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S. 2193Kate's Law
- Sponsor
- Ted Cruz [R-TX]
- Cosponsors
- 10 · 10 Republicans
- Policy area
- Immigration
- Latest action
- Jul 6, 2016 · Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 42. Record Vote Number: 120. (consideration: CR S4799; text: CR S4799)
- IntroducedOct 21, 2015
- Passed the SenateNot yet reached
- Passed the HouseNot yet reached
- Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
- Became lawNot yet reached
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase from two years to five years the maximum prison term for an alien who reenters after being denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed.
It establishes:
a 10-year maximum prison term for an alien who reenters after being denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed on 3 or more prior occasions; and
- a 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an alien who reenters after being removed following a conviction for an aggravated felony or following 2 or more prior convictions for illegal reentry.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 2193 as introduced in Senate on Oct 21, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate Jul 6, 2016
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 2193
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
55 Yea 42 Nay 3 not voting
Party-line vote 3 of 97 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Democrats.
How the chamber split
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
Showing 100 of 100 members
- RAlexanderTN · RepublicanYea
- RAyotteNH · RepublicanYea
- DTammy BaldwinWI · DemocraticNay
- RJohn BarrassoWY · RepublicanYea
- DMichael F. BennetCO · DemocraticNay
- DRichard BlumenthalCT · DemocraticNay
- RBluntMO · RepublicanYea
- DCory A. BookerNJ · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RJohn BoozmanAR · RepublicanYea
- DBoxerCA · DemocraticNay
- DBrownOH · DemocraticNot voting
- RBurrNC · RepublicanYea
- DMaria CantwellWA · DemocraticNay
- RShelley Moore CapitoWV · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DCardinMD · DemocraticNay
- DCarperDE · DemocraticNay
- DCaseyPA · DemocraticNay
- RBill CassidyLA · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RCoatsIN · RepublicanYea
- RCochranMS · RepublicanYea
- RSusan M. CollinsME · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DChristopher A. CoonsDE · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RCorkerTN · RepublicanYea
- RJohn CornynTX · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RTom CottonAR · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RMike CrapoID · RepublicanYea
- RTed CruzTX · RepublicanYea
- RSteve DainesMT · RepublicanYea
- DDonnellyIN · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- DRichard J. DurbinIL · DemocraticNay
- REnziWY · RepublicanYea
- RJoni ErnstIA · RepublicanYea
- DFeinsteinCA · DemocraticNay
- RDeb FischerNE · RepublicanYea
- RFlakeAZ · RepublicanYea
- DFrankenMN · DemocraticNay
- RGardnerCO · RepublicanYea
- DKirsten E. GillibrandNY · DemocraticNay
- RGrahamSC · RepublicanNot voting
- RChuck GrassleyIA · RepublicanYea
- RHatchUT · RepublicanYea
- DMartin HeinrichNM · DemocraticNay
- DHeitkampND · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RHellerNV · RepublicanYea
- DMazie K. HironoHI · DemocraticNay
- RJohn HoevenND · RepublicanYea
- RInhofeOK · RepublicanYea
- RIsaksonGA · RepublicanYea
- RRon JohnsonWI · RepublicanYea
- DTim KaineVA · DemocraticNay
- IAngus S. King, Jr.ME · IndependentNay
- RKirkIL · RepublicanYea
- DAmy KlobucharMN · DemocraticNay
- RJames LankfordOK · RepublicanYea
- DLeahyVT · DemocraticNay
- RMike LeeUT · RepublicanNot voting
- DManchinWV · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- DEdward J. MarkeyMA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RMcCainAZ · RepublicanYea
- DMcCaskillMO · DemocraticNay
- RMitch McConnellKY · RepublicanYea
- DMenendezNJ · DemocraticNay
- DJeff MerkleyOR · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- DMikulskiMD · DemocraticNay
- RJerry MoranKS · RepublicanYea
- RLisa MurkowskiAK · RepublicanYea
- DChristopher MurphyCT · DemocraticNay
- DPatty MurrayWA · DemocraticNay
- DNelsonFL · DemocraticNay
- RRand PaulKY · RepublicanYea
- RPerdueGA · RepublicanYea
- DGary C. PetersMI · DemocraticNay
- RPortmanOH · RepublicanYea
- DJack ReedRI · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- DReidNV · DemocraticNay
- RJames E. RischID · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RRobertsKS · RepublicanYea
- RMike RoundsSD · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RRubioFL · RepublicanYea
- IBernard SandersVT · IndependentNay
- RSasseNE · RepublicanYea
- DBrian SchatzHI · DemocraticNay
- DCharles E. SchumerNY · DemocraticNay
- RTim ScottSC · RepublicanYea
- RSessionsAL · RepublicanYea
- DJeanne ShaheenNH · DemocraticNay
- RShelbyAL · RepublicanYea
- DStabenowMI · DemocraticNay
- RDan SullivanAK · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DTesterMT · DemocraticNay
- RJohn ThuneSD · RepublicanYea
- RThom TillisNC · RepublicanYea
- RToomeyPA · RepublicanYea
- DUdallNM · DemocraticNay
- RVitterLA · RepublicanYea
- DMark R. WarnerVA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- DElizabeth WarrenMA · DemocraticNay
- DSheldon WhitehouseRI · DemocraticNay
- RRoger F. WickerMS · RepublicanYea
- DRon WydenOR · DemocraticNay
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 2193 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.