Senate Roll Call 237, 111th Congress · July 22, 2009
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State.
Question before the chamber: On the Amendment
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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): Allowing concealed carry permit reciprocity across state lines expands gun rights.
Tagged by: keyword:concealed carry
Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights
- Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Concealed carry reciprocity pertains to gun policy, not military or war powers.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (58)
- Lamar Alexander
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus
- Evan Bayh
- Mark Begich
- Michael F. Bennet
- Robert F. Bennett
- Christopher S. Bond
- Samuel D. Brownback
- Jim Bunning
- Richard Burr
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Saxby Chambliss
- Tom Coburn
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Kent Conrad
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Jim DeMint
- Byron L. Dorgan
- John Eric Ensign
- Michael B. Enzi
- Russell D. Feingold
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd A. Gregg
- Kay R. Hagan
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Mike Johanns
- Tim Johnson
- Jon Kyl
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln
- Mel Martinez
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson
- Mark L. Pryor
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- Olympia J. Snowe
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- David Vitter
- Mark R. Warner
- Jim Webb
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (39)
- Daniel K. Akaka
- Jeff Bingaman
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Christopher J. Dodd
- Richard J. Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Tom Harkin
- Daniel K. Inouye
- Edward E. Kaufman
- John F. Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herb Kohl
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Richard G. Lugar
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Jack Reed
- John D. Rockefeller, IV
- Bernard Sanders
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Arlen Specter
- Debbie Stabenow
- George V. Voinovich
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (3)
- Robert C. ByrdDid not vote
- Edward M. KennedyDid not vote
- Barbara A. MikulskiDid not vote
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