Senate Roll Call 598, 115th Congress · December 19, 2018
To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a voluntary national criminal history background check system and criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Question before the chamber: On the Motion for Attendance
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.
- GunsDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A motion for attendance is procedural.
Tagged by: keyword:background check
Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights
- Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A motion for attendance is procedural.
Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance
Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (71)
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Barrasso
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt
- Cory A. Booker
- John Boozman
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Bill Cassidy
- Christopher A. Coons
- John Cornyn
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Joe Donnelly
- Tammy Duckworth
- Richard J. Durbin
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Cory Gardner
- Chuck Grassley
- Kamala D. Harris
- Margaret Wood Hassan
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Mazie K. Hirono
- John Hoeven
- Cindy Hyde-Smith
- Ron Johnson
- Doug Jones
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Amy Klobuchar
- Jon Kyl
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Charles E. Schumer
- Tim Scott
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Tina Smith
- Debbie Stabenow
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Tom Udall
- Chris Van Hollen
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Ron Wyden
Nay (21)
Not voting or present (8)
- Richard BurrDid not vote
- Bob CorkerDid not vote
- Mike CrapoDid not vote
- Dean HellerDid not vote
- James M. InhofeDid not vote
- Johnny IsaksonDid not vote
- Claire McCaskillDid not vote
- Thom TillisDid not vote
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