Just three Democrats voted against the batch of fiscal 2024 spending bills that became law earlier this month, citing the inclusion of a GOP-led gun policy rider. One of those was Florida’s Maxwell Alejandro Frost, the first member of Congress from Generation Z.
The rider requires the Veterans Affairs Department to obtain approval from a judge before referring certain veterans deemed “mentally incompetent” to the FBI’s background check system, which is used in firearm purchases.
The other Democrats who voted against the spending package were Sen. Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut and Rep. Mark Takano of California. Last week, Frost joined over 130 Democrats on a letter outlining their concerns over the policy change.
