Criminal Justice Bill Will Go Up for a Vote

(New York Times) - WASHINGTON Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky reversed course on Tuesday and said that the Senate would vote on a criminal justice bill before the end of the year stiff-arming some of his hard-line conservatives and teeing up a bipartisan policy achievement that has eluded lawmakers for years. Advocates of the proposed prison and sentencing law changes on Capitol Hill and in the White House have spent weeks lobbying Mr. McConnell the majority leader who controls the Senate calendar. Crucially they had the backing of President Trump who urged Mr. McConnell in recent days to go for it Mitch!" offering cover to conservative lawmakers who were reluctant to roll back some of the tough-on-crime federal policies of the 1980s and 90s. Read More