BREAKING Senate passes bipartisan gun bill that includes toughening background checks for youngest buyers; House expected to pass bill ON Friday before sending to President Biden's desk
McConnell hailed the justices' decision and Senate passage of the guns bill as “complementary victories that will make our country freer and safer at the same time.”
On both votes, 15 Senate Republicans joined all 50 Democrats, including their two allied independents, in backing the legislation. While the Senate measure was a clear breakthrough, the outlook for continued congressional movement on gun curbs is dim. In a statement, President Joe Biden said Uvalde residents told him when he visited that Washington had to act. “Our kids in schools and our communities will be safer because of this legislation. I call on Congress to finish the job and get this bill to my desk,” Biden said.
Murphy said the measure would save thousands of lives and was a chance to “prove to a weary American public that democracy is not so broken that it is unable to rise to the moment.”The bill would make the local juvenile records of people age 18 to 20 available during required federal background checks when they attempt to buy guns. Those examinations, currently limited to three days, would last up to a maximum of 10 days to give federal and local officials time to search records.
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