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Senate · Roll call 97 · 1st session · April 17, 2013 A vote to adopt an amendment to S. 649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013.
- Question
- On the Amendment
- Official record
- Senate roll call 97, 113th Congress, 1st session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 113-s97, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 113th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
- Bill
- S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013
- Details
- 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.
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
President Obama's position: wanted a Yes vote
“He believes that something like legislation that expands and improves our background check system as the amendment that Senators Toomey and Manchin have put forward should garner the support in the Senate”
Source: Public statement · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)
About this vote
This amendment is officially described as follows: "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." A Yes vote is a vote to adopt it.
This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error
Summary by the Congressional Research Service
Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 - Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NICS Act), the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and the federal criminal code to require background checks for all firearm sales, prohibit straw purchases of firearms, and expand the school safety grant program.
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | No |
| Mark Begich | AK | Democrat | No |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | No |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | No |
| Mark L. Pryor | AR | Democrat | No |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | No |
| John McCain | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| Barbara Boxer | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Mark Udall | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Bill Nelson | FL | Democrat | Yes |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | No |
| Johnny Isakson | GA | Republican | No |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA | Republican | No |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | No |
| Tom Harkin | IA | Democrat | Yes |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Mark Kirk | IL | Republican | Yes |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Daniel Coats | IN | Republican | No |
| Joe Donnelly | IN | Democrat | Yes |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | No |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | No |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | No |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | No |
| Mary L. Landrieu | LA | Democrat | Yes |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| William M. Cowan | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | Yes |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | Yes |
| Carl Levin | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Al Franken | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Claire McCaskill | MO | Democrat | Yes |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Republican | No |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | No |
| Thad Cochran | MS | Republican | No |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Max Baucus | MT | Democrat | No |
| Kay R. Hagan | NC | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | No |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | No |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | No |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | No |
| Mike Johanns | NE | Republican | No |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Kelly Ayotte | NH | Republican | No |
| Frank R. Lautenberg | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Tom Udall | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Dean Heller | NV | Republican | No |
| Harry Reid | NV | Democrat | No |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | No |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | Yes |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | No |
| Tom Coburn | OK | Republican | No |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA | Republican | Yes |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | Yes |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | No |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | No |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | No |
| Tim Johnson | SD | Democrat | Yes |
| Bob Corker | TN | Republican | No |
| Lamar Alexander | TN | Republican | No |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | No |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | No |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT | Republican | No |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | Yes |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT | Democrat | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | No |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | Yes |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| John D. Rockefeller, IV | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | No |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | No |