11-26-2018, 04:03 PM
High-profile conservative Republican senator Tom Cotton (Arkansas) is one of the strongest opponents of the current draft of the First Step criminal justice reform bill.
He's working Mike Lee's and Chuck Grassley's nerves, it seems. Lee and Grassley both strongly support the bill and want it passed by end of year.
Republicans fear that if it doesn't get signed into law in 2018, the Democrats will attempt to expand it considerably when they take over the House in January.
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He's working Mike Lee's and Chuck Grassley's nerves, it seems. Lee and Grassley both strongly support the bill and want it passed by end of year.
Republicans fear that if it doesn't get signed into law in 2018, the Democrats will attempt to expand it considerably when they take over the House in January.
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