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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNow, let's DU this! Call your reps and demand passage of the GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT!
H.R.1280 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1280
It's passed the House and now in the Senate. Where we need to jump all over them and Get. This. PASSED. ONCE AND FOR ALL!
What you need to know about the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
The bill cleared the House last summer but it died in the Senate. Now President Biden is pushing the bill again in the wake of the Chauvin verdict.
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2021/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-george-floyd-justice-in-policing-act/
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Now, let's DU this! Call your reps and demand passage of the GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT! (Original Post)
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Apr 2021
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(317,721 posts)1. Mahalo, calimary!
Celerity
(54,005 posts)2. As usual, Manchin is the main known roadblock. He already has voted against it last year.
Plus, it will be filibustered, so until Manchin, Sinema, and Feinstein agree to actual impactful modifications, it and all other bills that are not eligible for reconciliation are dead in the water.
calimary
(89,294 posts)3. All the more reason to get after them!
