Gun Control Measure Gets Bipartisan House Push

Outside the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats ended their 26-hour sit-in demanding a gun control vote with hundreds of hopeful supporters singing “We shall pass the bill.” A day later, a bipartisan group of House members announced what that bill might look like. “Some of our colleagues say this is all about terrorism, and others say this is all about guns. We are coming together to say that this about keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous terrorists,” Representative Carlos Curbelo, a...

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