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.
Sander Levin Sander Martin Levin (born September 6, 1931) is an American politician who has served in the United States House of Representatives since 1983, representing  's 9 congressional district . Levin, a member of the Democratic Party from Michigan, is the former ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee; he was Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee from 2010 to 2011.