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Pelosi says House will take up gun safety bill ‘first thing’ Friday morning
by Mychael Schnell - 06/23/22 11:32 PM ET
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on Thursday that the House will take up the Senate-passed gun safety bill “first thing” Friday morning, after the legislation cleared the upper chamber in a bipartisan vote.
“First thing tomorrow morning, the Rules Committee will meet to advance this life-saving legislation to the Floor. When the Rules Committee finishes its business, we will head immediately to the Floor,” Pelosi wrote in a statement minutes after the Senate approved the measure.
“And we will send the bill to President Biden for his signature, with gratitude for his leadership,” she added.
The Senate approved the legislation, dubbed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, in a 65-33 vote late Thursday night. Fifteen Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), joined all Democrats in approving the measure.
On Thursday night following the Senate vote, President Biden urged the House to “promptly vote” on the legislation “and send it to my desk.”
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3535464-pelosi-says-house-will-take-up-gun-safety-bill-first-thing-friday-morning/