House Approves Gun Reform Package In 234-193 Vote

NBC News reports:

A modest but wide-ranging gun violence measure was approved by the U.S. House on Friday, sending the measure to President Joe Biden.

The Democratic-led chamber passed the package a day after the Senate approved it by a bipartisan 65-33 margin, with 15 Republicans joining all Democrats in support.

The legislation was crafted by senators of both parties following public revulsion over last month’s mass shootings in New York and Texas, but the vote in the far more ideological House was expected to fall more sharply along party lines.

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