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Carolyn Hileman - The Voice | March 4, 2008
English As National Language Amendment
Bill Number:
S 2611
Date: 2006-05-18
Sponsor: Amendment Sen Inhofe, James M. [OK]; Original Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA]
Roll Call Number: 131
Amendment Adopted (Senate)
State District Name Party Vote
CA Jr Senator
Barbara Boxer Democrat N
CA Sr Senator
Dianne Feinstein Democrat N
CO Jr Senator
Ken Salazar Democrat NCT Sr Senator
Christopher J. Dodd Democrat N
CT Jr Senator
Joseph I. Lieberman Democrat N
DE Sr Senator
Joseph R. Biden Democrat N
HI Sr Senator
Daniel K. Inouye Democrat N
HI Jr Senator
Daniel Kahikina Akaka Democrat NIA Jr Senator
Thomas ‘Tom’ Harkin Democrat NIL Sr Senator
Richard J. ‘Dick’ Durbin Democrat N
IL Jr Senator
Barack H. Obama Democrat N
IN Jr Senator
Evan Bayh Democrat N
MA Sr Senator
Edward M. ‘Ted’ Kennedy Democrat N
MA Jr Senator
John Forbes Kerry Democrat N
MD Sr Senator
Barbara A. Mikulski Democrat NMI Jr Senator
Debbie Ann Stabenow Democrat NMI Sr Senator
Carl Levin Democrat NNJ Sr Senator
Frank R. Lautenberg Democrat NNJ Jr Senator
Robert Menendez Democrat N
NM Jr Senator
Jeff Bingaman Democrat NNV Sr Senator
Harry M. Reid Democrat N
NY Jr Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton Democrat N
NY Sr Senator
Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Schumer Democrat NOR Sr Senator
Ron Wyden Democrat N
RI Sr Senator
John F. ‘Jack’ Reed Democrat N
VT Sr Senator
Patrick J. Leahy Democrat N
WA Sr Senator
Patty Murray Democrat NWA Jr Senator
Maria Cantwell Democrat N
WI Jr Senator
Russell D. Feingold Democrat N
WI Sr Senator
Herbert H. ‘Herb’ Kohl Democrat NNM Sr Senator
Pete V. Domenici Republican N
WV Jr Senator
John D. ‘Jay’ Rockefeller Democrat NVFL Jr Senator
Mel Martinez Republican NV
KY Jr Senator
Jim Bunning Republican NV
AR Sr Senator
Blanche L. Lincoln Democrat Y
AR Jr Senator
Mark Pryor Democrat Y
DE Jr Senator
Thomas Richard Carper Democrat Y
FL Sr Senator
Bill Nelson Democrat Y
LA Sr Senator
Mary L. Landrieu Democrat Y
MT Sr Senator
Max S. Baucus Democrat Y
NE Jr Senator
E. Benjamin ‘Ben’ Nelson Democrat Y
SD Sr Senator
Tim P. Johnson Democrat Y
WV Sr Senator
Robert C. Byrd Democrat Y
ND Jr Senator
Byron L. Dorgan Democrat-NPL Y
ND Sr Senator
Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL Y
AK Jr Senator
Lisa A. Murkowski Republican Y
AK Sr Senator
Ted Stevens Republican Y
AL Sr Senator
Richard C. Shelby Republican Y
AL Jr Senator
Jefferson B. ‘Jeff’ Sessions Republican Y
AZ Sr Senator
John S. McCain Republican Y
AZ Jr Senator
Jon Kyl Republican Y
CO Sr Senator
Wayne A. Allard Republican Y
GA Jr Senator
John H. ‘Johnny’ Isakson Republican Y
GA Sr Senator
C. Saxby Chambliss Republican Y
IA Sr Senator
Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Grassley Republican Y
ID Sr Senator
Larry E. Craig Republican Y
ID Jr Senator
Michael D. ‘Mike’ Crapo Republican Y
IN Sr Senator
Richard G. Lugar Republican Y
KS Jr Senator
Pat Roberts Republican Y
KS Sr Senator
Samuel D. ‘Sam’ Brownback Republican Y
KY Sr Senator
Mitch McConnell Republican Y
LA Jr Senator
David B. Vitter Republican Y
ME Sr Senator
Olympia J. Snowe Republican Y
ME Jr Senator
Susan M. Collins Republican Y
MN Sr Senator
Norm Coleman Republican Y
MO Sr Senator
Christopher S. ‘Kit’ Bond Republican Y
MS Sr Senator
Thad Cochran Republican Y
MS Jr Senator
Trent Lott Republican Y
NC Jr Senator
Richard M. Burr Republican Y
NC Sr Senator
Elizabeth H. Dole Republican Y
NE Sr Senator
Charles T. ‘Chuck’ Hagel Republican Y
NH Sr Senator
Judd A. Gregg Republican Y
NH Jr Senator
John E. Sununu Republican Y
NV Jr Senator
John Eric Ensign Republican Y
OH Sr Senator
George V. Voinovich Republican Y
OK Jr Senator
Thomas Allen ‘Tom’ Coburn Republican Y
OK Sr Senator
James M. ‘Jim’ Inhofe Republican Y
OR Jr Senator
Gordon Harold Smith Republican Y
PA Sr Senator
Arlen Specter Republican Y
SC Jr Senator
Jim W. DeMint Republican Y
SC Sr Senator
Lindsey O. Graham Republican Y
SD Jr Senator
John R. Thune Republican Y
TN Sr Senator
Lamar Alexander Republican Y
TX Jr Senator
John Cornyn Republican Y
TX Sr Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Y
UT Jr Senator
Robert F. Bennett Republican Y
UT Sr Senator
Orrin G. Hatch Republican Y
VA Sr Senator
John W. Warner Republican Y
WY Jr Senator
Michael B. Enzi Republican Y
WY Sr Senator
Craig Thomas Republican Y
On May 25th, 2006, the U.S. Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (62-36). Many different amendments were proposed, some being adopted, modified or deleted. Amendment 4064 was proposed on May 17th – “Declare English as the national language of the United States and to promote the patriotic integration of prospective U.S. citizens.” The section concerning English language that was passed:
“The Government of the United States shall preserve and enhance the role of English as the national language of the United States of America. Unless otherwise authorized or provided by law, no person has a right, entitlement, or claim to have the Government of the United States or any of its officials or representatives act, communicate, perform or provide services, or provide materials in any language other than English. If exceptions are made, that does not create a legal entitlement to additional services in that language or any language other than English. If any forms are issued by the Federal Government in a language other than English (or such forms are completed in a language other than English), the English language version of the form is the sole authority for all legal purposes.”
This amendment passed by 62-35; however the e-mail is in error stating that 38 senators voted against the amendment – one name was missing: Senator Mary Landrieu, Louisiana.
one half hour after the 4064 amendment passed, the Senate voted on amendment 4073. The text is as follows:
“The Government of the United States shall preserve and enhance the role of English as the common and unifying language of America. Nothing herein shall diminish or expand any existing rights under the law of the United States relative to services or materials provided by the Government of the United States in any language other than English. For the purposes of this section, law is defined as including provisions of the United States Code and the United States Constitution, controlling judicial decisions, regulations, and controlling Presidential Executive Orders.”
This amendment contradicted the previously passed amendment by declaring that English was to be regarded as “the common and unifying language of America” (rather than “national language”) The amendment was by 58-39. No Democrats voted against this amendment, although 14 Republicans and one Independent voted in favor of it.
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