U.S. Senate votes to take initial step toward gun legislation in procedural vote

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate took an initial step towards passing the country’s first major gun legislation in decades on Tuesday night, voting in favor of a procedural measure that would allow the chamber to consider and vote on the bill this week.

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(Reporting by Moira Warburton)