May 24, 2007
Voting Records So Far on the Amnesty Bill
As y'all know, I've been watching this immigration bill very closely over the last few days. In particular, I've been watching how the senators have been voting.
There are only SIX senators who have voted 100% with Ted Kennedy on this bill, and FOUR of them are Republicans (in name). These are the seven members of what I call the "Kennedy/Specter Group:"
Kennedy (D-MA)These seven senators have voted in lockstep together in the voting on this bill on every key vote so far. The rest of the senators vary in their level of adherence to the Kennedy/Specter voting pattern.
Salazar (D-CO)Lieberman (ID-CT)
Specter (R-PA)
Lugar (R-IN)
Graham (R-SC)
Martinez (R-FL)
Four senators have consistently opposed the Kennedy/Specter Group:
Baucus (D-MT)
Coburn (R-OK)
Johnson (D-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
There is another group of senators who have voted with the Kennedy/Specter Group on less than half of the votes. This group includes:
Sessions (R-AL)Finally, there is a group who have voted with the Kennedy/Specter Group more often than not. This group includes:
Shelby (R-AL)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Byrd (D-WV)
Dole (R-NC)
Obama (D-IL)
Clinton (D-NY)
Thune (R-SD)
DeMint (R-SC)
McConnell (R-KY)
Feinstein (D-CA)The full ranking, from 1-100, is as below, where 100% represents 100% voting with Kennedy/Specter:
Hagel (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Snowe (R-ME)
Kerry (D-MA)
Boxer (D-CA)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Graham (R-SC) 100%
Kennedy (D-MA) 100%
Lieberman (ID-CT) 100%
Lugar (R-IN) 100%
Martinez (R-FL) 100%
Salazar (D-CO) 100%
Specter (R-PA) 100%
Akaka (D-HI) 86%
Cantwell (D-WA) 86%
Carper (D-DE) 86%
Domenici (R-NM) 86%
Feinstein (D-CA) 86%
Hagel (R-NE) 86%
Kyl (R-AZ) 86%
Lincoln (D-AR) 86%
Menendez (D-NJ) 86%
Snowe (R-ME) 86%
Bennett (R-UT) 71%
Bingaman (D-NM) 71%
Cardin (D-MD) 71%
Coleman (R-MN) 71%
Craig (R-ID) 71%
Gregg (R-NH) 71%
Kerry (D-MA) 71%
Klobuchar (D-MN) 71%
Kohl (D-WI) 71%
Lott (R-MS) 71%
Mikulski (D-MD) 71%
Murkowski (R-AK) 71%
Smith (R-OR) 71%
Stevens (R-AK) 71%
Voinovich (R-OH) 71%
Warner (R-VA) 71%
Wyden (D-OR) 71%
Alexander (R-TN) 57%
Bond (R-MO) 57%
Boxer (D-CA) 57%
Brown (D-OH) 57%
Burr (R-NC) 57%
Casey (D-PA) 57%
Chambliss (R-GA) 57%
Cochran (R-MS) 57%
Collins (R-ME) 57%
Conrad (D-ND) 57%
Cornyn (R-TX) 57%
Durbin (D-IL) 57%
Ensign (R-NV) 57%
Feingold (D-WI) 57%
Harkin (D-IA) 57%
Hatch (R-UT) 57%
Hutchison (R-TX) 57%
Inouye (D-HI) 57%
Isakson (R-GA) 57%
Lautenberg (D-NJ) 57%
Leahy (D-VT) 57%
Levin (D-MI) 57%
Murray (D-WA) 57%
Nelson (D-FL) 57%
Pryor (D-AR) 57%
Reed (D-RI) 57%
Reid (D-NV) 57%
Stabenow (D-MI) 57%
Webb (D-VA) 57%
Whitehouse (D-RI) 57%
Biden (D-DE) 43%
Brownback (R-KS) 43%
Clinton (D-NY) 43%
Crapo (R-ID) 43%
DeMint (R-SC) 43%
Dodd (D-CT) 43%
Grassley (R-IA) 43%
McConnell (R-KY) 43%
Obama (D-IL) 43%
Rockefeller (D-WV) 43%
Sanders (I-VT) 43%
Allard (R-CO) 29%
Bayh (D-IN) 29%
Bunning (R-KY) 29%
Dole (R-NC) 29%
Enzi (R-WY) 29%
Landrieu (D-LA) 29%
McCain (R-AZ) 29%
McCaskill (D-MO) 29%
Roberts (R-KS) 29%
Schumer (D-NY) 29%
Sessions (R-AL) 29%
Shelby (R-AL) 29%
Byrd (D-WV) 14%
Corker (R-TN) 14%
Dorgan (D-ND) 14%
Inhofe (R-OK) 14%
Nelson (D-NE) 14%
Sununu (R-NH) 14%
Tester (D-MT) 14%
Thomas (R-WY) 14%
Thune (R-SD) 14%
Baucus (D-MT) 0%
Coburn (R-OK) 0%
Johnson (D-SD) 0%
Vitter (R-LA) 0%
By Ragnar Danneskjold, R.I.N.O. Hunter at May 24, 2007 10:36 PM | | l digg this
