



An amendment proposed by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to require background checks for commercial gun sales (but not for sales between “friends and neighbors”) was shot down Wednesday afternoon in a 54-46 vote, failing to capture the 60 votes it needed to advance. The bill would have been a modest victory for gun control advocates, while ceding numerous concessions to the gun lobby (the NRA initially called it a “positive development.”) Nevertheless, only four Republicans voted for the proposal, with 41 voting against it. Five Democrats rejected the proposal as well (Reid was a special case; see below). Standing with families of Sandy Hook victims, President Obama said that “there was no coherent argument for why we wouldn’t do this. It came down to politics.”

Here’s a list so you can see how your senator voted:

Republicans Who Voted for the Proposal

Susan Collins (R-Maine)

Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)

John McCain (R-Ariz.)

Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)

Democrats Who Voted Against the Proposal

Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

Mark Begich (D-Alaska)

Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)

Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

Harry Reid (D-Nev.) (Voted “no” as a procedural move to preserve option to reintroduce the bill.)

Republicans Who Voted Against the Proposal

Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.)

John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

John Boozman (R-Ark.)

Richard Burr (R-N.C.)

Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)

Dan Coats (R-Ind.)

Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)

Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)

Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)

John Cornyn (R-Texas)

Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)

Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.)

Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)

Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)

Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)

Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

John Hoeven (R-N.D.)

Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.)

Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)

Mike Johanns (R-Neb.)

Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

Mike Lee (R-Utah)

Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

James Risch (R-Idaho)

Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

Timothy Scott (R-S.C.)

Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)

Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)

John Thune (R-S.D.)

David Vitter (R-La.)

Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

Democrats Who Voted for the Proposal

Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

Ben Cardin (D-Md.)

Thomas Carper (D-Del.)

Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

Christopher Coons (D-Del.)

William “Mo” Cowan (D-Mass.)

Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.)

Richard Durbin (D-Ill.)

Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

Al Franken (D-Minn.)

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)

Tim Johnson (D-S.D.)

Timothy Kaine (D-Va.)

Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

Mary Landrieu (D-La.)

Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)

Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

Joe Manchin (D-W.V.)

Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)

Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.)

Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

John Reed (D-R.I.)

Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.)

Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

Mark Udall (D-Colo.)

Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

Mark Warner (D-Va.)

Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

Independents