"First Step" Criminal Justice Reform passed Senate tonight with 87 votes

[Blue3]

Surprised there isn't a thread on the news yet, unless I missed it somehow.

What are the chances of the House passing it soon?

[Kodak]

The President and Speaker have both endorsed the Senate bill, so I expect it to pass.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Who were the thirteen no votes?  I'm not able to find the vote tally.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Who were the thirteen no votes?  I'm not able to find the vote tally.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00271

I expect a house vote on Friday.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Who were the thirteen no votes?  I'm not able to find the vote tally.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00271

I expect a house vote on Friday.

Wow, Murkowski voted no.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Who were the thirteen no votes?  I'm not able to find the vote tally.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00271

I expect a house vote on Friday.

Wow, Murkowski voted no.

It's because Alaska had state-level reform recently, so it's apparently "too soon" for further reform.

[DINGO Joe]

Who were the thirteen no votes?  I'm not able to find the vote tally.

The Republicans who voted against the bill were Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).

Probably claiming to be tough on crime, but also big collectors of Private Corrections donations. 

Also, about the umpteenth piece of proof that Sasse is a winger.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

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Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

Feinstein opposed (and Harris didn't endorse) a criminal justice reform, Proposition 47, that passed with 60% of the vote and even Newt Gingrich supported. So I wouldn't just ask about Republicans here.

[AudmanOut]

Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

Feinstein opposed (and Harris didn't endorse) a criminal justice reform, Proposition 47, that passed with 60% of the vote and even Newt Gingrich supported. So I wouldn't just ask about Republicans here.

Cool story bro, do you ever post anything that isn’t about you being anti Democrat establishment. Especially when people like you are at fault for the other side doing worse.

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Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

Feinstein opposed (and Harris didn't endorse) a criminal justice reform, Proposition 47, that passed with 60% of the vote and even Newt Gingrich supported. So I wouldn't just ask about Republicans here.

Cool story bro, do you ever post anything that isn’t about you being anti Democrat establishment. Especially when people like you are at fault for the other side doing worse.

Anyone defending Feinstein is exactly why politics in this country totally sucks.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

Feinstein opposed (and Harris didn't endorse) a criminal justice reform, Proposition 47, that passed with 60% of the vote and even Newt Gingrich supported. So I wouldn't just ask about Republicans here.

Cool story bro, do you ever post anything that isn’t about you being anti Democrat establishment. Especially when people like you are at fault for the other side doing worse.

What's amusing is that he used to mention how Biden and Hillary supported the 90's crime bill, until people started reminding him that his God King Sanders voted for that bill.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

Feinstein opposed (and Harris didn't endorse) a criminal justice reform, Proposition 47, that passed with 60% of the vote and even Newt Gingrich supported. So I wouldn't just ask about Republicans here.

Cool story bro, do you ever post anything that isn’t about you being anti Democrat establishment. Especially when people like you are at fault for the other side doing worse.

What's amusing is that he used to mention how Biden and Hillary supported the 90's crime bill, until people started reminding him that his God King Sanders voted for that bill.

You realize that Bernie voted against all of the bad parts in amendments. If he had voted no, you'd be attacking him for voting against the assault weapons ban and violence against women act.

[Badger]

Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

Feinstein opposed (and Harris didn't endorse) a criminal justice reform, Proposition 47, that passed with 60% of the vote and even Newt Gingrich supported. So I wouldn't just ask about Republicans here.

Cool story bro, do you ever post anything that isn’t about you being anti Democrat establishment. Especially when people like you are at fault for the other side doing worse.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Who was the Senator that did not vote?

[Joe Biden 2024]

Who was the Senator that did not vote?

Graham.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Its about time!

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

Feinstein opposed (and Harris didn't endorse) a criminal justice reform, Proposition 47, that passed with 60% of the vote and even Newt Gingrich supported. So I wouldn't just ask about Republicans here.

Cool story bro, do you ever post anything that isn’t about you being anti Democrat establishment. Especially when people like you are at fault for the other side doing worse.

Cool story bro, do you ever post anything that isn’t about you being anti pro-Democrat establishment. Especially when people like you are at fault for the other side doing worse.

[lfromnj]

Who was the Senator that did not vote?

Graham.

I think graham was gonna vote yes .
Also lol cruz and cornyn both voted yes. They must have soiled their pants after seeing Beto's numbers in the burbs.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

A good bill that has been watered down a lot from what Mike Lee & Dick Durbin were originally seeking but is still a good bill.

[DINGO Joe]

Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

Honestly don't know what this does that wasn't done by the reform in Obama's second term as the number of people incarcerated in Federal prisons have dropped about 18% since that reform. 

https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/population_statistics.jsp


I think since most prisoners are at the state level that reform state by state probably has more impact.  It should be noted that rural areas frequently oppose reform because they're more likely to have prisons providing employment for the local populace.  Also provides extra population come census and reapportionment time. 

[ProudModerate2]

Is this a good bill or has it been watered down to please cocaine Mitch and other right-wingers?

Feinstein opposed (and Harris didn't endorse) a criminal justice reform, Proposition 47, that passed with 60% of the vote and even Newt Gingrich supported. So I wouldn't just ask about Republicans here.

Cool story bro, do you ever post anything that isn’t about you being anti Democrat establishment. Especially when people like you are at fault for the other side doing worse.

[Famous Mortimer]

This bill releases violent criminals.

It is not targeted at mythical "non-violent drug offenders"

It releases violent criminals.

I actually am a little bit surprised, even given how overwhelmingly leftist this board is, that everyone just accepts this bill.

I would have thought some liberals still oppose violent crime.

I was wrong though. This just confirms the thesis that modern leftism's overarching principle is knee jerk opposition to societal norms.

No other reason to be pro-crime.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

This bill releases violent criminals.

It is not targeted at mythical "non-violent drug offenders"

It releases violent criminals.

I actually am a little bit surprised, even given how overwhelmingly leftist this board is, that everyone just accepts this bill.

I would have thought some liberals still oppose violent crime.

I was wrong though. This just confirms the thesis that modern leftism's overarching principle is knee jerk opposition to societal norms.

No other reason to be pro-crime.

You're a sad and pathetic person.

[lfromnj]

anyway this is probably the biggest success of this entire congress to me.

I will congratulate Trump on what looks like a solid bipartisan bill that will help the poor and downtrodden succeed in life.