House on Wednesday passed a bill mandating universal background checks in a historic vote on the most significant piece of gun control legislation in years.

The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., passed largely along party lines, 240-190. The bill now faces a steep uphill battle as it heads to the GOP-controlled Senate.

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