Senate Roll Call 97, 113th Congress · April 17, 2013
To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.
Question before the chamber: On the Amendment
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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(0.90): Amendment explicitly aims to protect Second Amendment rights.
Tagged by: keyword:firearm,background check,second amendment
Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights
- Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Background check system measures do not directly map to criminal justice policy.
Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement
Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (54)
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Susan M. Collins
- Christopher A. Coons
- William M. Cowan
- Joe Donnelly
- Richard J. Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Kay R. Hagan
- Tom Harkin
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Tim Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Mark Kirk
- Amy Klobuchar
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joe Manchin, III
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Jack Reed
- John D. Rockefeller, IV
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay (46)
- Lamar Alexander
- Kelly Ayotte
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus
- Mark Begich
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr
- Saxby Chambliss
- Daniel Coats
- Tom Coburn
- Thad Cochran
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Michael B. Enzi
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Dean Heller
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Mike Johanns
- Ron Johnson
- Mike Lee
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman
- Mark L. Pryor
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Marco Rubio
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- John Thune
- David Vitter
- Roger F. Wicker
Not voting or present (0)
None
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