House Judiciary Committee Votes to Advance Expansive Gun Control Bill

Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee mark up hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on June 2, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The House Judiciary Committee on June 2 voted to advance a gun control bill in the wake of a deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The final vote fell along party lines, with every committee Republican voting against the legislation and every committee Democrat voting to advance it.