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Freshman Class of the 110Th Congress at a Glance Freshman Class of the 110th Congress at a Glance NEW HOUSE MEMBERS BY DISTRICT Position on Position on District Republican Democrat1 Winner Immigration Immigration Border security with AZ-05 J.D. Hayworth Enforcement first Harry E. Mitchell Mitchell • guest worker program Employer sanctions; Randy Graf AZ-08 Enforcement first Gabrielle Giffords “comprehensive Giffords (Jim Kolbe) reform” “Comprehensive CA-11 Richard W. Pombo• Enforcement first Jerry McNerney reform” and “path to McNerney citizenship” Kevin McCarthy Enforcement and tighter CA-22 Sharon M. Beery No clear position McCarthy (Bill Thomas) border security Doug Lamborn Tighter security; CO-05 Jay Fawcett Enforcement first Lamborn (Joel Hefley) opposes amnesty “Comprehensive Rick O’Donnell Enforcement first; CO-07 Ed Perlmutter reform” and “path to Perlmutter (Bob Beauprez) employer sanctions citizenship” CT-02 Bob Simmons• Enforcement first Joe Courtney Employer Sanctions Courtney Supports tighter border CT-05 Nancy L. Johnson Christopher S. Murphy “Path to citizenship” Murphy • security 1For simplification, this column also includes Independents. Incumbent Retiring incumbent Vacating to run for higher office Resigning Lost in the primary Position on Position on District Republican Democrat1 Winner Immigration Immigration Gus Bilirakis FL-09 Enforcement first Phyllis Busansky Supports border security Bilirakis (Michael Bilirakis) Kathy Castor “Comprehensive FL-11 Eddie Adams Opposes amnesty Castor (Jim Davis) reform” Supports enforcement, Vern Buchanan Employer sanctions; FL-13 tighter security; Christine Jennings Buchanan (Katherine Harris) “path to citizenship” opposes amnesty Supports border Joe Negron FL-16 Tighter border security Tim Mahoney security; “path to Mahoney (Mark Foley) citizenship” “Comprehensive reform”; FL-22 E. Clay Shaw Ron Klein Employer sanctions Klein • guest worker program Hank Johnson “Comprehensive GA-04 Catherine Davis Enforcement first; removal (Cynthia A. reform” and “path to Johnson McKinney) citizenship” “Path to citizenship”; “Path to citizenship”; Mazie K. Hirono HI-02 Bob Hogue supports McCain- Hirono supports Senate bill (Ed Case) Kennedy Supports border Mike Whalen “Comprehensive reform”; IA-01 Bruce Braley security, enforcement Braley (Jim Nussle) guest worker program and opposes amnesty Supports “Comprehensive reform”; “comprehensive IA-02 Jim Leach Dave Loebsack Loebsack • employer sanctions reform”, “path to citizenship” “Comprehensive Bill Sali ID-01 Enforcement first Larry E. Grant reform”; guest worker Sali (C.L. Otter) program Incumbent Federation for American Immigration Reform Retiring incumbent Freshman Class of 110th Congress at a Glance Vacating to run for higher office Page 2 of 7 Resigning Lost in the primary Position on Position on District Republican Democrat1 Winner Immigration Immigration “Comprehensive Supports border Peter Roskam reform”; “path to IL-06 security; opposes Tammy Duckworth Roskam (Henry J. Hyde) citizenship”; supports amnesty Senate bill Phil Hare Supports guest worker IL-17 Andrea Lane Zinga Enforcement first Hare (Lane Evans) program IN-02 Chris Chocola• Enforcement first Joe Donnelly Opposes amnesty Donnelly Enforcement; tighter Enforcement first; IN-08 John Hostettler Brad Ellsworth border security; Ellsworth • opposes amnesty employer sanctions Supports border Enforcement first; security and employer IN-09 Mike Sodrel Baron Hill Hill • opposes amnesty sanctions; opposes amnesty Supports border KS-02 Jim Ryun• Enforcement first Nancy Boyda security and worker Boyda verification Supports border fence; Supports border employer sanctions; KY-03 John Yarmuth security and employer Yarmuth Anne Northup• restricted path to penalties citizenship Supports Enforcement first; John Sarbanes “comprehensive MD-03 John White Sarbanes opposes amnesty (Ben Cardin) reform” and “path to citizenship” “Comprehensive Tim Walberg MI-07 Enforcement first Sharon Renier reform”, no fence and Walberg (Joe Schwartz) heightened surveillance Supports enforcement, Supports enforcement, MN-01 Gil Gutknecht additional visas for high- Tim Walz Walz • “path to citizenship” skilled workers Incumbent Federation for American Immigration Reform Retiring incumbent Freshman Class of 110th Congress at a Glance Vacating to run for higher office Page 3 of 7 Resigning Lost in the primary Position on Position on District Republican Democrat1 Winner Immigration Immigration Supports Supports comprehensive Keith Ellison MN-05 Alan Fine “comprehensive Ellison reform (Martin Olav Sabo) reform” Supports enforcement Tighter border security; Michele Bachmann MN-06 of current laws and Patty Wetterling employer verification Bachmann (Mark Kennedy) border security requirements Supports border Adrian Smith security, interior NE-03 Scott Kleeb Tighter border security Smith (Tom Osborne) enforcement; no amnesty Tighter border Enforcement first; security; employer NC-11 Charles Taylor Heath Shuler Shuler • opposes amnesty sanctions; opposes amnesty “Comprehensive Enforcement first; NH-01 Jeb Bradley Carol Shea-Porter reform”; employer Shea-Porter • opposes amnesty sanctions Enforcement first; “Comprehensive NH-02 Charles Bass Paul W. Hodes Hodes • increase worker visas reform” Albio Sires “Comprehensive NJ-13 John G. Guarini No clear position Sires (Robert Menendez) reform” Dean Heller Opposes amnesty; Employer sanctions; NV-02 Jill Derby Heller (Jim Gibbons) supports security opposes amnesty Supports humane Supports guest worker Yvette Clark NY-11 Stephen Finger “comprehensive Clark program (Major Owens) reform” Opposes fence; Enforcement first; NY-19 John Hall supports “path to Hall Sue Kelly• increase worker visas citizenship” Enforcement first; NY-20 John Sweeney Enforcement first Kirsten Gillibrand Gillibrand • employer sanctions Incumbent Federation for American Immigration Reform Retiring incumbent Freshman Class of 110th Congress at a Glance Vacating to run for higher office Page 4 of 7 Resigning Lost in the primary Position on Position on District Republican Democrat1 Winner Immigration Immigration Ray Meier Supports enforcement NY-24 Border security first Michael Arcuri Arcuri (Sherwood Boehlert) and border fence Jim Jordan Employer enforcement; OH-04 Enforcement first Richard E. Siferd Jordan (Michael Oxley) tighter security Charlie Wilson Stronger security; OH-06 Chuck Blasdel Enforcement first Wilson (Ted Strickland) enforcement first “Path to citizenship”; Betty Sutton OH-13 Craig Foltin “Path to citizenship” supports McCain- Sutton (Sherrod Brown) Kennedy bill Joy Padgett Enforcement first; Enforcement first; OH-18 Zack Space Space (Bob Ney) opposes amnesty opposes amnesty Supports border fence, Mary Fallin OK-05 enforcement, and David Hunter “Comprehensive reform” Fallin (Ernest Istook) employer penalties Supports border Tougher border security PA-04 Melissa A. Hart Jason Altmire security and employer Altmire • and interior enforcement penalties Tighten border Enforcement first; PA-07 Curt Weldon Joe Sestak security; guest worker Sestak • opposes amnesty program Employer sanctions; PA-08 Michael G. Fitzpatrick Tighter border security Patrick D. Murphy Murphy • opposes amnesty Supports tighter PA-10 Don Sherwood• Enforcement Chris Carney enforcement; earned Carney citizenship Supports more border Supports employer David Davis TN-01 security; opposes Rick Trent incentives for hiring Davis (Bill Jenkins) amnesty American workers Steve Cohen TN-09 Mark White Strengthen border security Opposes border fence Cohen (Harold Ford) Incumbent Federation for American Immigration Reform Retiring incumbent Freshman Class of 110th Congress at a Glance Vacating to run for higher office Page 5 of 7 Resigning Lost in the primary Position on Position on District Republican Democrat1 Winner Immigration Immigration Shelley Sekula Gibbs Enforcement first; Enforcement first; TX-22 Nick Lampson Lampson (Tom DeLay) opposes amnesty opposes amnesty “Comprehensive TX-23 Henry Bonilla Enforcement first Ciro Rodriguez Rodriguez • Reform” “Comprehensive Peter Welch VT-AL Martha Rainville Tighter border security reform”; “path to Welch (Bernard Sanders) citizenship” Enforcement first; John Gard Enforcement first; WI-08 Steven L. Kagen employer Kagen (Mark Green) opposes amnesty responsibility Incumbent Federation for American Immigration Reform Retiring incumbent Freshman Class of 110th Congress at a Glance Vacating to run for higher office Page 6 of 7 Resigning Lost in the primary NEW SENATORS BY STATE Position on District Republican Democrat Position on Immigration Winner Immigration Border security first; Ben Cardin MD Michael Steele “Comprehensive reform” Cardin opposes amnesty (Paul Sarbanes) “Comprehensive reform”; Amy Klobuchar MN Mark Kennedy “Comprehensive reform” Klobuchar guest worker program (Mark Dayton) Enforcement first; opposes Enforcement first; opposes MO Jim Talent Claire McCaskill McCaskill • amnesty amnesty Enforcement first; opposes Enforcement first; employer MT Conrad Burns Jon Tester Tester • amnesty sanctions; opposes amnesty OH Mike DeWine• “Comprehensive reform” Sherrod Brown “Comprehensive reform” Brown Enforcement first; increase “Comprehensive reform”, PA Rick Santorum Bob Casey Casey • agriculture worker visas “path to citizenship” “Path to citizenship”; Sheldon Employer sanctions, “path to RI Lincoln Chafee cosponsor of McCain- Whitehouse • Whitehouse citizenship” Kennedy Bob Corker Tighter border security; Supports some enforcement; TN Harold E. Ford Corker (Bill Frist) guest worker program mixed voting record Tighter border security; “path Enforcement first; opposes VA George Allen Jim Webb to citizenship”; employer Webb • amnesty sanctions Bernard Sanders (I) Tighter border security; Employer sanctions; “path to VT Rich Tarrant (James Jeffords Sanders “path to citizenship” citizenship” (I)) Incumbent Federation for American Immigration Reform Retiring incumbent Freshman Class of 110th Congress at a Glance Vacating to run for higher office Page 7 of 7 Resigning Lost in the primary.
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