VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

S.Res. 511 · 110th Congress

A resolution recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Agreed to without a recorded vote. It was agreed to by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted.

5 cosponsors · 4 D, 1 R

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Apr 10, 2008
  2. Senate Passed Apr 30, 2008

States that John Sidney McCain, III, is a "natural born Citizen'' under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Apr 30, 2008

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

States that John Sidney McCain, III, is a "natural born Citizen'' under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A resolution recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.

Latest action (Apr 30, 2008): Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3645-3646; text of measure as passed Senate: CR S3646)

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 10, 2008

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Apr 10, 2008
  2. Senate Passed Apr 30, 2008

No recorded floor vote found.