Please help us! Donate
Key Votes
S Amdt 4231 - Immigration Enforcement and Border Fence Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Richard Shelby voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this Amendment.
Read statements Richard Shelby made in this general time period.
Stages
Family
- S Con Res 70 -
- S Amdt 4347 - Earmark Moratorium
- S Amdt 4299 - Expressing the Sense of the Senate on the Legalization of Importing Certain Prescription Drugs
- S Amdt 4233 - Codifying the Definition of a Child Eligible for SCHIP
- S Amdt 4231 - Immigration Enforcement and Border Fence Amendment
- S Amdt 4259 - Immigration Enforcement and Employer Sanctions Amendment
- S Amdt 4207 - Amendment on Certain Energy-Related Programs, Including the Development of Oil Shale and Offshore Natural Gas
- S Amdt 4329 - Amendment on Certain Energy-Related Programs, Including the Development of Oil and Natural Gas in Coastal Areas Not Covered by a Moratorium
- S Amdt 4309 - Restriction of Federal Assistance Based on Compliance with Federal Immigration Laws
Issues
Note
NOTE: THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO A NON-BINDING CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION THAT SETS THE FUNDING LEVEL FOR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. IT IS NOT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THEREFORE DOES NOT HOLD THE WEIGHT OF LAW, BUT IS USED AS A GUIDE FOR CONGRESS AS IT PASSES THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND OTHER BILLS.
Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Adopted (Senate) (61-37) - March 13, 2008(Key vote)
Title: Immigration Enforcement and Border Fence Amendment
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to adopt an amendment that allows the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to increase spending levels for certain border security and immigration enforcement programs.
- Urges an expansion of the zero-tolerance prosecution policy for undocumented immigrants to all 20 border sectors.
- Calls for the completion of 700 miles of pedestrian fencing along the border between the United States and Mexico.
- Allows for the deployment of up to 6,000 National Guard members to the southern border of the United States.
- Encourages the identification of undocumented immigrants for deportation that are currently in the United States prison system.
- States that any spending level changes cannot increase the federal deficit during the 2008 to 2013 timeframe or the 2008 to 2018 timeframe.
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - March 12, 2008
Title: Immigration Enforcement and Border Fence Amendment
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Clarence Saxby Chambliss (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- James W. 'Jim' DeMint (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Elizabeth H. Dole (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- John H. 'Johnny' Isakson (GA - R)
- David B. Vitter (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
