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Senate Roll Call 321, 114th Congress · December 3, 2015

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 Motion

48 yea · 50 nayMotion Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 1 nay
Republican4 yea · 49 nay
Independent3 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3762 ↗

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 concerns Second Amendment rights and firearm background checks, not health care.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • GunsA yea counts toward “Gun rights”

    model(0.85): The measure explicitly aims to protect Second Amendment rights.

    Tagged by: keyword:firearm,background check,second amendment

    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 (48)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (2)

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