Amendments to the bill would also require 60 votes, though. Dems wanted buy-in before the bill made it to the floor.
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In speech on Senate floor, Tim Scott says he offered Democrats the opportunity to vote on up to 20 amendments on his policing bill but they declined. "The actual problem is not what is being offered, it is who is offering it," he says
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Tim Scott says Democrats, seeing a 15 point advantage in the polls, want to wait until November to pass their own police reform bill.
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"If you know President Trump, his love language is not words of encouragement. It just ain't," Scott says, recounting a conversation with Trump about opportunity zones. First time 'love language' has been said on the floor?
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Tim Kaine responds to Scott, who said Democrats opposed his policing bill based on "the who." "That's a stiff charge," Kaine said. "I voted no not on the what and not on the who. I voted no on the how. We tried it the wrong way. Let's try it the right way."
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Kaine says voting on amendments on the floor with a 60 vote threshold is "not the same thing" as voting on amendments in committee, where only a simple majority is needed.
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Would have been much easier to compromise in committee, where the atmosphere is more collegial and the procedural barriers are lower. They fast tracked it to the floor so there wouldn’t be any change on the bill.
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Voting on amendments would have lended legitimacy to a bill that doesn't deserve consideration. If Dems had voted on amendments, Scott would be chastising them for voting against a bill they helped shape.
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