California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has purchased full-page ads in Texas newspapers boasting about a new gun law he will sign that is directly modeled after a fetal heartbeat law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R).
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday moved a bill banning assault weapons forward, but it’s unclear if the legislation has enough support to pass a floor vote.
By a vote of 267 to 157, with 47 Republicans joining the majority, the House has passed a bill requiring all state governments to stick with the redefinition of marriage that the Supreme Court ordered in 2015.