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House passes mental health bill

After a long delay, the House approves a mental health bill.

By Jack Craver | Updated on July 08, 2016
The U.S. House passed legislation that boost funding for mental health programs that lawmakers hope will help treat the types of mental illnesses that are often linked to mass shootings. (Photo: iStock)

Just in time for another shooting tragedy, the U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a bill that Republicans have framed as a way to treat the types of mental illnesses often linked to mass killings.

While Democrats have insisted that gun violence demands gun control, they did not object to the boosts in funding for mental health programs that the bill authored by Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., provides. The bill passed 422-2.

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