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Alan Simpson

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Voting history

The voting record

Date
Vote
Chamber
Question / result
Jul 10, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Cloture Motion S. 1788
Jul 10, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill S. 1745
Jul 10, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4437 to S. 295 (Teamwork for Employees and Management Act of 1995) · Vote #3
Jul 10, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 743
Jul 10, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4438 to S. 295 (Teamwork for Employees and Management Act of 1995) · Vote #5
Jul 11, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion for Attendance S. 1894
Jul 16, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Cloture Motion S. 1936
Jul 17, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4591 to S. 1894 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 17, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4453 to S. 1894 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #9
Jul 17, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4891 to S. 1894 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #10
Jul 17, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4463 to S. 1894 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 18, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4492 to S. 1894 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 18, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4893 to S. 1894 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 18, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3610
Jul 18, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4897 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #15
Jul 18, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive c.b.r. Re: ashcroft amendment no.4901) · Vote #16
Jul 18, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Resolution S.Res. 280
Jul 18, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4902 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #18
Jul 19, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: Breaux amdt no. 4910)
Jul 19, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4911 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #20
Jul 19, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: biden amdt no. 4912)
Jul 19, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: ashcroft amdt no. 4917)
Jul 19, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: frist amdt no. 4914 as modified)
Jul 19, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: wellstone amdt no. 4918)
Jul 19, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4921 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: faircloth amdt no. 4905)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4916 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4927 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #28
Jul 23, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: feinstein amdt no. 4929)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4933 to S.Amdt. 4931 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #30
Jul 23, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4934 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #31
Jul 23, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4932 to S.Amdt. 4931 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #32
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: santorum for gramm amdt no.4935)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: shelby amdt no. 4939)
Jul 23, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4930 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996)
Jul 23, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4936 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #36
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider S.Amdt. 4940 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996)
Jul 23, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4940 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #38
Jul 23, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4942 to S.Amdt. 4941 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) · Vote #39
Jul 23, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion (Motion to waive - Kennedy amdt. no. 4955)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4952 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996)
Jul 23, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: kennedy amdt no. 4956)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: language on pg 240, ln 17 & pg 242 ln 25)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: section 2104, pg 310, ln 21 & pg 316, ln4)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: sec. 2909, pg 651, ln11 thru pg 654, ln 2)
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3734
Jul 23, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4959 to H.R. 3603 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 24, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4967 to H.R. 3603 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 24, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4995 to H.R. 3603 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 24, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3603
Jul 24, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4977 to H.R. 3603 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 25, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5017 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #52
Jul 25, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5027 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #53
Jul 25, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5028 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #54
Jul 25, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5045 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 25, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5047 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #56
Jul 25, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5019 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 26, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5018 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #58
Jul 26, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5058 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #59
Jul 26, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5088 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #60
Jul 26, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3540
Jul 26, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5078 to H.R. 3540 (Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #62
Jul 30, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5095 to S. 1959 (Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 30, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5096 to S. 1959 (Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 30, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5106 to S. 1959 (Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 30, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5100 to S. 1959 (Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 30, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3816
Jul 30, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3754
Jul 30, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5132 to H.R. 3675 (Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Jul 31, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5037 to S. 1936 (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996)
Jul 31, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5055 to S. 1936 (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996) · Vote #71
Jul 31, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5073 to S. 1936 (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996)
Jul 31, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill S. 1936
Jul 31, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5141 to H.R. 3675 (Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Aug 1, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3675
Aug 2, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report H.R. 3734
Aug 2, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report S. 1316
Aug 2, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report H.R. 3103
Aug 2, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report H.R. 3448
Sep 4, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table H.R. 3666
Sep 4, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5178 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Sep 4, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5177 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #82
Sep 5, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report H.R. 3845
Sep 5, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report H.R. 3517
Sep 5, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5191 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #85
Sep 5, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5193 to S.Amdt. 5192 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #86
Sep 5, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5195 to S.Amdt. 5194 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Sep 6, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5194 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #88
Sep 6, 1996
Nay
Senate
Whether the Amendment is Germane S.Amdt. 5190 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #89
Sep 6, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5197 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Sep 6, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Resolution S.Res. 288
Sep 6, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3666
Sep 10, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report H.R. 3230
Sep 10, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3396
Sep 10, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill S. 2056
Sep 11, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5223 to H.R. 3756 (Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997)
Sep 11, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: wyden amdt no. 5206)
Sep 11, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5224 to H.R. 3756 (Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #98
Sep 11, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table H.R. 3756
Sep 12, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5256 to H.R. 3756 (Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #100
Sep 12, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table H.R. 3756
Sep 12, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5279 to H.R. 3756 (Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997)
Sep 12, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5241 to H.R. 3756 (Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997) · Vote #103
Sep 12, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5244 to H.R. 3756 (Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997)
Sep 17, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5353 to H.R. 3662 (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)
Sep 17, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report H.R. 3816
Sep 18, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3539
Sep 18, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report H.R. 3675
Sep 19, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill S. 39
Sep 20, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5391 to H.R. 1350 (Maritime Security Act of 1996)
Sep 24, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5393 to H.R. 1350 (Maritime Security Act of 1996)
Sep 24, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5396 to S.Amdt. 5393 to H.R. 1350 (Maritime Security Act of 1996)
Sep 24, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 1350
Sep 24, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5394 to H.R. 1350 (Maritime Security Act of 1996)
Sep 26, 1996
Nay
Senate
On Overriding the Veto H.R. 1833
Sep 30, 1996
Yea
Senate
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4278
Sep 30, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Motion to Table H.R. 3539
Oct 3, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 3539
Oct 3, 1996
Yea
Senate
On the Conference Report H.R. 3539
Oct 3, 1996
Nay
Senate
On the Decision of the Chair H.R. 3539
Topics & Events

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Events (4)
Sep 30, 1996 · legislation
Congress enacts INA Section 287(g), authorizing local immigration enforcement
Congress enacted the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, adding Section 287(g) to the Immigration and Nationality Act. The provision allowed the Department of Homeland Security to enter written agreements with state and local law enforcement, delegating authority to perform immigration enforcement functions. No local agency signed a 287(g) agreement until 2002, when the Florida Department of Law Enforcement became the first.
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Sep 30, 1996 · LEGISLATION
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act Signed Into Law
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President Clinton signs IIRIRA, establishing the foundational framework for immigration detention policy. Section 235(b) mandates detention for arriving aliens without proper documents. Section 236(a) gives judges authority to determine detention necessity and set bond amounts. Section 236(c) creates the first categorical mandatory detention for aggravated felons. The law eliminates judicial discretion for this category and establishes the three-year lookback for conviction-based detention eligibility.
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Sep 30, 1996 · legislation
IIRIRA Creates Mandatory Detention for Immigrants with Criminal Convictions
President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act on September 30, 1996, which included Section 236(c) mandating detention without bond hearings for noncitizens with certain criminal convictions pending removal. The law eliminated immigration judges' discretion to release these individuals on bond regardless of flight risk or community ties. The detention provision applied retroactively to convictions predating the law.
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3 total
Sep 30, 1996 · legislation
Clinton signs a sweeping immigration overhaul that expands deportation powers and creates state-federal enforcement partnerships
President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), dramatically expanding federal immigration enforcement mechanisms. The law introduced expedited removal proceedings, created three- and ten-year bars for unlawfully present immigrants who leave and try to return, broadened the definition of aggravated felony to include crimes with one-year sentences, and authorized 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents. IIRIRA also created the 287(g) program allowing state and local law enforcement to assist in federal immigration enforcement, but only under direct federal supervision and formal agreement -- a structure that later courts cited when evaluating Texas SB4.
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Total votes cast
2,831
Last 120 votes
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