Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician who treated many of the victims in Uvalde, described to lawmakers how he saw children’s bodies “pulverized” and “decapitated” by bullets.īut the wrenching testimony quickly gave way to political reality on Capitol Hill, where Republicans split bitterly with Democrats over their gun control proposals, both in the committee and during votes on the legislation later in the day. The 223-to-204 vote came hours after parents and children affected by mass shootings across the country - including an 11-year-old from Uvalde, Texas, who survived a massacre at her school by smearing herself in a classmate’s blood and pretending to be dead - delivered wrenching testimony to a House committee, urging Congress to act on gun violence.
Jason Andrew for The New York TimesĪ divided House on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging package of gun control legislation in a party-line vote, but the measures were all but certain to go nowhere in the evenly divided Senate, where negotiations continued on more modest proposals that could draw the bipartisan support necessary to move forward.
Lawmakers voted 223 to 204 to advance a package of gun control legislation, but the measures are unlikely to pass in the evenly divided Senate.
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