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by National Review | 12.11.18

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate will vote in the coming weeks on the sharply contested criminal-justice-reform legislation that has divided congressional Republicans since receiving an endorsement from the White House in mid November.

During a floor speech Tuesday morning, McConnell told his colleagues to “be prepared to work between Christmas and New Year’s” in order to ensure the bill receives a vote, the Washington Post first reported.

The bill, called the First Step Act — a package of sweeping reforms designed to reduce incarceration rates and recidivism within the federal criminal-justice system — was drafted by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois. Despite receiving broad bipartisan support and the staunch backing of White House adviser Jared Kushner, the bill has exposed a deep rift within the Republican caucus, as law-and-order hardliners led by Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas have argued that it will lead to a surge in crime and accused Republican proponents of attempting to rush it through Congress.

Read the full story at the National Review.

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