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Expanded background checks prior to gun sales has been perhaps the least controversial element of proposed legislation to reduce gun violence in the United States. As the graph above shows, the vote in the Senate was mostly along party lines, with a few defections from each party.

The Democrats who voted against background checks were

• Max Baucus from Montana who is up for reelection in 2014
• Mark Begich from Alaska who is up for reelection in 2014
• Heidi Heitkamp from North Dakota (elected to a 6 year term in 2012)
• Mark Pryor from Arkansas who is up for reelection in 2014
• Harry Reid from Nevada (elected to a 6 year term in 2010)

Republicans who voted for background checks were

• Susan Collins from Maine who is up for reelection in 2014
• Mark Kirk from Illinois who is up for reelection in 2014 (elected in 2012 to serve remainder of Barack Obama's term)
• John McCain from Arizona (elected to a 6 year term in 2010)

You may think that your responsibility is to the candidates in your state, but all the senators vote on gun laws that affect you. 

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