Shortly after the approval of the Inhofe amendment, the Senate voted for another bill by Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), according to which English is the "common unifying language of the United States," but mandated that nothing in that declaration "shall diminish or expand any existing rights" regarding multilingual services.
Following the approval of the Inhofe amendment, the Senate quickly voted on Sen. Ken Salazar's (D-Colo.) bill, which declared English to be the "common unifying language of the United States," but it also stipulated that this declaration would not affect any existing rights regarding multilingual services.