Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked Republicans from taking up a bill to overhaul policing, calling the legislation flawed and a nonstarter.
A motion to open debate on the measure, which needed 60 votes, failed 55-45.
Ahead of the vote, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Republicans for what he called a “partisan” and “irrevocably flawed” approach to fixing the problem of police brutality …
Scott was even willing to offer concessions, but Democrats still walked away.
Like every other Republican working to try and get meaningful police reforms passed in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, Scott understands that the real reason why Senate Democrats rejected debate on the bill is because they don’t want to give off the appearance of giving Republicans and Trump any sort of legislative victory at a time when Democrats are trying to score all the racially-charged political points they can in a critical election year.
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Like every other Republican working to try and get meaningful police reforms passed in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, Scott understands that the real reason why Senate Democrats rejected debate on the bill is because they don’t want to give off the appearance of giving Republicans and Trump any sort of legislative victory at a time when Democrats are trying to score all the racially-charged political points they can in a critical election year.
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