--- title: Oregon Shooting: How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings description: Tracking mass shooting mentions on the floor of the House and Senate canonical: https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/ author: Michael Scherer article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-02T17:59:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:41:40.032Z article:section: Politics og:title: Oregon Shooting: How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings og:description: Tracking mass shooting mentions on the floor of the House and Senate og:url: https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oregon Shooting: How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings twitter:description: Tracking mass shooting mentions on the floor of the House and Senate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings In One Chart ## Video: UCC Shooting Dispatch Calls [Watch (HLS stream): UCC Shooting Dispatch Calls](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UDuKqeFP.m3u8) (1:11)  _Published 2015-10-02. UCC Shooting Dispatch Calls_ by [Michael Scherer](https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/) ## Michael Scherer Oct 2, 2015 5:59 PM UTC by [Michael Scherer](https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/) ## Michael Scherer Oct 2, 2015 5:59 PM UTC It has become a grim political tradition: Another mass shooting, more calls for action and mourning from the floors of the House and Senate. The Congressional reaction to the latest shooting in Oregon, which left at least 10 people dead, is just beginning to emerge. In the meantime, here is a look at the frequency of mentions of key terms like “Columbine,” “Virginia Tech,” and “Newtown” from floor speeches in the House and Senate over the last two decades, courtesy of [Quorum](https://www.quorum.us/).  ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/"},"headline":"How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings In One Chart","datePublished":"2015-10-02T17:59:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:41:40.032Z","description":"Tracking mass shooting mentions on the floor of the House and Senate","url":"https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/","keywords":["Congress","Senate","house","Gun Control","Guns","Oregon shooting"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michael Scherer","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/","name":"How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings In One Chart"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"UCC Shooting Dispatch Calls","description":"UCC Shooting Dispatch Calls","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UDuKqeFP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-02T16:42:16.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UDuKqeFP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/","duration":"PT1M11S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```