House Democrats may not vote down the deal that a bipartisan Senate group is crafting. But don’t take their votes for granted.
While a bipartisan group of senators worked to hammer out a deal on gun reform legislation, President Joe Biden issued a statement saying their compromise could represent “the most significant gun safety legislation to pass Congress in decades.”
Democrats know any compromise deal is going to fall far short of the sweeping reforms they want to enact. Such are the realities of governing with the barest possible majority in the Senate, where 60 votes are still required to pass most bills. Many Republicans have responded to the devastating elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, by pushing to “harden” schools, arguing for deploying armed guards, arming teachers, and reconfiguring campuses to stop shooters.
A massive federal investment in “school resource officers”—law enforcement patrolling schools—was one of the major responses to the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Extensive But the current angst over the contours of a Senate deal does mean that House Democrats could face a tougher-than-expected vote with virtually no wiggle room.
Despite his serious frustration with the legislation, Auchincloss still said he was “confident that my constituents don’t want me to vote against a gun violence bill.” Another area of alignment is on language to toughen background checks for prospective buyers of firearms who are between 18 and 21 years old—an idea that has taken on added urgency given that the shooters in Uvalde and Buffalo were both 18 years old.
But key Democrats in the House expressed confidence in Murphy’s ability to steer Senate talks in the best possible direction. Rep. David Cicilline , the sponsor of the House’s assault weapons ban legislation, believes the Senate group has already come far enough.
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