Minnesota Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar voted for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" that passed the Senate Saturday.
The repeal passed by a 65-31 vote, which included eight Republicans voting yes. The bill will now be sent to the president, as the House passed the bill Wednesday.
Both Franken and Klobuchar hailed the repeal's passage, which has been in doubt for most of the Senate's lame duck session. Franken nodded in approval as the final vote totals were read aloud.
"Today we've cleared the pathway to right a major injustice," Franken said in a statement. "The American people are ready to end this law, the military is ready to end it, and above all it's just the right thing to do."
Klobuchar said in a statement: "Today a bipartisan group of Senators stood up with our military leaders to repeal the 1993 Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy."
Saturday's vote was the end of a roller coaster ride for the repeal, as it was the first time it was voted on as a standalone bill. Earlier in the lame duck session, the "Don't Ask..." repeal was included in a larger defense bill, but that failed to gain the necessary 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
