Senate Vote for Background Checks
In early December 2015, following the deadliest mass shooting since Sandy Hook, NRA-backed lawmakers voted to block efforts to pass common-sense gun laws -- again.
But some lawmakers voted the right way, and took a brave stand for life-saving reforms. See how your senator voted below, and then call their offices to tell them how you feel about their decision.
In early December 2015, following the deadliest mass shooting since Sandy Hook, NRA-backed lawmakers voted to block efforts to pass common-sense gun laws -- again.
But some lawmakers voted the right way, and took a brave stand for life-saving reforms. See how your senator voted below, and then call their offices to tell them how you feel about their decision.
| State | Senator Name | How Did They Vote? | Take Action |
| Alabama | Richard Shelby (R) / Jeff Sessions (R) | No | Call Now |
| Alaska | Lisa Murkowski (R) / Dan Sullivan (R) | No | Call Now |
| Arizona | John McCain (R) | Yes | Call Now |
| Arizona | Jeff Flake (R) | No | Call Now |
| Arkansas | John Boozman (R) / Tom Cotton (R) | No | Call Now |
| California | Dianne Feinstein (D) / Barbara Boxer (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Colorado | Michael Bennet (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Colorado | Cory Gardner (R) | No | Call Now |
| Connecticut | Richard Blumenthal (D) / Chris Murphy (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Delaware | Tom Carper (D) / Chris Coons (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Florida | Bill Nelson (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Florida | Marco Rubio (R) | No | Call Now |
| Georgia | Johnny Isakson (R) / David Perdue (R) | No | Call Now |
| Hawaii | Brian Schatz (D) / Mazie Hirono (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Idaho | Mike Crapo (R) / Jim Risch (R) | No | Call Now |
| Illinois | Dick Durbin (D) / Mark Kirk (R) | Yes | Call Now |
| Indiana | Dan Coats (R) | No | Call Now |
| Indiana | Joe Donnelly (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Iowa | Chuck Grassley (R) / Joni Ernst (R) | No | Call Now |
| Kansas | Pat Roberts (R) / Jerry Moran (R) | No | Call Now |
| Kentucky | Mitch McConnell (R) / Rand Paul (R) | No | Call Now |
| Louisiana | David Vitter (R) / Bill Cassidy (R) | No | Call Now |
| Maine | Susan Collins (R) / Angus King (I) | Yes | Call Now |
| Maryland | Barbara Mikulski (D) / Ben Cardin (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Massachusetts | Elizabeth Warren (D) / Ed Markey (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Michigan | Debbie Stabenow (D) / Gary Peters (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Minnesota | Amy Klobuchar (D) / Al Franken (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Mississippi | Thad Cochran (R) / Roger Wicker (R) | No | Call Now |
| Missouri | Claire McCaskill (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Missouri | Roy Blunt (R) | No | Call Now |
| Montana | Jon Tester (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Montana | Steve Daines (R) | No | Call Now |
| Nebraska | Deb Fischer (R) / Ben Sasse (R) | No | Call Now |
| Nevada | Harry Reid (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Nevada | Dean Heller (R) | No | Call Now |
| New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| New Hampshire | Kelly Ayotte (R) | No | Call Now |
| New Jersey | Bob Menendez (D) / Cory Booker (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| New Mexico | Tom Udall (D) / Martin Heinrich (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| New York | Chuck Schumer (D) / Kirsten Gillibrand (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| North Carolina | Richard Burr (R) / Thom Tillis (R) | No | Call Now |
| North Dakota | John Hoeven (R) / Heidi Heitkamp (D) | No | Call Now |
| Ohio | Sherrod Brown (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Ohio | Rob Portman (R) | No | Call Now |
| Oklahoma | Jim Inhofe (R) / James Lankford (R) | No | Call Now |
| Oregon | Ron Wyden (D) / Jeff Merkley (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Pennsylvania | Bob Casey, Jr. (D) / Pat Toomey (R) | Yes | Call Now |
| Rhode Island | Jack Reed (D) / Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| South Carolina | Lindsey Graham (R) / Tim Scott (R) | No | Call Now |
| South Dakota | John Thune (R) / Mike Rounds (R) | No | Call Now |
| Tennessee | Lamar Alexander (R) / Bob Corker (R) | No | Call Now |
| Texas | John Cornyn (R) / Ted Cruz (R) | No | Call Now |
| Utah | Orrin Hatch (R) / Mike Lee (R) | No | Call Now |
| Vermont | Patrick Leahy (D) / Bernie Sanders (I) | Yes | Call Now |
| Virginia | Mark Warner (D) | Absent | Call Now |
| Virginia | Tim Kaine (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Washington | Patty Murray (D) / Maria Cantwell (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| West Virginia | Joe Manchin (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| West Virginia | Shelley Moore Capito (R) | No | Call Now |
| Wisconsin | Ron Johnson (R) | Absent | Call Now |
| Wisconsin | Tammy Baldwin (D) | Yes | Call Now |
| Wyoming | Mike Enzi (R) / John Barrasso (R) | No | Call Now |