Senate heads toward next key vote to advance bipartisan gun legislation
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Washington — The Senate is expected Thursday to advance a bipartisan bill reforming the nation's gun laws, moving the plan that aims to curb gun violence one step closer to final passage in the upper chamber.
At least 10 Republicans — the key number of GOP senators needed for legislation to move forward in the evenly divided Senate — are likely to join with their Democratic colleagues in supporting the bill. Fourteen Republicans backed an initial procedural step earlier in this week, inspiring optimism from Senate Democratic leaders that lawmakers are poised to enact the most significant update to the nation's gun laws in nearly three decades.
"I am pleased Congress is on the path to take meaningful action to address gun violence for the first time in nearly 30 years," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor Wednesday. "This bill is real progress. It will save lives."
