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First Posted: Apr 29, 2021 09:49 PM EDT
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The Texas House has given an initial green light on three police reform measures, which are part of set legislation after the murder of George Floyd last year.
Texas law enforcement agencies would be required to implement more uniform and substantiative disciplinary measures for officer misconduct.
The police reform bills would also bar officers from arresting people for fine-only traffic offenses and require corroboration of undercover officer testimony, according to a Texas Tribune report.
State Rep. Senfronia Thompson said that disciplinary measure was about fairness and accountability.
Thompson was the lead author of the bills and the omnibus George Floyd Act.
The Democrats’ twin victories in the Georgia Senate runoffs gave them a tenuous majority. With the upper chamber balanced at 50-50, Democrats’ ability to exert control depends on their ability to hold all of these seats in 2022 (and the vice presidency, which is guaranteed through 2024).
Can they do it? History might suggest no. The phenomenon of midterm loss is well-established for the House of Representatives: The president’s party has lost ground in every midterm election dating back to the end of Reconstruction save for three: 1934, 1998 and 2002. All three of those elections took place in unusual circumstances, where presidents had job approvals approaching or exceeding 70% (we presume this was the case in 1934).
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