S. 1083 - Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007
immigration, SKIL bill - Immigration. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- John Cornyn
- Summary:
- A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
There have been no votes on this bill.
Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007
S. 1083 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Keywords
- immigration, SKIL bill
- Summary
- A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Learn More
- At OpenCongress
- Title
- A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007
- SKIL Act of 2007
- Sponsor
- John Cornyn
- Co-Sponsors
- Subjects
- Immigration
- Administrative fees
- Administrative remedies
- Alien labor
- Aliens
- Budgets
- Criminal justice
- Department of Homeland Security
- Education
- Employee selection
- Engineering
- Engineers
- Executive departments
- Foreign students
- Foreign-trained physicians
- Fraud
- Government information
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Graduate education
- Higher education
- Identification of criminals
- Immigrant education
- Immigrants
- Infrastructure
- Job training
- Labor
- Labor supply
- Law
- Mathematics
- Medical care
- Medicine
- Minimum wages
- Science policy
- Scientists
- Skilled labor
- Temporary employment
- Visas
- Wages
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 4/10/2007 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 4/10/2007 4/10/2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 4/10/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4310-4311) Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…
supported this bill
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions by Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Akaka | D | HI | $233,103 | $0 |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $1,056,431 | $0 |
| Alan Wayne Allard | R | CO | $16,200 | $0 |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $1,383,448 | $0 |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $1,731,102 | $0 |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $446,274 | $0 |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $2,366,548 | $0 |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $629,117 | $0 |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $949,886 | $0 |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $2,272,246 | $0 |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $1,756,761 | $0 |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $291,803 | $0 |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $498,009 | $0 |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $1,429,268 | $0 |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $390,291 | $0 |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $2,174,395 | $0 |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $1,353,278 | $0 |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $689,205 | $0 |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $3,600,940 | $0 |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $1,490,025 | $0 |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $6,988,055 | $0 |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $221,771 | $0 |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $445,864 | $0 |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $1,567,648 | $0 |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $988,691 | $0 |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $725,719 | $0 |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $1,158,943 | $0 |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $2,203,982 | $0 |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $96,350 | $0 |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $336,427 | $0 |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $1,081,400 | $0 |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $1,293,918 | $0 |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $1,202,274 | $0 |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $259,500 | $0 |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $595,394 | $0 |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $2,112,542 | $0 |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $858,726 | $0 |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $385,952 | $0 |
| Russ Feingold | D | WI | $1,106,678 | $0 |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $1,201,823 | $0 |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $1,509,594 | $0 |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $697,112 | $0 |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $470,787 | $0 |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $137,970 | $0 |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $976,767 | $0 |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $1,169,026 | $0 |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $1,166,820 | $0 |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $359,373 | $0 |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $497,383 | $0 |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $1,037,226 | $0 |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $393,343 | $0 |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $1,511,812 | $0 |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $603,773 | $0 |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $1,217,820 | $0 |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $500 | $0 |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $1,442,882 | $0 |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $1,854,760 | $0 |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $1,233,582 | $0 |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $882,795 | $0 |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $948,239 | $0 |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $2,007,764 | $0 |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $805,639 | $0 |
| Chester Trent Lott | R | MS | $510,122 | $0 |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $638,579 | $0 |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $1,553,756 | $0 |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $297,715 | $0 |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $1,762,810 | $0 |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $1,918,043 | $0 |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $2,565,325 | $0 |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $607,975 | $0 |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $607,620 | $0 |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $1,422,628 | $0 |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $1,015,667 | $0 |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $2,946,940 | $0 |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $3,126,270 | $0 |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $921,476 | $0 |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $588,637 | $0 |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $1,819,113 | $0 |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $516,339 | $0 |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $1,076,960 | $0 |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $2,145,627 | $0 |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $272,360 | $0 |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $1,682,432 | $0 |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $704,489 | $0 |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $1,248,614 | $0 |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $1,161,399 | $0 |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $356,891 | $0 |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $3,802,229 | $0 |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $1,763,996 | $0 |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $643,157 | $0 |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $816,977 | $0 |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $676,807 | $0 |
| Craig Thomas | R | WY | $147,915 | $0 |
| John Thune | R | SD | $901,730 | $0 |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $850,279 | $0 |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $949,023 | $0 |
| John Warner | R | VA | $20,000 | $0 |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $859,817 | $0 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $999,197 | $0 |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $634,463 | $0 |
