TRUMP IMMIGRATION PLAN:

Voting 39 for and 60 against, the Senate on Feb. 15 turned back an amendment to HR 2579 (above) that embodied President Trump’s plan for dealing with Dreamers and other immigration issues. The least popular measure before the Senate that day, it offered 1.8 million Dreamers a path to citizenship over 10-to-12 years; budgeted $30 billion for a border wall; reduced family-immigration to allow only the admission of spouses and children younger than 18 and stiffened penalties for undocumented immigrants who re-enter the United States after having been deported.

Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, called this “common sense reform … the only plan that can become law because the president said he would sign it. This is your last chance to vote for a path to citizenship” for Dreamers.

Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Trump is the reason why the Senate has failed to resolve the Dreamers issue. “If there were ever a time for presidential leadership, this was it. President Trump has failed the test of leadership spectacularly.”

A yes vote was to approve the Trump immigration plan.

ARKANSAS

Voting yes: Cotton, Boozman

TEXAS

Voting yes: Cornyn Voting no: Cruz McCAIN-COONS PLAN: Voting 52 for and 47 against, the Senate on April 15 failed to reach 60 votes needed to approve a bipartisan amendment to HR 2579 (above) that charted a path to citizenship for Dreamers but excluded funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall advocated by President Trump. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Chris Coons, D-Del., were the sponsors.

A yes vote was to approve the McCain-Coons immigration plan.

ARKANSAS

Voting no: Cotton, Boozman

TEXAS

Voting no: Cornyn, Cruz