The Senate Armed Services Committee, on a strong, bipartisan 23-3 vote, has sent to the full Senate its version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the annual bill that sets policy for the Department of Defense.
A bipartisan group of senators announced a deal on gun control legislation Sunday in the wake of recent mass shootings — though the compromise excludes President Joe Biden’s “assault weapons” ban and a raised minimum age for rifle purchases.
"Women have worked too hard for too long to get to the competitive level we have attained to now face an unfair playing field," the bill's sponsor said.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice-designate Ketanji Brown Jackson clapped last week after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made a comment about her country banning assault weapons.