Harris, senators work behind scenes on jobs package Alexander Bolton © Getty Images Vice President Harris speaks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Vice President Harris, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other top Democrats are working behind the scenes to put together a massive infrastructure and jobs package that is increasingly likely to pass without any GOP votes.
Democratic senators are jockeying to get their priorities added to the proposal - a sharp contrast to the small group of moderate Republicans and Democrats who are trying to craft a slimmed-down compromise measure.
Harris is soliciting ideas from Democratic lawmakers about what should be included in a broader infrastructure package that is expected to be based on Biden s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan.
Harris, senators work behind scenes on jobs package
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Attorneys for families of police violence tell lawmakers they want ‘meaningful’ changes in police reform bill
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill and advocates who want to overhaul the nation’s policing laws held a series of meetings Thursday searching for legislation that can pass both chambers of Congress, the day after President Joe Biden highlighted the demand for policing reform in his prime-time address.
The families of several victims of police violence met with South Carolina Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott and discussed negotiations over legislation related to police reform. Scott who gave the Republican rebuttal to Biden’s speech has been a leading negotiator for GOP lawmakers. After the meeting the attorneys for those families said that they made it clear to the senators that they want to see what they described as “meaningful change” that comes from the passage of these bills.
Victims relatives hold Capitol Hill meetings to push police reform Marty Johnson © Greg Nash Victims relatives hold Capitol Hill meetings to push police reform
The brother of George Floyd, the mother of Eric Garner and the sister of Botham Jean met with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers at the Capitol on Thursday, seeking to pressure Congress to take action on police reform.
Philonise Floyd, Gwen Carr and Alissa Findley, whose relatives are among the most prominent victims of police killings, met with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) before sitting down with South Carolina s two Republican senators, Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham.
George Floyd family attorney after lawmaker meetings: ‘We believe that everybody is committed’ on police reform
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill and advocates who want to overhaul the nation’s policing laws including members of George Floyd’s family held a series of meetings Thursday searching for legislation that can pass both chambers of Congress, the day after President Joe Biden highlighted the demand for policing reform in his prime-time address.
“We believe that everybody is committed,” Floyd family attorney Ben Crump said after a meeting at the White House that he described as “emotional.”
“We’re optimistic that as President Biden has encouraged us to try to have this George Floyd Act pass before May 25, the one-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd,” he told reporters.
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