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Senate · Roll call 321 · 1st session · Dec. 3, 2015 A vote to agree to a Senate motion described as one to protect Second Amendment rights and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.
- Question
- On the Motion
- Official record
- Senate roll call 321, 114th Congress, 1st session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 114-s321, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 114th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
- Bill
- H.R. 3762, To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.
- 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.
About this vote
The motion, made on H.R. 3762, a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, has the official description: “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 for agreeing to the motion.
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Summary by the Congressional Research Service
TITLE I--HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS (Sec.
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Republican | No |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | No |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | No |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | No |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Republican | No |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | No |
| John McCain | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| Barbara Boxer | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Cory Gardner | CO | Republican | No |
| 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 |
| David Perdue | GA | Republican | No |
| Johnny Isakson | GA | Republican | No |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | No |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Republican | No |
| 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 |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Republican | No |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | No |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Elizabeth Warren | 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 |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Gary C. Peters | 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 |
| Steve Daines | MT | Republican | No |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | No |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Republican | No |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | No |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | No |
| Ben Sasse | NE | Republican | No |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | No |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Kelly Ayotte | NH | Republican | No |
| Cory A. Booker | 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 | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | No |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | Yes |
| James Lankford | OK | Republican | No |
| James M. Inhofe | 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 |
| Mike Rounds | SD | Republican | No |
| 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 | Did not vote |
| 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 | Did not vote |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | Yes |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Republican | No |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | No |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | No |