John Cornyn

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn,

who was viciously jeered by hundreds of Texas Republicans at the party convention in Houston

“I got 76% of the primary vote in 2020,”

no outside group was going to have veto power over what we did.

Cornyn is responsible for shepherding the legislation through the chamber.

He did so by embracing compromise and his own political risk.

Cornyn said he was “not discouraged at all” by the heckling from his home state.

Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and

Democratic U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and

The bill passed the House 234-193 Friday afternoon,

with 14 Republicans voting with all Democrats to support it.

a majority of House Republicans voted no Friday,

just over a dozen moderate members broke with their party to support the legislation.

Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican San Antonio, Texas,

was the only Texas Republican to join him in backing the bill.

"This legislation takes the wrong approach in attempting to curb violent crimes,"

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La.

Cruz was one of the most vocal opponents of the bill, taking to the Senate floor ahead of the vote.

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