When asked for the senator’s criteria on whether he’ll vote for cloture, a spokesman for Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn), explains, “His amendment will be a factor, the Graham amendment will be a factor as well as others on border security and workplace enforcement mechanisms. The question will be, “have we strengthened the bill enough?” If we can’t do that, he’s going to vote to kill this.”
Coleman is another one of the Big Eight.