The lead GOP negotiator said Sunday that lawmakers have been working toward reaching an agreement before the scheduled August recess.
Senator Tim Scott said Sunday he’s hopeful that a bipartisan bill to reform policing in the U.S. will be finalized but warned that the final text cannot include provisions that will « demonize » officers. The lead GOP negotiator told Fox News Sunday that lawmakers have been working toward reaching an agreement before the scheduled August recess, set to begin in less than two weeks. « We worked on it yesterday. We’ll have it in the conversation today. We’ll be meeting tomorrow. I will be talking with law enforcement leaders tomorrow as well, » the South Carolina senator told host Martha MacCallum. « I think there is hope for the bill, without any question. » Progress has been slow on the bipartisan police reform deal that lawmakers started work on last year following the death of George Floyd in police custody.
