Here we go! #BuzzFeedBrews returns to DC!pic.twitter.com/kt8KJYOT4Y
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Lee says he thinks the bill would get around 70 votes in the Senate and veto-proof majority in both chambers — not that it would need it.
Booker talks about his positive relationships on this w/ Grover Norquist and Koch general counsel Mark Holden — "his friend" now, he adds.
Booker says Terence Crutcher was "murdered this week," then quickly backs up, says, "— killed this week."
.@tparti asks about the prison work stoppage—the largest ever—going on right now. The 13th Amendment, Lee says, "It doesn't speak to this."
Lee says he's not familiar enough with the work stoppage, though, to comment on the specifics.
Booker is talking about re-entry issues, not @tparti's question (so far). Awaiting an answer ...
Now, Booker is talking about how bad solitary confinement is — akin to torture, he says.
Here it is. If those in prison have ideas on how to improve it, "I'm all for that," Booker says. "Am I sympathetic? Yeah, absolutely."
Lee gets ~exercised~ about the bill (S.2123). "It saves lives," he almost shouts. Booker: "He's so righteously right on this issue."
.@tparti: "What is your Cruz/Cotton strategy?"
Lee: "We outvote them."
Lee: "Just because we treat people with human dignity ... doesn't mean we're being soft on crime."
Lee: "I challenge our friends up the Hill to schedule a vote this Congress."
Plot Twist Of The Night At #BuzzFeedBrews: @SenMikeLee beats @CoryBooker handily on their sock game.pic.twitter.com/rq2tm3M6qV
Booker says that he and Clinton discussed criminal justice issues in the phone call when she told him he wasn't getting "a certain job."
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