McConnell accuses Dems of ‘bizarre new ultimatum’ on police reform, as bill poised to fail
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Wednesday accused Democrats of a “bizarre new ultimatum†on police reform, saying Democrats want to be allowed to rewrite the chamber's legislation before it is even debated.
“The Senate was supposed to officially take up police reform on the floor today, instead our Democratic colleagues are poised to turn this routine step into a partisan impasse,†he said.
The Senate is expected to take a procedural vote sometime around noon to begin debate on the Republican-authored police reform bill, but Democrats are expected to block even starting debate over their concerns that the legislation does not go far enough.
McConnell said the bill was a “first offer†ahead of the debate process and that “nobody thought†it was going to be the final product.
“What’s supposed to happen in this body is that we vote or agree to get on to a bill and then we discuss, debate and amend it until at least 60 senators are satisfied or it goes nowhere,†he said.
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