To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to facilitate information sharing between federal and local law enforcement off

On May 24, 2007, the Senate voted 48–49 on “On the Amendment” (S 1348). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 9–40, Republicans 39–8, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.

During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Result: Amendment Rejected
Yes: 48
No: 49
Did not vote: 5
Date: May 24, 2007

By party

Republicans39 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 40 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Mark Pryor D-AR voted yes
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL voted no
Evan Bayh D-IN voted yes
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted yes
Jon Tester D-MT voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted no
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Mark Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Evan Bayh D-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
David Vitter R-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Norm Coleman R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Claire Mccaskill D-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Jon Tester D-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
John Eric Ensign R-NV
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
James W. Demint R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Lamar Alexander R-TN
Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
John William Warner R-VA
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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