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Federal Vote Scorecard - 113th Congress, First SessionChoose Your State: All States Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming U.S. Senate
113th Congress, First Session Show: All| Vote Scorecards Only | Vote Descriptions Only
Vote Descriptions: Show All | Hide All1. Protecting gun owners' privacy. (04/18/2013, Roll Call No. 104)
04/18/2013 -- The Senate passed the Barrasso amendment by a vote of 67-30 on April 18, 2013. The John Barrasso language would cut off funds to states that release gun owners’ names. GOA scored a vote IN FAVOR OF the Barrasso amendment to S. 649 as a pro-gun vote (+).
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2. Background checks and gun registry. (04/17/2013, Roll Call No. 97)
04/17/2013 -- With 60 votes needed for passage, the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer amendment was shot down by a vote of 54-46 on April 17, 2013. Among other things, this provision would have: (1) Imposed, for the first time ever, a ban on many, many private sales of firearms - requiring buyers to first get permission from the government; (2) Swept virtually ALL private gun sales into the background check system, as all gun sales advertised in a bulletin, the Internet or even a yard sign could have been covered; and, (3) Expanded the framework for a massive, national gun registry by potentially adding millions of private gun sales into the NICS system. GOA scored a vote AGAINST the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer amendment to S. 649 as a pro-gun vote (+).
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3. Veterans Gun Ban (2) (04/17/2013, Roll Call No. 99)
04/17/2013 -- With 60 votes needed for passage, the Leahy amendment failed by a vote of 58-42 on April 17, 2013. Similar to the underlying Reid bill (S. 649), the Pat Leahy amendment would send a person to prison for 15 years for selling a gun to a veteran, without realizing that he was one of the 165,000 military veterans who was put into the NICS system for PTSD. GOA scored a vote AGAINST the Leahy amendment to S. 649 as a pro-gun vote (+).
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4. Feinstein Gun Ban (04/17/2013, Roll Call No. 101)
04/17/2013 -- With 60 votes needed for passage, the Feinstein gun ban fell far short - by a vote of 40-60 on April 17, 2013. The Dianne Feintstein provision would have covered shotguns, rifles and handguns that millions of Americans legally own. GOA scored a vote AGAINST the Feinstein amendment to S. 649 as a pro-gun vote (+).
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5. Burr protection for veterans (04/17/2013, Roll Call No. 102)
04/17/2013 -- With 60 votes needed for passage, the Burr amendment failed by a vote of 56-44 on April 17, 2013. The Richard Burr amendment would have protected future veterans from losing their gun rights for ailments such as PTSD and could have possibly restored the gun rights of 165,000 veterans - who are currently barred - by requiring that no veteran can lose his gun rights because of a psychiatrist’s diagnosis. GOA scored a vote IN FAVOR OF the Burr amendment to S. 649 as a pro-gun vote (+).
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6. Concealed Carry Reciprocity (04/17/2013, Roll Call No. 100)
04/17/2013 -- With 60 votes needed for passage, the Cornyn-Vitter-Thune amendment failed by a vote of 57-43 on April 17, 2013. This provision would have allowed concealed carry holders and persons in constitutional carry states to carry nationwide. GOA scored a vote IN FAVOR OF the Cornyn-Vitter-Thune amendment to S. 649 as a pro-gun vote (+).
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7. Magazine limitation (04/17/2013, Roll Call No. 103)
04/17/2013 -- With 60 votes needed for passage, the Lautenberg magazine ban fell far short - by a vote of 46-54 on April 17, 2013. The Frank Lautenberg amendment would have capped all future magazines owned by the public at ten rounds - and its language was so slipshod that it might have outlawed other magazines as well. GOA scored a vote AGAINST the Lautenberg amendment to S. 649 as a pro-gun vote (+).
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8. Veterans Gun Ban (1) (04/11/2013, Roll Call No. 95)
04/11/2013 -- The Senate overcame the Paul-Cruz-Lee filibuster of Harry Reid’s gun control bill on April 11, 2013 - voting to shut down a filibuster of the motion to proceed to S. 649 by a margin of 68-31. The Reid bill would send a person to prison for 15 years for selling a gun to a veteran, without realizing that he was one of the 165,000 military veterans who was put into the NICS system for PTSD. The bill also contained Chuck Schumer’s universal gun registry language. GOA scored a vote AGAINST cloture on the motion to proceed as a pro-gun vote (+).
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9. Banning future gun control (03/23/2013, Roll Call No. 87)
03/23/2013 -- With 60 votes needed for passage, a Mike Lee amendment lost by a vote of 50-49 on March 23, 2013. The Lee amendment would prohibit any future gun control legislation which does not have a 2/3 vote in the Senate. GOA scored a vote IN FAVOR OF the Lee amendment to the budget resolution as a pro-gun vote (+).
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10. Banning UN gun control (03/23/2013, Roll Call No. 91)
03/23/2013 -- The Senate passed the Inhofe anti-UN treaty amendment by a 53-46 margin on March 23, 2013. The James Inhofe amendment would prevent the United States from entering into the UN Arms Trade Treaty - a treaty that would impose gun registration and possibly even ban handguns and semi-autos, while creating a microstamping requirement that would be technologically impossible to comply with. GOA scored a vote IN FAVOR OF the Inhofe amendment to the budget resolution as a pro-gun vote (+).
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11. Defeat of anti-gun judge (03/06/2013, Roll Call No. 30)
03/06/2013 -- With 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster of Caitlin Halligan’s confirmation, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on March 6 by a 51-41 vote. As New York’s Solicitor General, Halligan was one of the chief lawyers responsible for New York’s baseless and politically motivated efforts to bankrupt gun manufacturers using frivolous litigation. She stated in a speech on May 5, 2003, that “handgun manufacturers [should be held] liable for criminal acts committed with handguns.” GOA scored a vote AGAINST cloture - thus keeping Halligan from being confirmed to the DC Court of Appeals - as a pro-gun vote (+).
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Alabama Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Richard Shelby (R-AL) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Jeff Sessions (R-AL) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Alaska Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Mark Begich (D-AK) + + - + + + + + - + - 8
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) + + - + + + + + + + - 9

Arizona Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
John McCain (R-AZ) + - + + + + + - + + + 9
Jeff Flake (R-AZ) + + + + + + + - + + + 10

Arkansas Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
John Boozman (R-AR) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Mark Pryor (D-AR) + + - + + + + + + + - 9

California Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

Colorado Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Michael Bennet (D-CO) + - - + - - - - - - - 2
Mark Udall (D-CO) + - - + - + - - - - NV 3

Connecticut Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Christopher Murphy (D-CT) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

Delaware Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Thomas Carper (D-DE) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Chris Coons (D-DE) + - - - - - - - - - - 1

Florida Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Marco Rubio (R-FL) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Bill Nelson (D-FL) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

Georgia Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) + + + + + + + - + + + 10
Johnny Isakson (R-GA) + + + + + + + - + + + 10

Hawaii Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Mazie Hirono (D-HI) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Brian Schatz (D-HI) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

Idaho Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Michael Crapo (R-ID) + + + + + + + + + + NV 10
Jim Risch (R-ID) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Illinois Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Richard Durbin (D-IL) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Mark Kirk (R-IL) + - - - + - - - - + + 4

Indiana Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Joe Donnelly (D-IN) + - - + + + + - + + - 7
Dan Coats (R-IN) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Iowa Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Charles Grassley (R-IA) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Tom Harkin (D-IA) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

Kansas Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Pat Roberts (R-KS) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Jerry Moran (R-KS) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Kentucky Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Rand Paul (R-KY) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Louisiana Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
David Vitter (R-LA) + + + + + + + + + + NV 10
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) + - - + + + + - - - - 5

Maine Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Angus King (I-ME) - - - + + - - - - - - 2
Susan Collins (R-ME) + - - + + + + - + + + 8

Maryland Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) - - - - - - - - - - NV 0
Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

Massachusetts Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) NV - - - - - - - - - - 0
John Kerry (D-MA) I I I I I I I I I I I
William Cowan (D-MA) NV - - - - - - - - - - 0

Michigan Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Carl Levin (D-MI) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

Minnesota Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Al Franken (D-MN) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) + - - - - - - - - - - 1

Mississippi Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Thad Cochran (R-MS) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Roger Wicker (R-MS) + + + + + + + - + + + 10

Missouri Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Claire McCaskill (D-MO) + - - - + - - - - - - 2
Roy Blunt (R-MO) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Montana Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Jon Tester (D-MT) + - - + + + + - - + - 6
Max Baucus (D-MT) + + - + + + + - + - - 7

Nebraska Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Deb Fischer (R-NE) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Mike Johanns (R-NE) + + + + + + + + + + NV 10

Nevada Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Harry Reid (D-NV) - + - - - - - - - - + 2
Dean Heller (R-NV) + + + + + + + - + + + 10

New Hampshire Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) + + + + + + + - + + + 10
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) + - - - - - - - - - - 1

New Jersey Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) NV - - - - - - NV NV NV NV 0

New Mexico Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Tom Udall (D-NM) + - - + - + - - - - - 3
Martin Heinrich (D-NM) + - - + - + - - - + - 4

New York Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Charles Schumer (D-NY) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

North Carolina Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Richard Burr (R-NC) + + + + + + + - + + + 10
Kay Hagan (D-NC) + - - + + + + - + + - 7

North Dakota Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
John Hoeven (R-ND) + + + + + + + - + + + 10
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) + + - + + + + - + + - 8

Ohio Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Rob Portman (R-OH) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Oklahoma Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Tom Coburn (R-OK) + + + + + + + - + + + 10
James Inhofe (R-OK) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Oregon Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Jeff Merkley (D-OR) + - - - - - - - - - - 1
Ron Wyden (D-OR) + - - - - - - - - - - 1

Pennsylvania Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Bob Casey (D-PA) + - - - - - - - - - - 1
Patrick Toomey (R-PA) + - + + + + + - + + + 9

Rhode Island Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Jack Reed (D-RI) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

South Carolina Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Tim Scott (R-SC) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Jim DeMint (R-SC) I I I I I I I I I I I
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) + + + + + + + - + + + 10

South Dakota Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
John Thune (R-SD) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Tim Johnson (D-SD) - - - + - - - - - - NV 1

Tennessee Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) + + + + + + + - + + + 10
Bob Corker (R-TN) + + + + + + + - + + + 10

Texas Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Ted Cruz (R-TX) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
John Cornyn (R-TX) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Utah Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) + + + + + + + + + + NV 10
Mike Lee (R-UT) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Vermont Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Bernard Sanders (I-VT) - - - - + - - - - - - 1

Virginia Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Mark Warner (D-VA) + - - + - + + - - - - 4
Tim Kaine (D-VA) + - - - - - - - - - - 1

Washington Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Maria Cantwell (D-WA) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Patty Murray (D-WA) - - - - - - - - - - - 0

West Virginia Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Joe Manchin (D-WV) + - - + - + + - + + - 6

Wisconsin Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Ron Johnson (R-WI) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Wyoming Senators 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Score
John Barrasso (R-WY) + + + + + + + + + + + 11
Michael Enzi (R-WY) + + + + + + + + + + + 11

Senate Changes During This Congress
Tim Scott (R-SC):
John Kerry (D-MA): Resigned February 1, 2013
Jim DeMint (R-SC):
William Cowan (D-MA): Sworn in February 7, 2013
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