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
| Schools & colleges | $6,771,077 |
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | $6,312,735 |
| Accountants | $5,570,584 |
| Computer software | $3,753,967 |
| Health, Education & Human Resources | $2,281,924 |
| Major (multinational) oil & gas producers | $1,923,556 |
| Tobacco & Tobacco products | $1,737,268 |
| Online computer services | $1,642,688 |
| Computers, components & accessories | $1,611,640 |
| Electronics manufacturing & services | $1,320,456 |
| Auto manufacturers | $1,185,107 |
| Computer manufacture & services | $1,095,560 |
| Beverages (non-alcoholic) | $701,907 |
| Other financial services | $569,230 |
| Telephone & communications equipment | $494,884 |
| Education | $439,709 |
| General business associations | $382,885 |
| Manufacturing | $312,104 |
| Chambers of commerce | $285,984 |
| Photographic equipment & supplies | $102,150 |
| Video tape rental | $62,411 |
| Border Control Policy | $0 |
| $38,557,826 |
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 | $72,900 | $0 |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $553,643 | $0 |
| Alan Wayne Allard | R | CO | $11,200 | $0 |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $743,026 | $0 |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $476,978 | $0 |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $276,548 | $0 |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $180,325 | $0 |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $203,456 | $0 |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $486,926 | $0 |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $514,152 | $0 |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $405,460 | $0 |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $169,562 | $0 |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $269,386 | $0 |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $873,537 | $0 |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $145,550 | $0 |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $699,646 | $0 |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $355,663 | $0 |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $306,868 | $0 |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $373,240 | $0 |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $703,950 | $0 |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $1,708,660 | $0 |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $129,046 | $0 |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $211,850 | $0 |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $640,348 | $0 |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $464,861 | $0 |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $251,559 | $0 |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $550,185 | $0 |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $861,111 | $0 |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $57,100 | $0 |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $181,472 | $0 |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $474,193 | $0 |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $500,466 | $0 |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $535,640 | $0 |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $134,750 | $0 |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $207,381 | $0 |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $396,600 | $0 |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $496,738 | $0 |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $326,051 | $0 |
| Russ Feingold | D | WI | $377,320 | $0 |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $490,645 | $0 |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $272,390 | $0 |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $393,961 | $0 |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $338,100 | $0 |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $33,600 | $0 |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $317,150 | $0 |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $681,783 | $0 |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $393,494 | $0 |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $190,945 | $0 |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $201,030 | $0 |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $387,501 | $0 |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $110,450 | $0 |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $421,981 | $0 |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $187,140 | $0 |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $228,915 | $0 |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $600,344 | $0 |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $571,990 | $0 |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $297,275 | $0 |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $291,426 | $0 |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $354,011 | $0 |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $711,173 | $0 |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $387,301 | $0 |
| Chester Trent Lott | R | MS | $245,850 | $0 |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $254,308 | $0 |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $451,714 | $0 |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $106,500 | $0 |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $274,834 | $0 |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $1,023,860 | $0 |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $559,738 | $0 |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $305,275 | $0 |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $270,098 | $0 |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $547,808 | $0 |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $426,368 | $0 |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $455,098 | $0 |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $671,958 | $0 |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $211,180 | $0 |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $191,893 | $0 |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $577,292 | $0 |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $272,699 | $0 |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $312,936 | $0 |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $337,947 | $0 |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $136,831 | $0 |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $497,964 | $0 |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $261,000 | $0 |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $494,871 | $0 |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $677,145 | $0 |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $183,456 | $0 |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $1,368,700 | $0 |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $568,776 | $0 |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $278,166 | $0 |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $454,033 | $0 |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $147,875 | $0 |
| Craig Thomas | R | WY | $120,500 | $0 |
| John Thune | R | SD | $380,574 | $0 |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $276,980 | $0 |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $381,036 | $0 |
| John Warner | R | VA | $18,000 | $0 |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $204,930 | $0 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $185,225 | $0 |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $234,456 | $0 |
