I offered an amendment capping legal immigration at one million.
After the vote, David Bishop, Democrat of West Babylon, offered an amendment that sought to overcome the objections.
Senator Jeff Bingaman, Democrat of New Mexico, offered an amendment to increase money for child care to $7 billion.
"I offered an amendment on the Senate floor to eliminate the center because it was unnecessary, wasteful and totally out of place.
And when a lawmaker offered an amendment to offer free access to birth certificates in order to get a card, instead of charging $22, they rejected that, too.
On Thursday, Mr. Weiner offered an amendment to a short-term spending bill, supported by "the gentleman from Utah," to end federal financing for the policy institute.
Mr. Grassley offered an amendment that would essentially abolish the path to legalization by tying it to border-sealing benchmarks that would be impossible to meet.
Paul said he had offered an amendment to Rubio's bill that would have applied "special scrunity" to immigrants coming to the US from countries "that have large jihadists".
Senator Phil Gramm, Republican of Texas, offered an amendment today that would forbid suits against employers for any role they have in providing health benefits to employees.
Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado, offered an amendment that said nothing in the bill would result in a reduction of "guaranteed benefits" under Medicare.
Sadly, when I offered an amendment in the House Armed Services Committee to do just that, it was criticized by some of my colleagues as "political correctness".
