Votes on Manchin-Toomey Amendment - 2013

On April 17th, 2013, members of the US Senate voted on the Manchin-Toomey amendment, which would have required background checks on all commercial sales of guns. The vote failed, with 54 members in support and 46 in opposition. Nearly all of the members who voted against the amendment have received substantial amounts of money from the political action committees of gun rights groups, including the National Rifle Association. Some of the members who supported the amendment have also been recipients of gun rights PAC money. The table and figure below display PAC contributions from gun rights groups, gun control groups, and gun manufacturers from 2007 through March 31st, 2013.

Name Party Vote Money from Gun Rights PACs Money from Gun Manufacturer PACs Money from Gun Control PACs Alexander, Lamar R N $10,900 $0 $0 Ayotte, Kelly R N $9,000 $0 $0 Barrasso, John A R N $26,349 $0 $0 Baucus, Max D N $7,950 $0 $0 Begich, Mark D N $0 $0 $0 Blunt, Roy R N $23,435 $0 $0 Boozman, John R N $13,985 $1,000 $0 Burr, Richard R N $16,900 $3,000 $0 Chambliss, Saxby R N $24,850 $3,000 $0 Coats, Dan R N $0 $0 $0 Coburn, Tom R N $4,053 $1,000 $0 Cochran, Thad R N $5,000 $0 $0 Corker, Bob R N $4,950 $2,000 $0 Cornyn, John R N $15,950 $0 $0 Crapo, Mike R N $11,450 $0 $0 Cruz, Ted R N $24,929 $0 $0 Enzi, Mike R N $5,950 $0 $0 Fischer, Deb R N $7,950 $0 $0 Flake, Jeff R N $14,950 $0 $0 Graham, Lindsey R N $10,400 $1,000 $0 Grassley, Chuck R N $6,950 $0 $0 Hatch, Orrin G R N $9,000 $0 $0 Heitkamp, Heidi D N $0 $0 $0 Heller, Dean R N $42,247 $0 $0 Hoeven, John R N $9,950 $1,000 $0 Inhofe, James M R N $14,400 $2,000 $0 Isakson, Johnny R N $7,500 $0 $0 Johanns, Mike R N $6,950 $0 $0 Johnson, Ron R N $10,950 $0 $0 Lee, Mike R N $5,500 $0 $0 McConnell, Mitch R N $15,900 $3,000 $0 Moran, Jerry R N $13,450 $0 $0 Murkowski, Lisa R N $10,058 $0 $0 Paul, Rand R N $5,671 $1,000 $0 Portman, Rob R N $19,900 $0 $0 Pryor, Mark D N $2,000 $0 $0 Reid, Harry D N $8,450 $0 $0 Risch, James E R N $18,850 $0 $0 Roberts, Pat R N $11,950 $0 $0 Rubio, Marco R N $8,089 $0 $0 Scott, Tim R N $5,500 $0 $0 Sessions, Jeff R N $9,450 $0 $0 Shelby, Richard C R N $9,450 $0 $0 Thune, John R N $12,500 $1,000 $0 Vitter, David R N $5,003 $0 $0 Wicker, Roger R N $19,350 $2,000 $0 Baldwin, Tammy D Y $0 $0 $0 Bennet, Michael F D Y $0 $0 $0 Blumenthal, Richard D Y $0 $0 $0 Boxer, Barbara D Y $0 $0 $0 Brown, Sherrod D Y $0 $0 $0 Cantwell, Maria D Y $0 $0 $0 Cardin, Ben D Y $0 $0 $0 Carper, Tom D Y $0 $0 $0 Casey, Bob D Y $0 $0 $0 Collins, Susan M R Y $0 $3,600 $0 Coons, Chris D Y $0 $0 $0 Donnelly, Joe D Y $15,900 $0 $0 Durbin, Dick D Y $0 $0 $250 Feinstein, Dianne D Y $0 $0 $0 Franken, Al D Y $0 $0 $0 Gillibrand, Kirsten D Y $0 $0 $1,000 Hagan, Kay R D Y $1,000 $0 $0 Harkin, Tom D Y $0 $0 $250 Heinrich, Martin D Y $2,000 $0 $0 Hirono, Mazie K D Y $0 $0 $500 Johnson, Tim D Y $4,500 $0 $0 Kaine, Tim D Y $0 $0 $0 King, Angus I Y $0 $0 $0 Kirk, Mark R Y $0 $0 $500 Klobuchar, Amy D Y $0 $0 $0 Landrieu, Mary L D Y $0 $0 $0 Lautenberg, Frank R D Y $0 $0 $1,000 Leahy, Patrick D Y $0 $0 $0 Levin, Carl D Y $0 $1,000 $250 Manchin, Joe D Y $16,450 $0 $0 McCain, John R Y $12,450 $2,000 $0 McCaskill, Claire D Y $0 $0 $0 Menendez, Robert D Y $0 $0 $0 Merkley, Jeff D Y $0 $0 $500 Mikulski, Barbara A D Y $0 $0 $0 Murphy, Christopher S D Y $0 $0 $500 Murray, Patty D Y $0 $0 $0 Nelson, Bill D Y $0 $1,000 $0 Reed, Jack D Y $0 $0 $250 Rockefeller, Jay D Y $0 $0 $0 Sanders, Bernie I Y $0 $0 $0 Schatz, Brian D Y $0 $0 $0 Schumer, Charles E D Y $0 $0 $0 Shaheen, Jeanne D Y $0 $0 $0 Stabenow, Debbie D Y $1,000 $0 $0 Tester, Jon D Y $2,000 $0 $0 Toomey, Pat R Y $11,035 $0 $0 Udall, Mark D Y $1,000 $0 $0 Udall, Tom D Y $0 $0 $0 Warner, Mark D Y $1,000 $0 $0 Warren, Elizabeth D Y $0 $0 $0 Whitehouse, Sheldon D Y $0 $0 $0 Wyden, Ron D Y $0 $0 $0

Amounts displayed are total direct PAC contributions to U.S. Senators received between 2007 and March 31st, 2013. This data was last updated on 4/18/2013.