US House passes domestic terrorism bill in response to Buffalo shooting

Adam Kinzinger was the lone Republican to vote in favor of the measure that faces an uphill climb to pass the Senate

The US House of Representatives has passed legislation that would bolster federal resources to prevent domestic terrorism in response to the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York – but the bill faces the increasingly-familiar burden of an uphill climb to pass the Senate.

The 222-203, nearly party-line House vote was an answer to the growing pressure Congress faces to address gun violence and white supremacist attacks – a crisis that escalated following two mass shootings over the weekend.

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