration, he noticed a disturbing trend. To his disappointment, he found Mexican-American veterans were not receiving proper medical treatment and educational benefits.

“I had to learn the Constitution to become a citizen,” Garcia said. “I knew all the rights, all the things that it gave us.” In 1948, he founded the American GI Forum to push for equal treatment. A year later, the GI Forum and Garcia were catapulted into national prominence by what became known as the “Felix Longoria Affair.”

Felix Longoria, from Three Rivers, Texas, was a soldier killed by a Japanese sniper in the Philippines during World War II. He was originally interred there, but in 1949, his widow decided to move his body home.

The funeral director, however, declared she could not hold a wake in the town’s sole funeral chapel because the dead man was a Mexican-American.

Garcia contacted Texas’s junior U.S. Sen. Lyndon Johnson, who arranged a burial for Longoria with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, with Garcia and the news media in attendance.

Afterwards, the GI Forum became a forceful advocate and publicist for equal rights, and Garcia became highly controversial. Frank Perales, who now heads the GI Forum chapter in San Antonio, recalls Garcia throwing a blanket over himself in the back seat of a car to elude pursuers.

But Garcia did most of his best work quietly. Judge James deAnda recalled accompanying the doctor to an abandoned railroad boxcar to treat a dying grandfather.

“He took care of the man, and we would go in other homes that were just about as humble,” deAnda said. “The people obviously had no means of paying or even getting to his office. He would see all these people and administer to them. They had just absolute faith in the man.”

At one point, Garcia overturned an attempt by his accountant to file collection notices against some patients. “If these people could pay me, they would pay me,” he told him. “And you writing them a letter is not going to give them any money.”

At President Johnson’s nomination, Garcia became the first Mexican-American to serve as an ambassador to the United Nations. He was also the first Hispanic on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Before he died in 1996, Garcia received dozens of additional awards and honors.

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan bestowed upon Garcia the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “That was the highlight of his life,” recalled Garcia’s daughter, Cecilia Akers. “He wore that medal everywhere he went.”

Earlier this year, Congress renewed the historic Voting Rights Act, and I received unanimous consent from my colleagues to add two Texas civil rights pioneers, including Garcia, to the official title. We’ll present an engraved copy of the bill to Garcia’s widow, Wanda, in San Antonio later this year.

Garcia’s story reminds us all that progress in our society is often made possible by the devotion of selfless men and women, who give and sacrifice for greater principles. We all benefit from Hector Garcia’s legacy, and it is a privilege to bestow this much-deserved honor upon him.

Only in America does a convicted murderer, chlld rapist, or other harden criminal walk free

republic of texas: According to the Sentence Ramsey is to be Confined in Texas

Former Raza Unida gubernatorial candidate Ramsey Muñiz has been transferred from a federal corrections institute in Three Rivers six months after arriving at the facility.

Muñiz, who ran for governor of Texas in 1974 and 1975 under the Raza Unida Party, was transferred from Three Rivers on Tuesday.

Mike Truman, spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said Muñiz is being housed in the Federal Transfer Facility in Oklahoma City until he can be transferred to another facility.

Truman said he could not release where Muñiz would be transferred or when, citing security concerns. He also said he did not know why Muñiz was transferred.

Muñiz, 64, is serving a life sentence for three felony drug convictions.

The Three Rivers Federal Correctional Institute, 77 miles northwest of Corpus Christi, has been the closest the former Miller High School football star and local defense attorney has been to home since his 1994 conviction.

Under the banner of Raza Unida, a political party shaped and led by Hispanic activists seeking a political voice, Muñiz earned support from 6 percent the state's registered voters.

Muñiz's wife, Irma Muñiz, said she was surprised to learn of the transfer especially because senators, congressmen and civic groups have written letters to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on her husband's behalf.

Irma Muñiz said her husband had hoped to be housed at the Three Rivers facility because of its proximity to his family in South Texas.

Since he was transferred there in December from an institute in Colorado, Irma Muñiz has made frequent trips to visit her husband.

She likened Muñiz's transfer out of Three Rivers to the treatment of Hispanic Civil Rights figure Felix Longoria.

Longoria, a U.S. Army private killed on-duty in the Philippines in 1945, was refused a proper funeral in his hometown of Three Rivers because the only funeral home in town didn't allow Hispanics to use its funeral chapel.

Civil Rights hero Dr. Hector P. Garcia interceded and U.S. Sen. Lyndon Johnson arranged for Longoria to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Joe Ortiz, League of United Latin American Citizens district director and national and state civil rights director of the American GI Forum, helped organize letter-writing campaigns when Muñiz was in Colorado asking for his transfer to Texas.

Ortiz didn't know about the transfer out of Three Rivers but said both LULAC and the American GI Forum will work toward getting Muñiz returned to Texas.

"We are going to petition our legislators to see if they can do anything to bring him back," Ortiz said.

Contact Adriana Garza at 886-3618 or garzaa@caller.com

Posted by geomatica on June 21, 2007 at 9:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am certain that Ramsey Muniz was falsely imprisoned, but no matter what you believe, he was and is a model prisoner, and it is a complete waste of taxpayer money to be moving him all over, when it makes the most sense for him to be here near his family. He didn't kill anybody, and his treatment has been nothing but inhumane. Something has to be done about the inequities in our prison system. His punishment certainly does not fit his supposed crime. When is his mistreatment and that of his family going to end?

Posted by colorderosa on June 22, 2007 at 9:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Only in America does a convicted murderer, chlld rapist, or other harden criminal walk free, while a supposed drug dealer gets life in prison.
colorderosa

Posted by sosiouxme13 on June 22, 2007 at 8:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

In my opinion, someone convicted of dealing drugs, can be likened to a murderer...

Posted by dannoynted1 on June 23, 2007 at 5:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This is retaliation for the "scared status quo". They are afraid if he is in Texas he just might get out.

Only in Texas can this happen.

Eureka~ perhaps Jurisdiction resides in Oklahoma?

or is it Louisiana, where i hear Hayden Head is sending our Federally convicted non white americans as of late?.

Is that legal?
Why would you send a texan to another state unless you want to keep them from their family.

Posted by gmikedear1954 on June 23, 2007 at 3:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

As a career Federal Agent living in Detroit, Michigan, I find it silly to deny this man the opportunity of being close to his family. As one person stated earlier that far worse criminals are given the option to be close to their family. Also, The whole war on drugs is nothing more than a farce to make contractors rich.

Posted by chuco11 on June 23, 2007 at 8:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Ram, you were the impetus for the movement that slowly is gaining speed. Maybe not in our lifetimes but down the road there will be Spanish spoken along with English in the schools, businesses and professional sports, to name a few, all across America not just Texas. "The Man" sees this and doesn't like it! But he can't stop the ineviteable. What was that old adage...."GOD grant me the serenity....... Irma, you are a model of a loving wife. All men should be this fortunate!

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: When Carlos Valdez Confesses Error Does Not The Same Rule Apply?

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: When Carlos Valdez Confesses Error Does Not The Same Rule Apply?

First, in seeking the death penalty, prosecutors sometimes overlook glaring illegalities.

"courts, especially state courts, are too often willing to overlook even obvious constitutional flaws when reviewing death penalty cases."

And if they are "willing to overlook even obvious constitutional flaws and glaring illegalities when Prosecuting & reviewing death penalty cases."

WATT about all of the other cases?

How many "overlooks" of "constitutional flaws" or "glaring illegalities" have become tools of Cheating Prosecutors who have forgotten "Prosecutors, despite striking hard blows, must never lose sight of their ultimate obligation to do justice in every case.

How many Prosecutors deliberately commit the error of failing to file a reply brief in an Appeal Process because it deprives the appellant of exculpatory testimony, evidence, and confessions of error or witness tampering by the State Prosecuting Attorney?



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CONFESSING ERROR
By EDWARD LAZARUS
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Friday, Jun. 16, 2000

Earlier this month, Vincent Saldano, one of the 468 inmates on Texas' death row, had his death sentence vacated. This development was duly reported in the press. But accounts of Saldano's good fortune uniformly failed to appreciate what makes his reprieve truly newsworthy and potentially a landmark.

Saving Saldano: Texas Confesses Error

Saldano was not freed from the prospect of execution by the actions of a court or even, as occasionally happens, by the clemency of a governor. His death sentence was erased because Texas, through its newly created office of the solicitor general, "confessed error" in his case -- that is, it admitted, despite defeating Saldano's initial appeals in court, that his death sentence was illegally obtained. Quite simply, this never happens, either in Texas or in the dozens of other states with active death penalty laws. It is thus worth pausing to consider the value and potential implications of Saldano's case as well as the notion of confessing error.

Saldano had received a death sentence in part due to profoundly troubling testimony by a state expert witness at the sentencing phase of his trial. The expert, a clinical psychologist named Walter Quijano, suggested that Saldano should be executed because, as an Hispanic, he posed a special risk of future dangerousness to society. To support this astonishing conclusion, the expert pointed out that Hispanics make up a disproportionately large amount of Texas' prison population.

It does not take a tenured professor of constitutional law to realize that linking racial identity with a propensity for violence was not only bizarre but also a violation of the equal protection clause. Indeed, that it should take a confession of error by the state to correct this problem highlights at least two problems in the current administration of the death penalty. First, in seeking the death penalty, prosecutors sometimes overlook glaring illegalities. The same flaw identified in Saldano's case infects at least seven other Texas capital cases. Second (and perhaps even more distressing), courts, especially state courts, are too often willing to overlook even obvious constitutional flaws when reviewing death penalty cases. After all, before the state's confession of error, Saldano had lost all of his appeals.

Under these circumstances, one might think that confessions of error would be, if not commonplace, at least occasional. On average, the Solicitor General of the United States confesses error in two or three criminal cases every year -- even though it is a safe bet that federal prosecutions, conducted by better trained lawyers with greater supervision, are less likely to contain obvious legal errors than their state counterparts. As the Supreme Court recognized when endorsing the practice in 1942, "the public trust reposed in the law enforcement officers of the Government requires that they be quick to confess error, when, in their opinion, a miscarriage of justice may result from their remaining silent." But as a practical matter, states never confess error in death penalty cases (even though courts overturn roughly two-thirds of all death sentences as legally infirm) -- and some states candidly admit that their policy is never to confess error.

Mutual Distrust

Why? One crucial and usually overlooked factor is the deep antagonism that has grown up over time between state death penalty prosecutors and the death penalty abolitionist lawyers who seek to foil them in every case. The abolitionists, prosecutors know all too well, never concede that their clients deserve the death penalty or that the death penalty was legally imposed -- no matter how flimsy their arguments in a given case. Rather, they use every procedural and substantive trick in the book to delay executions.

There can be no denying that such abolitionist tactics have angered and frustrated state prosecutors. And one response to these understandable emotions has been for prosecutors to mirror the fight-to-the-bitter-end approach of their opponents.

The problem with this reciprocation, however, is simply that the ethical duties of prosecutors and defense attorneys are vastly different. Defense attorneys are duty-bound to scratch and claw to win for their clients. Prosecutors, by contrast, despite striking hard blows, must never lose sight of their ultimate obligation to do justice in every case.

That may sound trite and perhaps overly idealistic, but it has a practical side as well. Prosecutorial confessions of error -- knowing when to fold them, as it is known -- establish credibility. They create trust in the system, a sense that someone is being careful and exercising sound judgment, that extends far beyond any single case. And that can make a world of difference for someone like me, who is not morally opposed to the death penalty but skeptical of how it is imposed.

Death Penalty Politics

In addition, the reluctance of state prosecutors to confess error is a clear reflection of how politics affects the death penalty. Up until now, anyway, undoing a death sentence was akin to political suicide for an elected district attorney or state attorney general, or for any state official with ambitions for re-election or higher office. And yet the willingness of Texas' new solicitor general to confess error in the Saldano case suggests a possible turning point. With the current groundswell of death penalty opposition based on the possibility of executing an innocent person, elected officials may now find some advantage in approaching capital cases (even those where innocence is not an issue) with a greater degree of care and honesty.

case will start a broad trend. But there is reason to believe that the tide is indeed turning. On June 9, Texas Attorney General John Cornyn announced the results of an investigation into other death penalty cases involving testimony by state expert Walter Quijano. Cornyn acknowledged that Dr. Quijano had provided testimony in six other death penalty cases similar to his improper testimony in the Saldano case. Cornyn's staff has advised defense lawyers for the six inmates now on death row that his office will not oppose efforts to overturn their sentences based on Quijano's testimony. In response, a pessimist might note that Texas is appealing a ruling in another capital case that the defendant received inadequate counsel -- when, indisputably, his lawyer slept through much of the trial. But doing the right thing has a contagious quality to it. Or at least so we can hope.

Edward Lazarus, a former federal prosecutor, is the legal correspondent for Talk Magazine and the author of Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court.

Texas Public Education Watchdog Authority: Dear Chuy Hinojosa, Florence Shapiro and distinguished Education Committee Members

Texas Public Education Watchdog Authority: Dear Chuy Hinojosa, Florence Shapiro and distinguished Education Committee Members


Just give us (Education) the Lottery Proceeds as per original bill of sale. The Lottery was sold to us (the voters of the great State of Texas) as 100% of the proceeds were for Educating our youth.

What percentage of the Lottery proceeds (currently) are dedicated to the education of our youth?

Why is it, the wealth always steals from our children after acting like they were creating, “doing it for th kids” huge reservoirs of Avarice to siphon off.

Like the Lottery originally was ratified by the people of the Great State of Texas with the belief ot was a moneymaker for our Children’s Education. And now how much of the Lottery revenue makes it to Public Education?

Perry Craddick & Corporate Welfare in the name of WIA, ED Byrne Grant, and under the guise of helping the poor.

With the Education funding we should demand that the dedication of lottery money to the Education of our Children be adhered to as it was sold to Texas. The Lottery when legislated was for the Education of Texas Students. Finally, the Private Sector is funded under the WIA slush fund for Corporate Welfare Recipients under the Guise of a Welfare Reform or Welfare to Work / JOB generating program to help the poor. The rich are getting richer in the name of helping the poor. And one needs to always remember it is both parties dippin into the creative crony contractualism. Give it a title, write a grant and set up a front office with a computer and a sign; then get some brochures and a few token clients and funnel the Avarice in a shell game like manner and voila a new ranch or a new house maybe an agency hummer or King Ranch Pickup Truck with a magnetic sign. Give a few JOBS to your network affiliates and send the clients to perform community based work and get rich and richer doing it. Ask Mary Cano or Oscar Martinez to explain it in detail. Charmed I'm sure.



TFT LEGISLATIVE HOTLINE--FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007
>(copyright 2007 Texas Federation of Teachers)
>
>Proposed State Budget Shortchanges Schools and Educators; Keep Up the Fight
>For House TRS Plan; House at a Standstill as Speaker Clings to Power
>
>Proposed Budget Shortchanges Public Schools, Education Employees: TFT
>President Linda Bridges put out a press statement today deploring the
>results of the House-Senate conference committee on the 2008-2009 budget.
>The state budget plan in House Bill 1 still must win the approval of
>majorities in both the House and Senate. As President Bridges' statement
>below explains, HB 1 in its current form does not deserve that approval:
>
>"Education and educators would be shortchanged badly in the budget proposed
>by House-Senate conferees this afternoon. Based on the information
>currently
>available, school funding would remain static, not even getting back to the
>level of state and local funding school districts had in 2002 in real
>terms, after you take inflation into account. The $850-a-year
>cost-of-living pay raise for teachers passed by the House last month would
>shrivel to about $425, according to the legislative budget staff. If paid
>out to all teachers across the board, this would amount to less than $25 a
>month after taxes and deductions--not even enough to cover the cost of
>rising average health-care premiums. And the conferees took pains today to
>say the money would not even have to be paid out across the board to all
>teachers.
>
>"Worst of all is what this budget proposal would do regarding TRS pension
>benefits. The bill would withhold an eminently affordable and exceedingly
>modest pension boost--a 13th check for TRS retirees--unless other
>legislation passes
>to impose new levies on all current school employees. The only way retirees
>would get a 13th check, under this scheme devised by Sen. Robert Duncan,
>would be if active school employees pay a higher contribution rate, taking
>roughly $50 million a year out of their pockets. This plan totally
>contradicts the House legislation passed unanimously on Wednesday that
>would provide a 13th check for retirees fully funded by the state, without
>imposing any new levies on active employees.
>
>"In short, school districts under this budget would regain none of the
>ground they have lost financially, teachers would get at best a measly pay
>raise of less than $25 a month that wouldn't even keep up with inflation,
>and 300,000 school support personnel would suffer an actual pay cut, as a
>result of the higher levies imposed on them for TRS with no compensating
>increase in pay. You have to give the
>conferees credit--it takes a certain ingenuity to come up with a plan this
>bad at a time when the state is sitting on a record-high budget surplus."
>
>Keep Up the Fight for House TRS Plan! At this writing members of the Texas
>House are standing firm in support of their unanimously approved plan for a
>13th check for TRS retirees, funded by an increase in the state
>contribution rate to 6.7 percent, with no new costs imposed on active
>school employees. Several Senate offices reported to us today that they are
>receiving a high volume of calls in support of this House version of SB
>1846--as well they should be. The Senate alternative proposed by Sen.
>Robert Duncan, Republican of Lubbock, is a thinly veiled attempt to shift
>state costs for TRS pensions onto active employees and their school
>districts.
>
>Duncan let slip the real agenda during floor debate on his plan,
>noting that increasing the TRS levy on active employees and requiring a
>contribution from school districts could "free up general revenue for other
>purposes." In other words, this scheme would allow the state to save money
>by shifting costs onto education employees and local taxpayers.
>
>Duncan's staff in response to callers today reportedly was claiming that
>the freshly hatched budget deal (see above) means that there's no money and
>no time left to provide this session for the 6.7-percent state contribution
>rate that the House proposes. But that's not so. The legislature has
>billions of dollars left to allocate right now, and it would take only a
>tiny fraction of that treasure--less than 1 percent of it, in fact--for the
>state to get to the 6.7-percent TRS contribution rate from the 6.58 percent
>already built into the budget. Even if the budget bill passes in its
>current form, the
>House plan for a fully state-paid 13th check with no new costs imposed on
>active employees could also still pass and become law with full force and
>effect, delivering a 13th check in September.
>
>The upshot is that you have an opportunity right now to shape the outcome
>of this TRS benefit fight in the critical remaining days before adjournment
>of the legislative session on Monday. Just send the letter on this issue to
>your state senator from the TFT Web site. If you don't know your state
>senator, you can find out quickly when you go to that Web letter.
>
>Speaker's Grip on Gavel Threatened: The Texas House came to a standstill at
>8 PM this evening, as Speaker of the House Tom Craddick shut off House
>members' microphones and called a three-hour recess to head off a
>rank-and-file revolt
>threatening to oust him from the speaker's chair. The Midland Republican is
>under heavy fire from both fellow Republicans and Democrats for what many
>consider his tyrannical rule of the House. Tonight he gave them new grist
>for their argument, by ruling that there is no appeal to the membership as
>a whole if he blocks the parliamentary procedure needed to oust him. His
>ruling, epitomizing the arbitrary, one-man rule of which Speaker Craddick
>stands accused, apparently has led to the resignation of the House
>parliamentarian in protest this evening. Like everyone else at the capitol,
>we are now waiting to see if the House will actually reconvene tonight.
>Keep an eye out for news of the latest developments in the daily TFT
>hotlines that will be published each of the next three days as the
>legislative session hurtles toward final adjournment.

Senate Committee on Education

Committee Information

Chair .Florence Shapiro Vice-Chair .Kyle Janek

Members: .Kip Averitt .Steve Ogden .Dan Patrick .Leticia Van de Putte

.Royce West .Tommy Williams .Judith Zaffirini

Texas State Representative House District 33: Keep Your Promises Solly. Remember Miller? Why are CCISD Students still running at large during school d

Texas State Representative House District 33: Keep Your Promises Solly. Remember Miller? Why are CCISD Students still running at large during school day hours?

Friday, May 25, 2007

Keep Your Promises Solly. Remember Miller? Why are CCISD Students still running at large during school day hours?

CCISD: Why are CCISD Students allowed to run at large during school day hours?

Education is for our Children, our Youth, our Future. Children and Youth need constant redirection and set boundaries at home and at school as well. When a minor is allowed to run at large during the school day hours whether it is in the halls, leaving or returning a closed campus or simply unaccounted for is irresponsible of the caretaker whose custody in which he / she is placed.
Kenedeno

An absent student is one who does not arrive at school in the morning and is absent for the WHOLE Day. The student was never on campus. The Parent is responsible for the student getting to school (requiring the student to attend school). If the student does not get to school it is the Parent’s responsibility not necessarily the Parent’s fault. There are circumstances where the student will walk in the front door and out the back door without attending a single class. This is where the attendance officers need to improve their due diligence like the old days.

Once the student is counted present in the morning; the Parent has required the student (child) to attend school. Once the student is verified in attendance at the beginning of the school day the student is in the custody of the School.

If the student is tardy or skips class (on campus or off campus) this happens on the watch of the school. The Parent if informed should cooperate and communicate with the School Counselors Administrators and the Attendance Officer to correct the behavior. The Security and Attendance officer should take notice and tighten the belt. This is a security issue as well; there is no excuse for students coming and going outside of the lunch period and it is imperative that attendance irregularities be dealt with within 24 hours. This is easily done with our modern technology.

Instead, what we are seeing is the Attendance Officers documenting the absences as they accumulate and filing on the Parent and student when the number of absences are achieved.

Solly, did you forget about the issues and the kids at Miller and CCISD as a whole?

South Texas Chisme: Chisme roundup

Posted on May 15, 2006 at 06:55:18 PM by Jaime Kenedeno ... sources at ccisd downtown have said that a miller hs asst. principal has become a whistleblower. ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/05/chisme-roundup.html - 48k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: Solomon Ortiz Jr. on the ballot for State Rep D33!

I am Jaime Kenedeno of South Texas. A simple Google search will inform you more of WHO I Am. ... The credentials of Noyola and the CCISD / Miller fiasco was ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/08/solomon-ortiz-jr-on-ballot-for-state.html - 31k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: Truth? you cant handle the truth!

That hadn't happened in years, that is why Miller was facing sanctions from the feds (before noyola's time). And Kenedeno is right, we can't support the ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/07/truth-you-cant-handle-truth.html - 35k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: New block walking program in Corpu$

Posted on May 29, 2006 at 01:28:04 AM by Jaime Kenedeno ... Roy Miller’s political skills, vision brought Corpus Christi into the modern era ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/05/new-block-walking-program-in-corpu.html - 42k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: Lets see how you dance to this tune

All the Talk Radio stations will be talking about the Miller HS issue as well as ... From: Jaime Kenedeno [mailto:kingalonzoalvarezdepinedaxiii@gmail.com] ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-see-how-you-dance-to-this-tune.html - 46k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: Race for State Rep. District 33 gets HOT

It said that the whistleblowers name at Miller was former assistant ... Jamie Kenedeno, no I just thought it would be fun to do something like that poem. ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/07/race-for-state-rep-district-33-gets.html - 43k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: Who's the REAL enemy?

... Sr. attempts to manipulate the vote and his performance at Miller HS last year. ... Jaime Kenedeno/Haley, Who Knows why he writes anything that he does. ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/09/whos-real-enemy.html - 53k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: PULP FICTION & The Award Winning Caller-Times

... an article on July 23rd entitled PAPER WON’T REPORT RUMORS AT MILLER HIGH, ... Thanks for watching my back, Kenedeno. At 4:19 AM, Jaime Kenedeño said. ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/07/pulp-fiction-award-winning-caller.html - 22k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: Dangerous chisme?

When we write something us here at Kenedeno & Associates believe it to be true. ... in example will be the one that Danny Noyola was removed from Miller. ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/06/dangerous-chisme.html - 27k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: HD 33 shuffle

Danny Noyola, Sr., recently reassigned from Miller HS principal to Moody assistant principal, ... Posted on July 3, 2006 at 09:51:17 PM by Jaime Kenedeno ... stxc.blogspot.com/2006/07/hd-33-shuffle.html - 37k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

South Texas Chisme: Once again the Caller times tells only half truth

-Jane Wall – Current teacher and former Miller HS journalism instructor “As a Precinct chair, ... Political Pulse: Kenedeno’s Political Pulse ...
stxc.blogspot.com/2006/08/once-again-caller-times-tells-only.html - 32k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Note this