In a vote, Republicans blocked the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act from passing in the Senate. The vote broke down along party lines, 47-47.
The legislation would have created an interagency task force within the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security and the FBI to analyze and combat white supremacist infiltration in the military and federal law enforcement agencies.
Before the vote, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said, "The bill is so important because the mass shooting in Buffalo was an act of domestic terrorism. We need to call it what it is, domestic terrorism."
References
- Senate Sessionc-span.org
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