CNN: Mitch McConnell faces tough choice on criminal justice proposal

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McConnell has been hearing the debate rage from both sides. In private luncheons at the Capitol, Republican senators have parried points that have spilled out into public. He's heard from at least one advocate from Kentucky, Holly Harris of the Justice Action Network, who says she showed him polling of how prison and sentencing reform is popular in Kentucky. (Opponents of the bill say the poll's methodology is flawed).

But McConnell has said little, except that his team will whip to find "what the consensus is," as the issue continues to bitterly divide Republicans in the Senate. His office declined to further comment to CNN for this story.

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