The deal has the support of at least ten republican senators. It votes really well for its passage in the senate, where 60 votes are needed to overcome a philipuster. But it remains to be seen how many of them will stay the course when specific details of the legislation emerge. The house will almost certainly pass anything that the senate passes. There're going to be powerful players during this.
Mass shootings in Buffalo, Tulsa and Uvalde appear to have broken a longstanding impasse over federal gun laws. A bipartisan group of senators has laid out a legislative framework—but whether that turns into an actual bill remains unclear. Scientists are rethinking what might constitute the building blocks of extraterrestrial life. And why people seem to love boring video games.
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