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Democrats clash over police funding in heated debate
MSNBC· 2025-07-30 11:42
Democrats there sparred with each other on the Senate floor over a bipartisan package of police funding bills. It happened yesterday afternoon when Senator Corey Booker of New Jersey objected to unanimously passing the legislation, prompting Senators Kathern Cortez Masto of Nevada and Amy Clolobashar of Minnesota to fight back. Senator Booker claims the bills do not provide grants to police departments in Democrat-led states because President Trump has frozen their funding.Rather than supporting law enforce ...
Booker calls out fellow Democrats over police funding in heated debate
NBC News· 2025-07-30 01:30
I was just called out by name and I want to respond. This is what frustrates me. I've passed numerous pieces of legislation for our police officer.I partnered with Chuck Grassley, the incredible senator from Iowa on a bill very similar to the one I support about police officers who fall in the line of duty. In this case, it was CO. Police officers who got CO and died had difficulty proving it was a line of duty death.We passed that legislation to make sure those families get the benefits. I've worked in bip ...
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The Economist· 2025-07-26 05:40
Politicians often frame a lack of criminal charges solely as a supply-side problem. Britain’s police experienced steep cuts between 2010 and 2018. Yet a better explanation is that crime has become harder to solve https://t.co/n1KhGOuDPr ...