Senate Roll Call 219, 109th Congress · July 29, 2005
A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.
Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
Policy area: Law — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.
How this vote is scored
Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.
- GunsA yea counts toward “Gun rights”
model(0.95): Passing legislation protecting firearm manufacturers from civil liability advances gun rights.
Tagged by: keyword:ammunition
Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (65)
- Lamar Alexander
- Wayne A. Allard
- George Felix Allen
- Max Baucus
- Robert F. Bennett
- Christopher S. Bond
- Samuel D. Brownback
- Jim Bunning
- Conrad Burns
- Richard Burr
- Robert C. Byrd
- Saxby Chambliss
- Tom Coburn
- Thad Cochran
- Norm Coleman
- Susan M. Collins
- Kent Conrad
- John Cornyn
- Larry E. Craig
- Mike Crapo
- Jim DeMint
- Elizabeth H. Dole
- Pete V. Domenici
- Byron L. Dorgan
- John Eric Ensign
- Michael B. Enzi
- William H. Frist
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd A. Gregg
- Charles T. Hagel
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- James M. Jeffords
- Tim Johnson
- Herb Kohl
- Jon Kyl
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln
- Trent Lott
- Richard G. Lugar
- Mel Martinez
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson
- Bill Nelson
- Mark L. Pryor
- Harry Reid
- John D. Rockefeller, IV
- Ken Salazar
- Richard J. Santorum
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- Olympia J. Snowe
- Arlen Specter
- Ted F. Stevens
- James M. Talent
- Craig Thomas
- John Thune
- David Vitter
- George V. Voinovich
- John W. Warner
Nay (31)
- Daniel K. Akaka
- Evan Bayh
- Joseph R. Biden Jr.
- Jeff Bingaman
- Barbara Boxer
- Maria Cantwell
- Thomas R. Carper
- Lincoln D. Chafee
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Jon Stevens Corzine
- Mark Dayton
- Michael DeWine
- Christopher J. Dodd
- Richard J. Durbin
- Russell D. Feingold
- Tom Harkin
- Daniel K. Inouye
- Edward M. Kennedy
- John F. Kerry
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Patty Murray
- Barack Obama
- Jack Reed
- Paul S. Sarbanes
- Charles E. Schumer
- Debbie Stabenow
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (4)
- Dianne FeinsteinDid not vote
- Pat RobertsDid not vote
- Gordon Harold SmithDid not vote
- John E. SununuDid not vote
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