Le sénateur démocrate Barack Obama, qui pourrait, selon bien des gens, représenter l'avenir du Parti démocrate des États-Unis, a voté pour. Le sénateur démocrate Edward Kennedy a voté pour qu'on maintienne la frontière fermée.
Senator Barack Obama, Democrat, who many herald as the future of the Democratic Party of the United States, voted yea; Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrat, voted to keep the border closed; Senator Hillary Clinton, Democrat, voted to keep the border closed; and Senator John Kerry, Democrat, whom many members of the Liberal Party of Canada openly supported in the last presidential election, voted to keep the border closed.