Roll Call Vote #98 · 113th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 17, 2013, 4:31 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 725 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
Amendment S.Amdt. 725 (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.)
Amendment Rejected (52-48, 3/5 majority required)
52 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 26 senators
8 Yea / 18 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 24 senators
23 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Begich (Democrat–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joe Donnelly (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hagan (Democrat–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Heidi Heitkamp (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Kirk (Republican–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 52
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Joe Donnelly (IN)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake (AZ)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 48
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Chris Coons
- Mo Cowan (MA)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Tim Kaine
- Angus King
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Mike Lee
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Chris Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).