Parliamentary Gop Leaders Oppose Bipartisan Arms Deal As Senate Moves To Vote

Republican House Speaker Eliz Stefanick of New York said in a statement that she also plans to vote against the bill, meaning the top three members of the Republican leadership are all united in their opposition to the bill. . House GOP leaders also plan to formally vote against the Senate bipartisan arms bill, according to Republican sources. An official announcement about the whip is expected to come out on Wednesday. But even with House GOP leaders opposing the bill, there are already some Republican lawmakers who have said they intend to vote on it, and the Democrat-controlled House is expected to pass legislation as soon as it passes the Senate. The Senate seems to be well on its way to passing the measure this week. If passed, it would be tantamount to the most important new federal law to deal with armed violence since the 10-year arms embargo ended in 1994 – although it fails to ban any weapons and lags far behind what Democrats and opinion polls show. Republican MP Tony Gonzales announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he intends to vote yes to the bipartisan arms bill, saying: . ” Gonzalez represents Ovalde, Texas, where a recent mass shooting at an elementary school shocked the nation and caused a public outcry. “In the coming days I look forward to voting YES to the law on the safest bipartisan communities,” Gonzalez said. GOP spokesman Fred Upton of Michigan also told CNN he was “yes” to the bill. The Senate voted in favor of the bill Tuesday night, a key step toward a final vote. And House looks set to pass legislation soon after 14 GOP senators voted with Democrats in Tuesday’s vote – more than the 10 required for Democrats to cross the bill. A vote on overcoming the phenomenon is expected to take place on Thursday. The legislation marks the first major federal arms safety measure in a generation, a major achievement in a highly polarized political environment where arms policy is one of the most contentious issues. The bill includes millions of dollars in mental health, school safety, crisis response programs and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Criminal Justice Immediate Control System. It also brings significant changes to the process when someone between the ages of 18 and 21 goes to buy a gun and closes a friend’s so-called window, a major victory for the Democrats, who have fought for it for a decade. Contrary to the decision of the three leading Republican leaders in the House to oppose the bill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he planned to support it. McConnell praised bipartisan gun violence legislation Wednesday as a “package of common sense and popular solutions to make these horrific incidents less likely” that would not “affect the rights of the vast majority of gun-wielding Americans with guns.” common sense. . “ He said previous attempts to pass legislation to curb mass shootings in schools and elsewhere had stalled because Democrats had tried to “overturn” human rights in the Second Amendment.
“This time it is different. This time the Democrats came our way and agreed to push for some common sense solutions without compromising the rights of law-abiding citizens. The result is a product I am proud to support,” McConnell told Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Sumer reiterated Wednesday that he intends to “secure a final vote” on bipartisan arms security legislation before the end of the week. “It is my intention now to continue the process moving fast and to secure the final passage before the end of the week,” Sumer said in a statement. He pointed to the 64 senators who supported the passage of the bill on Tuesday night as “an indisputable sign of the broad support and momentum behind this bill.” CNN’s Sarah Fortinsky, Ali Zaslav, and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.

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Republican House Speaker Eliz Stefanick of New York said in a statement that she also plans to vote against the bill, meaning the top three members of the Republican leadership are all united in their opposition to the bill. . House GOP leaders also plan to formally vote against the Senate bipartisan arms bill, according to Republican sources. An official announcement about the whip is expected to come out on Wednesday. But even with House GOP leaders opposing the bill, there are already some Republican lawmakers who have said they intend to vote on it, and the Democrat-controlled House is expected to pass legislation as soon as it passes the Senate. The Senate seems to be well on its way to passing the measure this week. If passed, it would be tantamount to the most important new federal law to deal with armed violence since the 10-year arms embargo ended in 1994 – although it fails to ban any weapons and lags far behind what Democrats and opinion polls show. Republican MP Tony Gonzales announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he intends to vote yes to the bipartisan arms bill, saying: . ” Gonzalez represents Ovalde, Texas, where a recent mass shooting at an elementary school shocked the nation and caused a public outcry. “In the coming days I look forward to voting YES to the law on the safest bipartisan communities,” Gonzalez said. GOP spokesman Fred Upton of Michigan also told CNN he was “yes” to the bill.

The GOP Senate negotiator seems to be gaining Republican support

The Senate voted in favor of the bill Tuesday night, a key step toward a final vote. And House looks set to pass legislation soon after 14 GOP senators voted with Democrats in Tuesday’s vote – more than the 10 required for Democrats to cross the bill. A vote on overcoming the phenomenon is expected to take place on Thursday. In a slide show by Sen. John Cornyn to Republicans in the Senate Luncheon Wednesday, which was provided to CNN by a GOP source, the Texas Republican went through areas where the National Rifle Association wanted it – even though the lobby in favor of arms is opposed to the agreement. Among the issues Cornyn noted: securing the “friend’s window” repair fix does not apply retroactively to older domestic thugs and only applies to recent relationships. He also noted the due process rules for states enforcing red flag laws and a 10-year provision that would ensure that all enhanced history checks to search for juvenile records were “abolished” within a decade. It also raised $ 300 million in “sclerosis schools” and $ 12 billion in mental health funding as the NRA wins. The effort was part of a sales pitch to increase GOP support beyond the 14 Republicans who voted in favor of the debate, but a majority of Senate Republicans are still expected to oppose the bill. However, the legislation marks the first major federal security measure in a generation, a major achievement in an extremely polarized political environment where arms policy is one of the most contentious issues. The bill includes millions of dollars in mental health, school safety, crisis response programs and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Criminal Justice Immediate Control System. It also brings significant changes to the process when someone between the ages of 18 and 21 goes to buy a gun and closes a friend’s so-called window, a major victory for the Democrats, who have fought for it for a decade. Contrary to the decision of the three leading Republican leaders in the House to oppose the bill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he planned to support it. McConnell praised bipartisan gun violence legislation Wednesday as a “package of common sense and popular solutions to make these horrific incidents less likely” that would not “affect the rights of the vast majority of gun-wielding Americans with guns.” common sense. . “ He said previous attempts to pass legislation to curb mass shootings in schools and elsewhere had stalled because Democrats had tried to “overturn” human rights in the Second Amendment.
“This time it is different. This time the Democrats came our way and agreed to push for some common sense solutions without compromising the rights of law-abiding citizens. The result is a product I am proud to support,” McConnell told Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Sumer reiterated Wednesday that he intends to “secure a final vote” on bipartisan arms security legislation before the end of the week. “It is my intention now to continue the process moving fast and to secure the final passage before the end of the week,” Sumer said in a statement. He pointed to the 64 senators who supported the passage of the bill on Tuesday night as “an indisputable sign of the broad support and momentum behind this bill.” This story has been updated with additional developments on Wednesday. CNN’s Manu Raju, Sarah Fortinsky, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.