Senate Roll Call 320, 114th Congress · December 3, 2015
To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.
Question before the chamber: On the Motion
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.
Policy area: Health — 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.
- Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The measure addresses gun violence and criminal justice, not health care coverage.
Tagged by: policy-area:Health
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
- GunsA yea counts toward “Gun restrictions”
model(0.90): Strengthens background checks and restrictions on illegal firearm trafficking.
Tagged by: keyword:background check,gun violence
Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights
- Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Combines punitive enforcement measures with mental health reforms in criminal justice.
Tagged by: keyword:criminal justice
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 (53)
- Lamar Alexander
- Kelly Ayotte
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Bill Cassidy
- Daniel Coats
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines
- Joe Donnelly
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Cory Gardner
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Dean Heller
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- James Lankford
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue
- Rob Portman
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Ben Sasse
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- Dan Sullivan
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- David Vitter
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (46)
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory A. Booker
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Christopher A. Coons
- Richard J. Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Mark Kirk
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Gary C. Peters
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (1)
- Mark R. WarnerDid not vote
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