F.A.I.R. Amnesty amendment vote chart

FAIR will be updating this table of Senate Amnesty Votes daily. Author Summary FAIR Position Vote Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Amendment #1153 This amendment strikes the Y guest worker program from the Senate bill Support Yeas 31 Nays 64 (Vote 174) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Amendment #1169 This amendment sets the annual limit for Y-1 guest worker program at 200,000 per year and eliminates the escalation clause that would allow the annual number of new workers to reach 600,000 a year. Support Yeas 74 Nays 24 (Vote 175) Wedesday, May 23 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Amendment #1146 Adds the "Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2007" to the bill. TBD Passed by Voice Vote Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) Amendment #1165 Exempts H-4 Dairy workers from certain requirements. TBD Passed by Unanimous Consent Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) Amendment #1168 Requires DHS to consult with local officials before border fence construction TBD Passed by Unanimous Consent Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) Amendment #1172 Changes to trigger mechanism for Z visa provisions TBD Passed by Voice Vote Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Amendment #1173 Changes to sentencing guidelines for illegal re-entry TBD Passed by Unanimous Consent Thursday, May 24 Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) Amendment #1186 This amendment exempts children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas. --- Yeas 87 Nays 9 (Vote 176) Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) Amendment #1158 This amendment prohibits cities and states from enacting sanctuary policies. Support Yeas 48 Nays 49 (Vote 177) Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Amendment #1181 This amendment would sunset the guest-worker Y visa program in the bill after 5 years. Support Yeas 48 Nays 49 (Vote 178) Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)

Some amendments discussed on the floor are not listed. I don't know if the reason is that are not "officially" in the system. Important ones that I know something about are are 1153, 1169, 1158, 1181, 1190, and the most important one, 1157, which would have stripped out the entire Z-Visa abomination.

1190 (McCain) is also interesting. The blurb says it would require illegals to pay back taxes, but I'm not sure about whether it has any teeth. This may be a bone that McCain is throwing to infuriated constituents, or maybe he is smart enough to know that the tax amnesty is causing a lot of opposition.

McCrazy is talking out of both sides of his mouth, so it’s a bone.

He gave a floor speech yesterday and for a few minutes it sounded like he’d come to hs senses. Then he turned 180 degrees with “last chance”, “no other chance”, “best of bad situation”, etc. He was getting a bit agitated and I knew that the McCrazy we’ve come to know and love would not let us down.

That’s why we call him McCrazy.

Thanks. Too bad about the way McCain turned out. He was a true hero years ago.

When I said “maybe he is smart enough to know that the tax amnesty is causing a lot of opposition” I meant that he was afraid that would be a built-in “poison pill” that would infuriate taxpayers all over the US, so it would cause more and more bad publicity for the bill, and cause the bill eventually to fail in the House or Senate.

>>Hmmm... I wonder if it’ll require illegal EMPLOYERS to pay back-social security taxes?<<

I don't think so.

Also, this may be something that still grants tax amnesty for most of them, because I think "not later than the date when status is adjusted" means when and if they receive a "green card." To see the text, click on the link in the FAIR website at the top of this thread.

SA 1190. Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. BURR, and Mr. SPECTER) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1150 proposed by Mr. REID (for Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. SPECTER)) to the bill S. 1348, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 292 redesignate paragraphs (3) as (4) and (4) as (5).

On page 292, between lines 33 and 34, insert the following:

``(3) PAYMENT OF INCOME TAXES.--

``(A) IN GENERAL.--Not later than the date on which status is adjusted under this section, the alien establishes the payment of any applicable Federal tax liability by establishing that--

``(i) no such tax liability exists;

``(ii) all outstanding liabilities have been paid; or

``(iii) the alien has entered into an agreement for payment of all outstanding liabilities with the Internal Revenue Service.

``(B) APPLICABLE FEDERAL TAX LIABILITY.--For purposes of clause (i), the term `applicable Federal tax liability' means liability for Federal taxes, including penalties and interest, owed for any year during the period of employment required by subparagraph (D)(i) for which the statutory period for assessment of any deficiency for such taxes has not expired.

``(C) IRS COOPERATION.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish rules and procedures under which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall provide documentation to an alien upon request to establish the payment of all taxes required by this subparagraph.

``(D) IN GENERAL.--The alien may satisfy such requirement by establishing that--

``(i) no such tax liability exists;

``(ii) all outstanding liabilities have been met; or

``(iii) the alien has entered into an agreement for payment of all outstanding liabilities with the Internal Revenue Service and with the department of revenue of each State to which taxes are owed.

.... etc. etc. yadda yadda

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