The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, is an amendment to the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997, the act is often referred to as "the Lautenberg Amendment" after its sponsor, Senator Frank Lautenberg, was a United States Senator, and member of the Democratic Party, from which state?
Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg ( ; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was a United States Senator from New Jersey and a member of the Democratic Party. He was originally from Paterson, New Jersey.
United States Senate elections, 1998 The United States Senate elections, 1998 was a roughly even contest between the Republican and Democratic parties. While the Democrats had to defend more seats up for election, Republican attacks on the morality of President Bill Clinton failed to connect with voters and anticipated Republican gains did not materialize. The Republicans picked up open seats in Ohio and Kentucky and narrowly defeated incumbent Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), but these were cancelled out by the Democrats' gain of an open seat in Indiana and defeats of Senators Al D'Amato (R-NY) and Lauch Faircloth (R-NC). The balance of the Senate remained unchanged at 55–45 in favor of the Republicans. With Democratic gaining five seats in the House of Representatives, this marked the first time since 1934 that the out-of-Presidency party failed to gain congressional seats in a mid-term election, and the first time since 1822 that the party not in control of the White House failed to gain seats in the mid-term election of a President's second term.