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Assault weapons ban bill fails in US Senate sns.mx/NmvTy9
— U.S. Senate Update (@USSenateUpdate) April 18, 2013

Shame on the US Senators who decided it was more important to get an A plus from the #NRA than a passing grade from their constituents.
— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) April 18, 2013

Giffords: 'I'm furious' with Senate gun vote bit.ly/13jPeoI by @jtsthehill
— The Hill (@thehill) April 18, 2013

America, meet the 45 senators who blocked background checks (did your lawmaker make the list?) motherjones.com/politics/2013/…
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 18, 2013

If you are mad as hell .... write your senators and let them know how you feel. Just so you know here's how they voted:

Republicans Who Voted for the Proposal 

• Susan Collins (R-ME) 
•  Mark Kirk (R-IL) 
• John McCain (R-AZ) 
• Pat Toomey (R-PA) 

 Democrats Who Voted Against the Proposal

• Max Baucus (D-MT) 
•  Mark Begich (D-AK) 
• Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) 
• Mark Pryor (D-AR) 
•  Harry Reid (D-NV) (Voted "no" as a procedural move to preserve option to reintroduce the bill.) 

  republicans Who Voted Against the Proposal

•   Lamar Alexander (R-TN) 
•  Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) 
•  John Barrasso (R-WY) 
• Roy Blunt (R-MO) 
• John Boozman (R-AR) 
• Richard Burr (R-NC) 
•  Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
•  Dan Coats (R-IN) 
• Tom Coburn (R-OK) 
• Thad Cochran (R-MS) 
• Bob Corker (R-TN) 
•  John Cornyn (R-TX) 
•  Mike Crapo (R-ID) 
• Ted Cruz (R-TX) 
• Michael Enzi (R-WY)
•  Deb Fischer (R-NE) 
•  Jeff Flake (R-AZ) 
•  Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 
•  Chuck Grassley (R-IA) 
• Orrin Hatch (R-UT) 
• Dean Heller (R-NV) 
• John Hoeven (R-ND) 
•  Jim Inhofe (R-OK) 
• Johnny Isakson (R-GA) 
• Mike Johanns (R-NE) 
• Ron Johnson (R-WI)
•  Mike Lee (R-UT)
•  Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 
• Jerry Moran (R-KS) 
• Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) 
• Rand Paul (R-KY) 
• Rob Portman (R-OH)
•  James Risch (R-ID) 
•  Pat Roberts (R-KS) 
•  Marco Rubio (R-FL) 
•  Timothy Scott (R-SC) 
• Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
•  Richard Shelby (R-AL)
•  John Thune (R-SD) 
•  David Vitter (R-LA) 
•  Roger Wicker (R-MS) 

 democrats Who Voted for the Proposal

• Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) 
• Michael Bennet (D-CO) 
• Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) 
•  Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 
• Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 
• Maria Cantwell (D-WA) 
• Ben Cardin (D-MD) 
• Thomas Carper (D-DE) 
•  Bob Casey (D-PA) 
•  Christopher Coons (D-DE) 
• William "Mo" Cowan (D-MA) 
• Joe Donnelly (D-IN) 
•  Richard Durbin (D-IL) 
• Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) 
•  Al Franken (D-MN) 
• Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) 
• Kay Hagan (D-NC) 
• Tom Harkin (D-IA) 
• Martin Heinrich (D-NM) 
• Mazie Hirono (D-HI) 
•  Tim Johnson (D-SD) 
• Timothy Kaine (D-VA) 
•  Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 
• Mary Landrieu (D-LA) 
•  Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
•  Patrick Leahy (D-VT) 
•  Carl Levin (D-MI) 
• Joe Manchin (D-WV) 
•  Claire McCaskill (D-MO) 
•  Robert Menendez (D-NJ) 
• Jeff Merkley (D-OR) 
• Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) 
• Christopher Murphy (D-CT) 
• Patty Murray (D-WA) 
•  Bill Nelson (D-FL) 
• John Reed (D-RI) 
• Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) 
• Brian Schatz (D-HI) 
• Charles Schumer (D-NY) 
• Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) 
• Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) 
• Jon Tester (D-MT)
•  Mark Udall (D-CO) 
• Tom Udall (D-NM) 
• Mark Warner (D-VA) 
•  Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) 
• Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) 
• Ron Wyden (D-OR) 

 independents
 Angus King (I-ME): Yea Bernie Sanders (I-VT): Yea

list courtesy of  Mother Jones article:  Meet the 45 Senators Who Blocked Background Checks

by Dana Liebelson, a reporter in Mother Jones' Washington bureau. Her work has also appeared in The Week, TIME's Battleland, Truthout, OtherWords and Yahoo! News