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Vote Data for S49 (99th Congress)


Date: July 9, 1985

Subject: Gun Control Reform

Description: Passage of the bill to revise the Gun Control Act of 1968 to exempt many gun collectors from licensing requirements, remove the ban on interstate sales of rifles, shotguns and handguns, require advance notice for routine compliance inspections, and impose a mandatory five-year sentence on anyone convicted of using a firearm in a violent federal crime.

Result: Bill Passed, 79-15

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Voted in Favor:

James Abdnor (R-SD)  
Mark Andrews (R-ND)  
Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)  
Joe Biden (D-DE)  
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)  
David Boren (D-OK)  
Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)  
Dale Bumpers (D-AR)  
Quentin Burdick (D-ND)  
Robert Byrd (D-WV)  
Lawton Chiles (D-FL)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
William Cohen (R-ME)  
Al D'Amato (R-NY)  
John Danforth (R-MO)  
Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ)  
Jeremiah Denton (R-AL)  
Alan Dixon (D-IL)  
Robert Dole (R-KS)  
Pete Domenici (R-NM)  
Dave Durenberger (R-MN)  
Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)  
John East (R-NC)  
Daniel Evans (R-WA)  
James Exon (D-NE)  
Wendell Ford (D-KY)  
Jake Garn (R-UT)  
John Glenn (D-OH)  
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)  
Albert Gore, Jr. (D-TN)  
Slade Gorton (R-WA)  
Phil Gramm (R-TX)  
Charles Grassley (R-IA)  
Tom Harkin (D-IA)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Paula Hawkins (R-FL)  
Chic Hecht (R-NV)  
Howell Heflin (D-AL)  
John Heinz (R-PA)  
Jesse Helms (R-NC)  
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)  
Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)  
Bennett Johnston (D-LA)  
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS)  
Bob Kasten (R-WI)  
Paul Laxalt (R-NV)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
Mack Mattingly (R-GA)  
James McClure (R-ID)  
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)  
John Melcher (D-MT)  
George Mitchell (D-ME)  
Frank Murkowski (R-AK)  
Don Nickles (R-OK)  
Sam Nunn (D-GA)  
Bob Packwood (R-OR)  
Larry Pressler (R-SD)  
William Proxmire (D-WI)  
David Pryor (D-AR)  
Dan Quayle (R-IN)  
Donald Riegle (D-MI)  
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)  
William Roth (R-DE)  
Warren Rudman (R-NH)  
Jim Sasser (D-TN)  
Alan Simpson (R-WY)  
Arlen Specter (R-PA)  
Robert Stafford (R-VT)  
Ted Stevens (R-AK)  
Steven Symms (R-ID)  
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)  
Paul Trible (R-VA)  
Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)  
John Warner (R-VA)  
Lowell Weicker (R-CT)  
Pete Wilson (R-CA)  
Edward Zorinsky (D-NE)  

Voted Against:

John Chafee (R-RI)  
Alan Cranston (D-CA)  
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)  
Gary Hart (D-CO)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
John Kerry (D-MA)  
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
Charles Mathias (R-MD)  
Spark Matsunaga (D-HI)  
Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)  
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)  
Claiborne Pell (D-RI)  
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)  

Did Not Vote:

William Armstrong (R-CO)  
Bill Bradley (D-NJ)  
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)  
Russell Long (D-LA)  
Paul Simon (D-IL)  
John Stennis (D-MS)  

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