US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades

US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades
Congress is on the verge of approving a 13-billion-dollar (£10,588) bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unimaginable a month ago (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Congress is on the verge of approving a 13-billion-dollar (£10.59 billion) bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unimaginable a month ago.

House approval is expected on Friday on legislation that would be US politicians’ most sweeping answer in decades to brutal mass shootings.

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