BreakingNews Senate passes bipartisan gun safety bill; House expected to take up measure Friday
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unthinkable just a month ago, clearing the way for final congressional approval of what will be lawmakers' most far-reaching response in decades to the nation's run of brutal mass shootings.
"This is not a cure-all for the all the ways gun violence affects our nation," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., whose party has made gun restrictions a goal for decades."But it is a long overdue step in the right direction. Passing this gun safety bill is truly significant, and it's going to save lives."
On that vote, 15 Senate Republicans joined all 50 Democrats, including their two allied independents, in voting to move ahead on the legislation. Less than one-third of the Senate's 50 GOP senators backed the measure and solid Republican opposition is certain in the House. Top House Republicans urged a"no" vote in an email from the No. 2 GOP leader, Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, that called the bill"an effort to slowly chip away at law-abiding citizens' 2nd Amendment rights."
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