PBS News Hour: Pence and Kushner make push for criminal justice rewrite on Capitol Hill

Supporters insist they can get the needed 60 votes if McConnell would just put the legislation on the floor. They say it’s crucial to pass the bill now, before they would have to start over in a new Congress in January. Holly Harris, executive director of the advocacy group Justice Action Network, says she believes McConnell will see the “policy value and the political value” and hold a vote.

“It’s very rare that you have this door open, and if you have the door open you have to run through it,” Harris said.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/pence-and-kushner-make-push-for-criminal-justice-rewrite-on-capitol-hill

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