Fifteen Republican senators on Thursday joined Democrats in voting to pass a bill to address gun violence, advancing the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades.
The measure will next go to the House of Representatives — where Speaker Nancy Pelosi has promised to bring the legislation forward “first thing” — before it can go to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.
The Republicans who voted in support of the measure are the same ones who had voted to break a 阻挠议事 earlier Thursday. Those GOP senators are:
- Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Senate minority leader
- 密苏里州的罗伊布朗特
- Richard Burr of North Carolina
- Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
- Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
- Susan Collins of Maine
- John Cornyn of Texas
- Joni Ernst of Iowa
- 南卡罗来纳州的林赛·格雷厄姆
- Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
- 俄亥俄州的罗伯·波特曼
- Mitt Romney of Utah
- Thom Tillis of North Carolina
- Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania
- 印第安纳州的托德·杨（Todd Young）
的 15, 四 — Blunt, Burr, Portman and Toomey — are retiring at the end of their terms.
This headline and story have been updated to reflect the final Senate vote.
