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BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:05 AM Feb 2016

"Luis Gutiérrez: Sanders Voted With Republicans"

The House passed a bill that would have allowed undocumented immigrants to be detained indefinitely and curtailed avenues to fight deportation in court. The ACLU called the bill “inhumane” and the National Council of La Raza called it a “very ugly, very harmful enforcement-only approach… to criminalize the undocumented population.” And it was a bill to which Representative Bernie Sanders said “aye.”

The same year, House Republicans were playing politics on behalf of their friends in the Minutemen, the vigilantes who set up outposts at the border to hunt immigrants. Republicans even crafted a bill that played right into one of their right-wing conspiracy theories that the U.S. government was somehow guiding immigrants past the Minutemen camps in the desert.

And when Republican Representative Jack Kingston put forward an amendment restricting the Department of Homeland Security from revealing information about groups like the Minutemen – a pure fantasy driven by anti-immigrant pandering to the right-wing -- Representative Sanders took the bait, split with Latinos and progressives in Congress, and voted in favor of this absurd measure. I guess the campaign he was running for Senate in Vermont at the time was more important to him than standing up for decency and common sense when our community was on the line.

It did not get better when he got to the Senate. The next year, while Hillary was working hard to help Ted Kennedy and myself and the broad bipartisan coalition that backed comprehensive immigration reform bill, Senator Sanders voted against it six times. He even went on the Lou Dobbs show on CNN – the number one propaganda broadcast of the anti-immigration movement at the time – to proclaim how immigrants were bad for the American economy and other twisted ideas about immigrants. It was straight from the Republican anti-immigration playbook.
. . .

Even Representative Steve King, one of the most staunchly anti-immigrant members of Congress, stated, “I admire Bernie’s passion and I notice that his immigration position is closer to mine than it is [to] some of the presidential candidates on the Republican side.”


http://www.univision.com/noticias/opinion/luis-gutierrez-sanders-voted-with-republicans

ETA: If you would like to verify his votes on any of these bills, see: http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/27110/bernie-sanders/40/immigration#.VsgDlvIrLWI
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"Luis Gutiérrez: Sanders Voted With Republicans" (Original Post) BainsBane Feb 2016 OP
Yes. He has a blind spot bravenak Feb 2016 #1
And Rep. Steve King giving him praise. oasis Feb 2016 #3
Oh how GROSS bravenak Feb 2016 #6
? oasis Feb 2016 #13
Steve king is gross bravenak Feb 2016 #15
Getting attaboys from Steve King is something Bernie needs to avoid. oasis Feb 2016 #2
"He even went on Lou Dobbs on CNN -- the propaganda broadcast of the anti-immigration movement" ucrdem Feb 2016 #4
He has had a very rapid evolution toward the Dem side on immigration related issues BainsBane Feb 2016 #5
Lou Dobbs sickened me with his ongoing anti-immigration commentary. oasis Feb 2016 #43
Predictably Spreading Establishment FUD - Meme Number 57 cantbeserious Feb 2016 #7
Oh yeah, nothing says anti-establishment like the Minutemen BainsBane Feb 2016 #9
Such A Slanted Warped World View cantbeserious Feb 2016 #40
Go on, defend the Minutemen BainsBane Feb 2016 #57
This Citizen Does Know That This HRC HQ Meme Has Already Been Debunked At DU HQ cantbeserious Feb 2016 #59
Waasn't that the bill that allowed immigrants to be virtual slave labor? n/t eridani Feb 2016 #8
Please, look at the votes BainsBane Feb 2016 #10
Look at the video posted below n/t eridani Feb 2016 #14
I have no idea what video you are talking about BainsBane Feb 2016 #20
Post number 12. I'm glad he voted against slave labor myself n/t eridani Feb 2016 #21
Show me what in the bill generated slave labor? BainsBane Feb 2016 #26
If you don't believe me, maybe you'll believe the Southern Poverty Law Center eridani Feb 2016 #28
SPLC also called the Minutemen a hate group BainsBane Feb 2016 #32
Slave labor is slave labor, period eridani Feb 2016 #34
I asked about the Minutemen BainsBane Feb 2016 #54
How do I defend the vote by Bernie? Easy. I tell the truth. 14 Democrats voted with Sanders. DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2016 #37
I asked about the vote on the Minutemen BainsBane Feb 2016 #52
I do believe I responded to the vote whose breakdown you listed. In fact, I know I did. DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2016 #53
Okay, and the many other votes BainsBane Feb 2016 #55
Throw me one; give me some time to look it up. DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2016 #56
I've posted links to his votes multiple times in this thread BainsBane Feb 2016 #58
Would you like for me to choose one, or would you like to? DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2016 #61
You should thank Jim DeMint, McConnell, Orin Hatch, and the rest of the GOP Senate too BainsBane Feb 2016 #29
ctrl-v DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2016 #38
They are not running for President. DCBob Feb 2016 #39
Everyone knows that a child of immigrants Nevernose Feb 2016 #11
Discussion of a voting record is not desperation BainsBane Feb 2016 #22
Yep. VIDEO HERE. He explained his vote. antigop Feb 2016 #12
Nuance allowed for Bernie Sanders but not for Hillary typical establishment mindset uponit7771 Feb 2016 #17
Nuance for what? IWR? frylock Feb 2016 #25
k/r AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #18
Does he have severe memory problems that should give constituents pause...or is it something else? DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2016 #30
Oh it's something else alright. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #31
30 pieces of something else. nt MaeScott Feb 2016 #41
That was pretty disgusting Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #36
That is only ONE vote of many BainsBane Feb 2016 #33
Seriously, I have read many of you posts and you are far from being dumb. Vattel Feb 2016 #42
And his vote for the Minutemen? Or the many other votes against immigration reform? BainsBane Feb 2016 #35
+1000 bigtree Feb 2016 #49
Yep. frylock Feb 2016 #24
Yeap uponit7771 Feb 2016 #16
Sad to see Hillary supporters support slave labor. ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2016 #19
Shameful and disappointing. frylock Feb 2016 #27
This guy again. frylock Feb 2016 #23
Luis Gutiérrez??? He's DLC establishment oligarch stooge and isn't a 'reeeeeaaaaalll' Democrat. wyldwolf Feb 2016 #44
We've seen this story before Paulie Feb 2016 #45
Kick oasis Feb 2016 #46
You see? People ARE beginning to pay attention ... NurseJackie Feb 2016 #47
I can't tell you just how much your investigation, analysis and conclusion finally ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #51
Dobbs and King bigtree Feb 2016 #48
Bernie should have known better. nt oasis Feb 2016 #50
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #60

oasis

(49,151 posts)
13. ?
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:44 AM
Feb 2016

The figure is ducking for cover as one should do if he is exposed as having a similar record on immigration as right wing whacko Steve King.

We'll have a smiley deficiency here until our next overhaul.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
4. "He even went on Lou Dobbs on CNN -- the propaganda broadcast of the anti-immigration movement"
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:21 AM
Feb 2016

Thanks, we're beginning to get clarity on that "movement" Bernie is leading. Pretty much exactly as I suspected.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
5. He has had a very rapid evolution toward the Dem side on immigration related issues
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:23 AM
Feb 2016

Hard to say if it will stick, however.

oasis

(49,151 posts)
43. Lou Dobbs sickened me with his ongoing anti-immigration commentary.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 09:43 AM
Feb 2016

I'm pretty sure it was the reason CNN let him go. Dobbs, of course found comfortable surroundings at Fox News.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
9. Oh yeah, nothing says anti-establishment like the Minutemen
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:26 AM
Feb 2016

You can check his voting record. I even provided the link for you.

Or is the "establishment FUD" that we dare to care about immigration issues and that segment of the population, whereas the votes Sanders took were right?

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
10. Please, look at the votes
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:28 AM
Feb 2016

I provided the link to votesmart. There is not simply one vote but many. He voted several times against immigration reform bills, and against allowing Homeland Security to inform the Mexican government about Minuteman operations so that Mexico might protect its citizens.

I am not aware of the GOP being a major champion of labor rights, especially of Mexican immigrants.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
20. I have no idea what video you are talking about
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 03:37 AM
Feb 2016

but no video changes how he voted. I'm sorry you are so uninterested in your own candidate's voting record, but I can't say I'm surprised.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
26. Show me what in the bill generated slave labor?
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 03:57 AM
Feb 2016

And how that explains his many other votes against immigration reform and his vote for the Minutemen? We aren't talking about a single vote but a history of many votes.

Here are some of them.

https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/house-amendment/971/text

March 21, 1996 HR 2202 Immigration Reform bill Bill Passed - House
(333 - 87) Nay

May 18, 2004 HR 3722 Undocumented Immigrant Emergency Medical Assistance Bill Failed - House
(88 - 331) Nay
Sept. 24, 1998 HR 3736 Nonimmigrant Specialty Workers bill Bill Passed - House
(288 - 133) Nay
Sept. 25, 1996

June 6, 2007 S Amdt 1384 English as the Common Language Amendment Adopted - Senate
(58 - 39) Yea

July 26, 2007 S Amdt 2480 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations Amendment Adopted - Senate
(89 - 1) Yea
June 28, 2007 S 1639 Second Immigration Act of 2007 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(46 - 53) Nay
June 7, 2007 S 1348 Immigration Act of 2007 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(34 - 61) Nay

Oct. 3, 2007 S Amdt 3117 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations Amendment Adopted - Senate
(95 - 1) Yea

eridani

(51,907 posts)
28. If you don't believe me, maybe you'll believe the Southern Poverty Law Center
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:09 AM
Feb 2016
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/13/10981760/clinton-sanders-immigration

For one, the "akin to slavery" quote isn't made up: The SPLC did publish a report in 2007, "Close to slavery: Guestworker programs in the United States," that likened the existing H2A and H2B guest worker programs to modern servitude.

The report looked at the conditions of about 121,000 guest workers living in the United States — including those in forestry, agriculture, and seafood preparation — and found high fatality rates, lack of basic medical care, and few means of redress.

"It is such an appalling program in terms of the power disparity between worker and employer," said Mary Bauer, the report's author and the executive director of the Legal Aid and Justice Center, in an interview on Friday. "That's just too much power for an employer to hold."

The report adds: "Guestworkers do not enjoy the most fundamental protection of a competitive labor market — the ability to change jobs if they are mistreated. If guestworkers complain about abuses, they face deportation, blacklisting or other retaliation."

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
32. SPLC also called the Minutemen a hate group
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:18 AM
Feb 2016

How do you defend that vote by Bernie?

I guess all immigration reform is now bad since he voted against them all until very recently. If he believes that, he has a responsibility to level with voters rather than trying to pretend he has a different view.

Do you submit the Democratic Party platform should now align itself with the GOP, since Bernie voted with them on the 2007 bill and every one leading up to it since 1996?

Thank goodness the workers of America have Jim Dimint and Mitch McConnell championing them, along with Bernie.
And of course Steve King: “I admire Bernie’s passion and I notice that his immigration position is closer to mine than it is some of the presidential candidates on the Republican side.”

State District Name Party Vote
AK Sr Sen. Ted Stevens Republican Nay
AK Sr Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski Republican Nay
AL Sr Sen. Richard C. Shelby Republican Nay
AL Jr Sen. Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III Republican Nay
AR Sr Sen. Mark Lunsford Pryor Democratic Nay
AR Sr Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln Democratic Yea
AZ Sr Sen. John Sidney McCain III Republican Yea
AZ Jr Sen. Jon Kyl Republican Yea
CA Sr Sen. Dianne Feinstein Democratic Yea
CA Jr Sen. Barbara Boxer Democratic Yea
CO Sr Sen. Wayne A. Allard Republican Nay
CO Sr Sen. Ken Salazar Democratic Yea
CT Sr Sen. Joseph I. 'Joe' Lieberman Independent Democrat Yea
CT Sr Sen. Christopher J. 'Chris' Dodd Democratic Yea
DE Sr Sen. Thomas Richard 'Tom' Carper Democratic Yea
DE Sr Sen. Joseph Robinette 'Joe' Biden Jr. Democratic Yea
FL Sr Sen. William Clarence 'Bill' Nelson Sr. Democratic Yea
FL Jr Sen. Melquiades Rafael 'Mel' Martinez Republican Yea
GA Sr Sen. John H. 'Johnny' Isakson Republican Nay
GA Sr Sen. Clarence Saxby Chambliss Republican Nay
HI Sr Sen. Daniel K. Inouye Democratic Yea
HI Jr Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka Sr. Democratic Yea
IA Sr Sen. Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley Republican Nay
IA Jr Sen. Thomas 'Tom' Harkin Democratic Nay
ID Sr Sen. Larry E. Craig Republican Yea
ID Sr Sen. Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo Republican Nay
IL Sr Sen. Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin Democratic Yea
IL Jr Sen. Barack Hussein Obama II Democratic Yea
IN Sr Sen. Richard G. 'Dick' Lugar Republican Yea
IN Jr Sen. Evan Bayh Democratic Nay
KS Sr Sen. Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback Republican Nay
KS Sr Sen. Charles Patrick 'Pat' Roberts Republican Nay
KY Sr Sen. Mitch McConnell Republican Nay
KY Jr Sen. Jim Bunning Republican Nay
LA Sr Sen. David B. Vitter Republican Nay
LA Sr Sen. Mary L. Landrieu Democratic Nay
MA Sr Sen. John Forbes Kerry Democratic Yea
MA Sr Sen. Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. Democratic Yea
MD Sr Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski Democratic Yea
MD Jr Sen. Benjamin L. 'Ben' Cardin Democratic Yea
ME Sr Sen. Olympia Jean Snowe Republican Yea
ME Sr Sen. Susan M. Collins Republican Nay
MI Sr Sen. Carl Levin Democratic Yea
MI Sr Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow Democratic Nay
MN Sr Sen. Norm Coleman Republican Nay
MN Sr Sen. Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor Yea
MO Sr Sen. Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond Republican Nay
MO Sr Sen. Claire McCaskill Democratic Nay
MS Sr Sen. Thad Cochran Republican Nay
MS Jr Sen. Chester Trent Lott Sr. Republican Yea
MT Sr Sen. Jon Tester Democratic Nay
MT Sr Sen. Max S. Baucus Democratic Nay
NC Sr Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole Republican Nay
NC Sr Sen. Richard M. Burr Republican Nay
ND Sr Sen. Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL Yea
ND Jr Sen. Byron L. Dorgan Democratic-NPL Nay
NE Sr Sen. Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel Republican Yea
NE Sr Sen. E. Benjamin 'Ben' Nelson Democratic Nay
NH Sr Sen. Judd A. Gregg Republican Yea
NH Jr Sen. John E. Sununu Republican Nay
NJ Sr Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg Democratic Yea
NJ Sr Sen. Robert 'Bob' Menendez Democratic Yea
NM Sr Sen. Pete V. Domenici Jr. Republican Nay
NM Sr Sen. Jeff Bingaman Democratic Nay
NV Sr Sen. Harry M. Reid Democratic Yea
NV Jr Sen. John Eric Ensign Republican Nay
NY Sr Sen. Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer Democratic Yea
NY Jr Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Democratic Yea
OH Sr Sen. George V. Voinovich Republican Nay
OH Sr Sen. Sherrod C. Brown Democratic Nay
OK Sr Sen. James M. 'Jim' Inhofe Republican Nay
OK Jr Sen. Thomas Allen 'Tom' Coburn Republican Nay
OR Sr Sen. Ron Wyden Democratic Yea
OR Jr Sen. Gordon Harold Smith Republican Nay
PA Sr Sen. Arlen Specter Democratic Yea
PA Sr Sen. Robert P. 'Bob' Casey Jr. Democratic Yea
RI Sr Sen. John Francis 'Jack' Reed Democratic Yea
RI Jr Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Yea
SC Sr Sen. Lindsey O. Graham Republican Yea
SC Jr Sen. James W. 'Jim' DeMint Republican Nay
SD Sr Sen. John R. Thune Republican Nay
SD Sr Sen. Timothy Peter 'Tim' Johnson Democratic Did Not Vote
TN Sr Sen. Lamar Alexander Republican Nay
TN Jr Sen. Robert 'Bob' Corker Republican Nay
TX Sr Sen. John Cornyn Republican Nay
TX Sr Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Nay
UT Sr Sen. Orrin G. Hatch Republican Nay
UT Jr Sen. Robert F. 'Bob' Bennett Republican Yea
VA Sr Sen. John William Warner Republican Nay
VA Sr Sen. James H. 'Jim' Webb Jr. Democratic Nay
VT Sr Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Democratic Yea
VT Jr Sen. Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders Independent Nay
WA Sr Sen. Patty Murray Democratic Yea
WA Jr Sen. Maria Cantwell Democratic Yea
WI Sr Sen. Herbert H. 'Herb' Kohl Democratic Yea
WI Jr Sen. Russell D. 'Russ' Feingold Democratic Yea
WV Sr Sen. Robert C. Byrd Democratic Nay
WV Sr Sen. John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV Democratic Nay
WY Sr Sen. Michael B. 'Mike' Enzi Republican Nay
WY Jr Sen. John Barrasso Republican Nay

eridani

(51,907 posts)
34. Slave labor is slave labor, period
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:26 AM
Feb 2016

If Repukes vote against it just because they don't like Obama, that's just more votes against slave labor. A vote for the bill was a vote for slave labor. Granted--any messy and complex legislation will have parts that a legislator likes and parts it doesn't like. If Sanders wants to prioritize being against slave labor, fine by me.

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
37. How do I defend the vote by Bernie? Easy. I tell the truth. 14 Democrats voted with Sanders.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:33 AM
Feb 2016

33 Republicans voted nay.

Here, why don't you go ahead and ask these people to defend their votes too:
AR Sr Sen. Mark Lunsford Pryor Democratic Nay 
IA Jr Sen. Thomas 'Tom' Harkin Democratic Nay 
IN Jr Sen. Evan Bayh Democratic Nay 
LA Sr Sen. Mary L. Landrieu Democratic Nay 
MI Sr Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow Democratic Nay 
MO Sr Sen. Claire McCaskill Democratic Nay 
MT Sr Sen. Jon Tester Democratic Nay 
MT Sr Sen. Max S. Baucus Democratic Nay 
NE Sr Sen. E. Benjamin 'Ben' Nelson Democratic Nay 
NM Sr Sen. Jeff Bingaman Democratic Nay 
OH Sr Sen. Sherrod C. Brown Democratic Nay 
VA Sr Sen. James H. 'Jim' Webb Jr. Democratic Nay 
VT Jr Sen. Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders Independent Nay 
WV Sr Sen. Robert C. Byrd Democratic Nay 
WV Sr Sen. John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV Democratic Nay 

Now go ahead and tell me why you're making common cause with Trent Lott, Lindsey Graham, and John McCain. Better yet, I'll just tell you. And the answer is: this wasn't a party-line vote. Take it to the rubes. We're not buying here.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
52. I asked about the vote on the Minutemen
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 03:57 PM
Feb 2016

You all keep pretending we are talking about a single vote when he has voted against immigration reform since 1996. Which Democrats voted for the Minutemen amendment?

Plenty of Democrats voted for the Iraq War resolution. I guess that means that was a good vote too.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
55. Okay, and the many other votes
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:13 PM
Feb 2016

against immigration reform and the vote for the Minutemen?

I'm relieved to hear that we won't be seeing any more criticism of Clinton's war vote since apparently the only criteria for acceptability is now that another Democrat voted for something.

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
56. Throw me one; give me some time to look it up.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:16 PM
Feb 2016

No, I'm not going to go fetch every piece of legislation you want to talk about, but I'll give you a free shot. Give me a piece of legislation, and I'll provide the best answer I can after researching it.

But I can already tell you what I'm going to find. I'll find that Sanders had a principled reason to vote the way he did. I may or may not agree with his reasoning, but he will be found to have had solid, progressive reasoning that led him to vote the way he did. Otherwise, we're left with some ridiculous notion that Sanders is a racist. There's no one who believes that.

Got stuff going on today, so give me some time, but throw that legislation over the wall and I promise to address it.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
58. I've posted links to his votes multiple times in this thread
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:41 PM
Feb 2016

and the OP has a link to his overall voting record on immigration.

Here they are again.

http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/27110/bernie-sanders/40/immigration#.VsgDlvIrLWI

Here are some of the votes in question.


https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/house-amendment/971/text

March 21, 1996 HR 2202 Immigration Reform bill Bill Passed - House
(333 - 87) Nay

May 18, 2004 HR 3722 Undocumented Immigrant Emergency Medical Assistance Bill Failed - House
(88 - 331) Nay
Sept. 24, 1998 HR 3736 Nonimmigrant Specialty Workers bill Bill Passed - House
(288 - 133) Nay
Sept. 25, 1996

June 6, 2007 S Amdt 1384 English as the Common Language Amendment Adopted - Senate
(58 - 39) Yea

July 26, 2007 S Amdt 2480 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations Amendment Adopted - Senate
(89 - 1) Yea
June 28, 2007 S 1639 Second Immigration Act of 2007 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(46 - 53) Nay
June 7, 2007 S 1348 Immigration Act of 2007 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(34 - 61) Nay

Oct. 3, 2007 S Amdt 3117 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations Amendment Adopted - Senate
(95 - 1) Yea

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
29. You should thank Jim DeMint, McConnell, Orin Hatch, and the rest of the GOP Senate too
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:12 AM
Feb 2016

Since they showed the same courageous commitment to stopping "slave labor" that Bernie did.
Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, and Russ Feingold apparently support slave labor.

At a certain point the excuses become pathetic. He voted against that bill just as he did every immigration reform bill since 1996, just as the GOP did. According to you, the GOP better protects workers rights than does the Democratic party. A number of people believe that, but then they are Republicans.

State District Name Party Vote
AK Sr Sen. Ted Stevens Republican Nay
AK Sr Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski Republican Nay
AL Sr Sen. Richard C. Shelby Republican Nay

AL Jr Sen. Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III Republican Nay
AR Sr Sen. Mark Lunsford Pryor Democratic Nay
AR Sr Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln Democratic Yea
AZ Sr Sen. John Sidney McCain III Republican Yea
AZ Jr Sen. Jon Kyl Republican Yea
CA Sr Sen. Dianne Feinstein Democratic Yea
CA Jr Sen. Barbara Boxer Democratic Yea
CO Sr Sen. Wayne A. Allard Republican Nay
CO Sr Sen. Ken Salazar Democratic Yea
CT Sr Sen. Joseph I. 'Joe' Lieberman Independent Democrat Yea
CT Sr Sen. Christopher J. 'Chris' Dodd Democratic Yea
DE Sr Sen. Thomas Richard 'Tom' Carper Democratic Yea
DE Sr Sen. Joseph Robinette 'Joe' Biden Jr. Democratic Yea
FL Sr Sen. William Clarence 'Bill' Nelson Sr. Democratic Yea
FL Jr Sen. Melquiades Rafael 'Mel' Martinez Republican Yea
GA Sr Sen. John H. 'Johnny' Isakson Republican Nay
GA Sr Sen. Clarence Saxby Chambliss Republican Nay

HI Sr Sen. Daniel K. Inouye Democratic Yea
HI Jr Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka Sr. Democratic Yea
IA Sr Sen. Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley Republican Nay
IA Jr Sen. Thomas 'Tom' Harkin Democratic Nay

ID Sr Sen. Larry E. Craig Republican Yea
ID Sr Sen. Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo Republican Nay
IL Sr Sen. Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin Democratic Yea
IL Jr Sen. Barack Hussein Obama II Democratic Yea
IN Sr Sen. Richard G. 'Dick' Lugar Republican Yea
IN Jr Sen. Evan Bayh Democratic Nay
KS Sr Sen. Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback Republican Nay
KS Sr Sen. Charles Patrick 'Pat' Roberts Republican Nay
KY Sr Sen. Mitch McConnell Republican Nay
KY Jr Sen. Jim Bunning Republican Nay
LA Sr Sen. David B. Vitter Republican Nay
LA Sr Sen. Mary L. Landrieu Democratic Nay

MA Sr Sen. John Forbes Kerry Democratic Yea
MA Sr Sen. Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. Democratic Yea
MD Sr Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski Democratic Yea
MD Jr Sen. Benjamin L. 'Ben' Cardin Democratic Yea
ME Sr Sen. Olympia Jean Snowe Republican Yea
ME Sr Sen. Susan M. Collins Republican Nay
MI Sr Sen. Carl Levin Democratic Yea
MI Sr Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow Democratic Nay
MN Sr Sen. Norm Coleman Republican Nay
MN Sr Sen. Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor Yea
MO Sr Sen. Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond Republican Nay
MO Sr Sen. Claire McCaskill Democratic Nay
MS Sr Sen. Thad Cochran Republican Nay
MS Jr Sen. Chester Trent Lott Sr. Republican Yea
MT Sr Sen. Jon Tester Democratic Nay
MT Sr Sen. Max S. Baucus Democratic Nay
NC Sr Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole Republican Nay
NC Sr Sen. Richard M. Burr Republican Nay
ND Sr Sen. Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL Yea
ND Jr Sen. Byron L. Dorgan Democratic-NPL Nay
NE Sr Sen. Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel Republican Yea
NE Sr Sen. E. Benjamin 'Ben' Nelson Democratic Nay
NH Sr Sen. Judd A. Gregg Republican Yea
NH Jr Sen. John E. Sununu Republican Nay
NJ Sr Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg Democratic Yea
NJ Sr Sen. Robert 'Bob' Menendez Democratic Yea
NM Sr Sen. Pete V. Domenici Jr. Republican Nay
NM Sr Sen. Jeff Bingaman Democratic Nay
NV Sr Sen. Harry M. Reid Democratic Yea
NV Jr Sen. John Eric Ensign Republican Nay
NY Sr Sen. Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer Democratic Yea
NY Jr Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Democratic Yea
OH Sr Sen. George V. Voinovich Republican Nay
OH Sr Sen. Sherrod C. Brown Democratic Nay
OK Sr Sen. James M. 'Jim' Inhofe Republican Nay
OK Jr Sen. Thomas Allen 'Tom' Coburn Republican Nay
OR Sr Sen. Ron Wyden Democratic Yea
OR Jr Sen. Gordon Harold Smith Republican Nay
PA Sr Sen. Arlen Specter Democratic Yea
PA Sr Sen. Robert P. 'Bob' Casey Jr. Democratic Yea
RI Sr Sen. John Francis 'Jack' Reed Democratic Yea
RI Jr Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Yea
SC Sr Sen. Lindsey O. Graham Republican Yea
SC Jr Sen. James W. 'Jim' DeMint Republican Nay
SD Sr Sen. John R. Thune Republican Na
y
SD Sr Sen. Timothy Peter 'Tim' Johnson Democratic Did Not Vote
TN Sr Sen. Lamar Alexander Republican Nay
TN Jr Sen. Robert 'Bob' Corker Republican Nay
TX Sr Sen. John Cornyn Republican Nay
TX Sr Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Nay
UT Sr Sen. Orrin G. Hatch Republican Nay

UT Jr Sen. Robert F. 'Bob' Bennett Republican Yea
VA Sr Sen. John William Warner Republican Nay
VA Sr Sen. James H. 'Jim' Webb Jr. Democratic Nay
VT Sr Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Democratic Yea
VT Jr Sen. Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders Independent Nay
WA Sr Sen. Patty Murray Democratic Yea
WA Jr Sen. Maria Cantwell Democratic Yea
WI Sr Sen. Herbert H. 'Herb' Kohl Democratic Yea
WI Jr Sen. Russell D. 'Russ' Feingold Democratic Yea
WV Sr Sen. Robert C. Byrd Democratic Nay
WV Sr Sen. John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV Democratic Nay
WY Sr Sen. Michael B. 'Mike' Enzi Republican Nay

WY Jr Sen. John Barrasso Republican Nay

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
38. ctrl-v
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:34 AM
Feb 2016

33 Republicans voted nay.

Here, why don't you go ahead and ask these people to defend their votes too:
AR Sr Sen. Mark Lunsford Pryor Democratic Nay
IA Jr Sen. Thomas 'Tom' Harkin Democratic Nay
IN Jr Sen. Evan Bayh Democratic Nay
LA Sr Sen. Mary L. Landrieu Democratic Nay
MI Sr Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow Democratic Nay
MO Sr Sen. Claire McCaskill Democratic Nay
MT Sr Sen. Jon Tester Democratic Nay
MT Sr Sen. Max S. Baucus Democratic Nay
NE Sr Sen. E. Benjamin 'Ben' Nelson Democratic Nay
NM Sr Sen. Jeff Bingaman Democratic Nay
OH Sr Sen. Sherrod C. Brown Democratic Nay
VA Sr Sen. James H. 'Jim' Webb Jr. Democratic Nay
VT Jr Sen. Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders Independent Nay
WV Sr Sen. Robert C. Byrd Democratic Nay
WV Sr Sen. John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV Democratic Nay

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
11. Everyone knows that a child of immigrants
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:35 AM
Feb 2016

Obviously secretly hates them and therefore supports anti-immigrant vigilante groups.

Sigh...It just smacks of desperation at this point, doesn't it?

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
22. Discussion of a voting record is not desperation
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 03:51 AM
Feb 2016

Dismissing it, refusing even to look at it, is far more desperate.

Here is some of it nonetheless.


March 21, 1996 HR 2202 Immigration Reform bill Bill Passed - House
(333 - 87) Nay

May 18, 2004 HR 3722 Undocumented Immigrant Emergency Medical Assistance Bill Failed - House
(88 - 331) Nay
Sept. 24, 1998 HR 3736 Nonimmigrant Specialty Workers bill Bill Passed - House
(288 - 133) Nay
Sept. 25, 1996

June 6, 2007 S Amdt 1384 English as the Common Language Amendment Adopted - Senate
(58 - 39) Yea

July 26, 2007 S Amdt 2480 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations Amendment Adopted - Senate
(89 - 1) Yea
June 28, 2007 S 1639 Second Immigration Act of 2007 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(46 - 53) Nay
June 7, 2007 S 1348 Immigration Act of 2007 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(34 - 61) Nay

Oct. 3, 2007 S Amdt 3117 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations Amendment Adopted - Senate
(95 - 1) Yea

 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
18. k/r
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:51 AM
Feb 2016

Luis Gutierrez on Bernie Sanders with whom he served in the House and Progressive Caucus:

“We’ve got the socialist, uh I can’t remember his name. Bernie Sanders,” Gutierrez said. “I don’t know if he likes immigrants because he doesn’t seem to talk about immigrants. But sooner or later, he’ll tell us. I hope he likes immigrants. I haven’t heard him say anything. He’s been kind of quiet and silent. So I hope that when he sees this program, he sees that there’s a lot of people waiting to hear from him.”[/i


Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
36. That was pretty disgusting
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:30 AM
Feb 2016

"We have that Socialist..I can't remember his name..."

He should be ashamed of himself for that bullshit he was spewing.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
33. That is only ONE vote of many
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:21 AM
Feb 2016

but this was the vote in question. I get you think a politician's excuses account for everything, but I disagree. We can see quite plainly here who voted with him. They include virtually every Republican in the Senate.

State District Name Party Vote
AK Sr Sen. Ted Stevens Republican Nay
AK Sr Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski Republican Nay
AL Sr Sen. Richard C. Shelby Republican Nay
AL Jr Sen. Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III Republican Nay
AR Sr Sen. Mark Lunsford Pryor Democratic Nay
AR Sr Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln Democratic Yea
AZ Sr Sen. John Sidney McCain III Republican Yea
AZ Jr Sen. Jon Kyl Republican Yea
CA Sr Sen. Dianne Feinstein Democratic Yea
CA Jr Sen. Barbara Boxer Democratic Yea
CO Sr Sen. Wayne A. Allard Republican Nay
CO Sr Sen. Ken Salazar Democratic Yea
CT Sr Sen. Joseph I. 'Joe' Lieberman Independent Democrat Yea
CT Sr Sen. Christopher J. 'Chris' Dodd Democratic Yea
DE Sr Sen. Thomas Richard 'Tom' Carper Democratic Yea
DE Sr Sen. Joseph Robinette 'Joe' Biden Jr. Democratic Yea
FL Sr Sen. William Clarence 'Bill' Nelson Sr. Democratic Yea
FL Jr Sen. Melquiades Rafael 'Mel' Martinez Republican Yea
GA Sr Sen. John H. 'Johnny' Isakson Republican Nay
GA Sr Sen. Clarence Saxby Chambliss Republican Nay
HI Sr Sen. Daniel K. Inouye Democratic Yea
HI Jr Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka Sr. Democratic Yea
IA Sr Sen. Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley Republican Nay
IA Jr Sen. Thomas 'Tom' Harkin Democratic Nay
ID Sr Sen. Larry E. Craig Republican Yea
ID Sr Sen. Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo Republican Nay
IL Sr Sen. Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin Democratic Yea
IL Jr Sen. Barack Hussein Obama II Democratic Yea
IN Sr Sen. Richard G. 'Dick' Lugar Republican Yea
IN Jr Sen. Evan Bayh Democratic Nay
KS Sr Sen. Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback Republican Nay
KS Sr Sen. Charles Patrick 'Pat' Roberts Republican Nay
KY Sr Sen. Mitch McConnell Republican Nay
KY Jr Sen. Jim Bunning Republican Nay
LA Sr Sen. David B. Vitter Republican Nay
LA Sr Sen. Mary L. Landrieu Democratic Nay
MA Sr Sen. John Forbes Kerry Democratic Yea
MA Sr Sen. Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. Democratic Yea
MD Sr Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski Democratic Yea
MD Jr Sen. Benjamin L. 'Ben' Cardin Democratic Yea
ME Sr Sen. Olympia Jean Snowe Republican Yea
ME Sr Sen. Susan M. Collins Republican Nay
MI Sr Sen. Carl Levin Democratic Yea
MI Sr Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow Democratic Nay
MN Sr Sen. Norm Coleman Republican Nay
MN Sr Sen. Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor Yea
MO Sr Sen. Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond Republican Nay
MO Sr Sen. Claire McCaskill Democratic Nay
MS Sr Sen. Thad Cochran Republican Nay
MS Jr Sen. Chester Trent Lott Sr. Republican Yea
MT Sr Sen. Jon Tester Democratic Nay
MT Sr Sen. Max S. Baucus Democratic Nay
NC Sr Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole Republican Nay
NC Sr Sen. Richard M. Burr Republican Nay
ND Sr Sen. Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL Yea
ND Jr Sen. Byron L. Dorgan Democratic-NPL Nay
NE Sr Sen. Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel Republican Yea
NE Sr Sen. E. Benjamin 'Ben' Nelson Democratic Nay
NH Sr Sen. Judd A. Gregg Republican Yea
NH Jr Sen. John E. Sununu Republican Nay
NJ Sr Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg Democratic Yea
NJ Sr Sen. Robert 'Bob' Menendez Democratic Yea
NM Sr Sen. Pete V. Domenici Jr. Republican Nay
NM Sr Sen. Jeff Bingaman Democratic Nay
NV Sr Sen. Harry M. Reid Democratic Yea
NV Jr Sen. John Eric Ensign Republican Nay
NY Sr Sen. Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer Democratic Yea
NY Jr Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Democratic Yea
OH Sr Sen. George V. Voinovich Republican Nay
OH Sr Sen. Sherrod C. Brown Democratic Nay
OK Sr Sen. James M. 'Jim' Inhofe Republican Nay
OK Jr Sen. Thomas Allen 'Tom' Coburn Republican Nay
OR Sr Sen. Ron Wyden Democratic Yea
OR Jr Sen. Gordon Harold Smith Republican Nay
PA Sr Sen. Arlen Specter Democratic Yea
PA Sr Sen. Robert P. 'Bob' Casey Jr. Democratic Yea
RI Sr Sen. John Francis 'Jack' Reed Democratic Yea
RI Jr Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Yea
SC Sr Sen. Lindsey O. Graham Republican Yea
SC Jr Sen. James W. 'Jim' DeMint Republican Nay
SD Sr Sen. John R. Thune Republican Nay
SD Sr Sen. Timothy Peter 'Tim' Johnson Democratic Did Not Vote
TN Sr Sen. Lamar Alexander Republican Nay
TN Jr Sen. Robert 'Bob' Corker Republican Nay
TX Sr Sen. John Cornyn Republican Nay
TX Sr Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Nay
UT Sr Sen. Orrin G. Hatch Republican Nay
UT Jr Sen. Robert F. 'Bob' Bennett Republican Yea
VA Sr Sen. John William Warner Republican Nay
VA Sr Sen. James H. 'Jim' Webb Jr. Democratic Nay
VT Sr Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Democratic Yea
VT Jr Sen. Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders Independent Nay
WA Sr Sen. Patty Murray Democratic Yea
WA Jr Sen. Maria Cantwell Democratic Yea
WI Sr Sen. Herbert H. 'Herb' Kohl Democratic Yea
WI Jr Sen. Russell D. 'Russ' Feingold Democratic Yea
WV Sr Sen. Robert C. Byrd Democratic Nay
WV Sr Sen. John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV Democratic Nay
WY Sr Sen. Michael B. 'Mike' Enzi Republican Nay
WY Jr Sen. John Barrasso Republican Nay

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
42. Seriously, I have read many of you posts and you are far from being dumb.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 07:48 AM
Feb 2016

So you clearly can absorb the fact that Republicans can vote against an immigration reform bill for the usual anti-immigrant reasons even though Bernie voted against it because he opposes slave labor.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
35. And his vote for the Minutemen? Or the many other votes against immigration reform?
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:26 AM
Feb 2016

Against countless immigration reform bills dating from 1996? Or for English as the national language?
And the amendment prohibiting Homeland Security from informing the Mexican government of Minutemen patrols, a group the SPLC classifies as a hate group?

https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/house-amendment/971/text

March 21, 1996 HR 2202 Immigration Reform bill Bill Passed - House
(333 - 87) Nay

May 18, 2004 HR 3722 Undocumented Immigrant Emergency Medical Assistance Bill Failed - House
(88 - 331) Nay
Sept. 24, 1998 HR 3736 Nonimmigrant Specialty Workers bill Bill Passed - House
(288 - 133) Nay
Sept. 25, 1996

June 6, 2007 S Amdt 1384 English as the Common Language Amendment Adopted - Senate
(58 - 39) Yea

July 26, 2007 S Amdt 2480 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations Amendment Adopted - Senate
(89 - 1) Yea
June 28, 2007 S 1639 Second Immigration Act of 2007 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(46 - 53) Nay
June 7, 2007 S 1348 Immigration Act of 2007 Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(34 - 61) Nay

Oct. 3, 2007 S Amdt 3117 Border Fence and Customs Appropriations Amendment Adopted - Senate
(95 - 1) Yea

ForgoTheConsequence

(4,846 posts)
19. Sad to see Hillary supporters support slave labor.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 03:00 AM
Feb 2016

After the article today showing how Hillary blatantly lied to unions about trade deals she helped push through, she is doomed.

wyldwolf

(43,865 posts)
44. Luis Gutiérrez??? He's DLC establishment oligarch stooge and isn't a 'reeeeeaaaaalll' Democrat.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 09:47 AM
Feb 2016

Right?

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
47. You see? People ARE beginning to pay attention ...
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:23 AM
Feb 2016

... and examine Bernie's record closely. It appears that under closer scrutiny, people are not liking what they see.

I know I don't.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
51. I can't tell you just how much your investigation, analysis and conclusion finally
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:54 AM
Feb 2016

broke into my consciousness and caused me to reassess my support for Bernie.

So I won't.

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