WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House on Wednesday approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years.
House approves bill to expand gun-sale background checks
But bill faces dim prospects in Republican-controlled Senate
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