In a vote of 234 to 193, with the help of 14 Republicans, the House followed the Senate's lead in green-lighting the bipartisan gun control package

The House of Representatives passed the bipartisan gun control package Friday afternoon sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk.

In a vote of 234 to 193, with the help of 14 Republicans, the House followed the Senate’s lead in green-lighting the legislation – the most significant firearms bill passed in decades. 

Cheers rang out from the House floor after it passed – with no Democrats voting against the legislation.  

Biden is headed to Germany and then Spain early Saturday morning for G7 and NATO meetings – and will likely sign the legislation before he departs. 

The vote came amid protests and celebrations outside the Supreme Court due to the court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade – with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle participating. 

It received a 65-33 vote in the U.S. Senate late Thursday night, after a month of negotiations that eventually found a compromise on one of the country’s most contentious political issues. 

It passed after 15 Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, ignored former President Donald Trump’s demand they vote against it. 

‘I don’t think I could agree with Senator Mitch McConnell on where to go to have lunch,’ remarked Rep. Jim McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat, as he kicked off debate on the House floor Friday morning. 

McGovern applauded the Senate Republicans, also name-dropping Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, who voted for the bill – and asked House GOP members to follow their lead. 

House GOP leadership has instructed members to vote against the legislation.  

‘I know I’m asking you to voite against your party’s leadership. I know that’s a tough spot to put some of my Republican friends in. But I think at the end of the day, you owe yourself to consider this one idea: what is this bill stops even one mass shooting from happening?’ McGovern said. 

Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath, whose late son was a victim of gun violence, chaired part of the debate, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi taking the gavel for the final vote.

Pelosi held an enrollment ceremony Friday afternoon, before the House leaves town for a two-week recess.  

In a vote of 234 to 193, with the help of 14 Republicans, the House followed the Senate's lead in green-lighting the bipartisan gun control package

In a vote of 234 to 193, with the help of 14 Republicans, the House followed the Senate’s lead in green-lighting the bipartisan gun control package

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stands with fellow Democrats holding photographs of the victims of the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas before the House voted on the gun control bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stands with fellow Democrats holding photographs of the victims of the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas before the House voted on the gun control bill 

Rep. Lucy McBath, a Georgia Democrat who lost her son to gun violence, chaired some of Friday's debate in advance of the House passing the bill

Rep. Lucy McBath, a Georgia Democrat who lost her son to gun violence, chaired some of Friday’s debate in advance of the House passing the bill 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi smiles as she chairs the House as lawmakers vote to approve the first gun control package in decades

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi smiles as she chairs the House as lawmakers vote to approve the first gun control package in decades 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is embraced by a colleague at the conclusion of the vote Friday on the gun control package

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is embraced by a colleague at the conclusion of the vote Friday on the gun control package 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held an enrollment ceremony for the bill before sending it to President Joe Biden Friday afternoon before the House left town for a two-week recess

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held an enrollment ceremony for the bill before sending it to President Joe Biden Friday afternoon before the House left town for a two-week recess 

‘This is a very special occasion for us. We are honoring a promise in honor of all those who have lost loved ones to gun violence,’ Pelosi said. ‘The Congress sends to the president now our nation’s first major gun safety legislation in three decades.’ 

Pelosi declared McBath ‘our spiritual leader in all of this, our inspiration.’ 

‘So now I’m honored to sign the legislation, to send it to the President – right away – for his signature, with gratitude for his leadership in gun violence prevention for decades,’ Pelosi said.  

House Republican leadership had officially come out against the bill Wednesday.

‘This legislation takes the wrong approach in attempting to curb violent crimes. House Republicans are committed to identifying and solving the root causes of violent crimes, but doing so must not infringe upon Second Amendment rights,’ House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said in a notice telling House GOP members to vote against the legislation. 

The 14 GOP lawmakers to vote in favor of the bill included January 6 committee members – Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger – along with Reps. Tom Rice, John Katko, Maria Salazr, Chris Jacobs, Brian Fitzpatrick, Peter Meijer, Fred Upton, Steve Chabot, Mike Turner, David Joyce, Athony Gonzalez of Ohio and Tony Gonzalez.  

McConnell had argued that the bipartisan compromise package would have no impact on Americans’ Second Amendment rights.  

‘Bipartisan talks had started up after horrifying mass murder incidents in the past, but collapsed when Senate Democrats insisted on attacking the Second Amendment,’ the Kentucky Republican said.

‘This time was different because Democrats finally moved our way and accepted the reality that Americans do not have to choose between their constitutional rights and safer communities. They can have both,’ McConnell said. 

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted in favor of the gun package, defying former President Donald Trump who said it was the 'FIRST STEP IN TAKING AWAY YOUR GUNS!'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted in favor of the gun package, defying former President Donald Trump who said it was the ‘FIRST STEP IN TAKING AWAY YOUR GUNS!’ 

The Senate voted 65 to 34 to end a Republican-led filibuster on the gun reform package, clearing another important hurdle. The Senate passed the bill later Thursday night

The Senate voted 65 to 34 to end a Republican-led filibuster on the gun reform package, clearing another important hurdle. The Senate passed the bill later Thursday night 

Some of his colleagues disagreed.

Senator Roger Marshall said: ‘Kansans expect me to protect their Constitutional freedoms in the U.S. Senate, and I will not sacrifice those freedoms for this gun grabbing scheme.’

Earlier the Senate voted 65 to 34 to end a Republican-led filibuster on the gun reform package, clearing the way to the final vote.   

The vote comes after an initial 64-34 procedural vote taken in the Senate Tuesday night, with 14 Republicans joining all 50 Democrats in voting in the affirmative. 

Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, wasn’t present for the vote due to suffering a ‘severe’ hand injury after trying to remove a boulder in his yard. 

Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn was one of the chief negotiators, as there were fresh calls for stricter gun control laws in the aftermath of the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting. 

The same group of Republicans voted in favor of breaking the filibuster Thursday, with the addition of Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, who wasn’t on hand for the first vote.  

Other Republicans who voted yea include Sens. Roy Blunt, Richard Burr, Shelley Moore Capito, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Joni Ernst, Lindsey Graham, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman, Mitt Romney, Thom Tillis and Todd Young. 

The 80-page compromise legislation would toughen background checks for younger gun buyers, bolster background check requirements and beef up penalties for gun traffickers. 

The bill would also prohibit romantic partners convicted of domestic abuse who are not married to their victims from getting firearms.

Convicted abusers who are married to, live with or had children with their victims are already barred from having guns.

Additionally, $750million would be provided to the 19 states that have ‘red flag’ laws making it easier to temporarily take firearms from people adjudged dangerous, and to other states with violence prevention programs.

States with ‘red flag’ laws that receive the funds would have to have legal processes for the gun owner to fight the firearm’s removal. 

The bill would disburse money to states and communities to improve school safety and mental health initiatives. 

In a statement Tuesday, the National Rifle Association came out against the bill saying it ‘falls short at every level.’ 

‘It does little to truly address violent crime while opening the door to unnecessary burdens on the exercise of Second Amendment freedom by law-abiding gun owners,’ the statement said. ‘This legislation can be abused to restrict lawful gun purchases, infringe upon the rights of law-abiding Americans, and use federal dollars to fund gun control measures being adopted by state and local politicians.’ 

Former President Donald Trump has also come out against the bill, hammering McConnell – who he had a falling out with once McConnell wasn’t supportive of the ‘big lie’ – for his support. 

‘Mitch McConnell’s push for Republican Senators to vote for Gun Control will be the final straw,’ Trump posted to Truth Social Thursday. ‘Just like he gave away the ebt Ceiling and got NOTHING in return, or handed the Dems a great sound bite and victory with the Infrastructure Bill, which is actually all about the Green New Deal, he is now forcing approval of the FIRST STEP IN TAKING AWAY YOUR GUNS!’ 

‘Republican Senators SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR THIS CAREER ENDING BILL!!!’ Trump wrote. 

Trump also referred to Cornyn as a ‘RINO,’ a Republican in name only.  

The Senate’s votes took place just hours after the Supreme Court struck down a New York state law that made people give ‘proper cause’ if they wanted to carry a handgun in public. 

The fresh ruling opens to door to permitting all law-abiding Americans to carry concealed and loaded handguns in public. 

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