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Lennyjoe

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Senate passes gun bill.
« on: June 23, 2022, 11:08:39 PM »
Looks like it’s mostly mental health related. Guessing it includes red flag laws….

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/23/politics/senate-bipartisan-gun-bill/index.html

The final vote was 65 to 33 with 15 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the measure, marking a significant bipartisan breakthrough on one of the most contentious policy issues in the country. The bill will next go to the House for a vote before it can be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

The GOP "yes" votes include all 10 Senate Republicans who signed on to an initial gun safety framework deal: John Cornyn of Texas, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Rob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Four of the 10 original Republican supporters are retiring this year: Blunt, Burr, Portman and Toomey.
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, Sens. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, who are in GOP leadership, also voted to break a filibuster on the bill.

Other noteworthy GOP votes include Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Todd Young of Indiana, who were not part of the 10 Republicans who initially signed on to support the framework and are up for reelection in November.

Red flag laws:
The bill includes $750 million to help states implement and run crisis intervention programs. The money can be used to implement and manage red flag programs -- which can temporarily prevent individuals in crisis from accessing firearms through a court order -- and for other crisis intervention programs like mental health courts, drug courts and veterans courts.