This means the proposal will be sent directly to President Donald Trump, who will sign the proposal, which he has said he is ready to do.
The decision that the Senate should not take up the files for a vote came from Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and a quick vote on the issue showed that the entire chamber agreed with the proposal, writes NBC News.
The actual proposal to publish the material from the investigation into convicted and deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had not yet reached the Senate by midnight Swedish time, but it is mostly a bureaucratic process.
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor, 427–1. Six people abstained, while Republican Clay Higgins of Louisiana delivered the no vote.
The documents have become a contentious issue and Trump, who opposed their release, swung as recently as Sunday.
Democrats but also Republicans such as Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene have recently loudly demanded disclosure.
