Focus now shifts to the House's proposal, which goes to a vote on Thursday.
As signaled on Tuesday, Senate Democrats rejected a Republican police reform proposal on Wednesday, calling it"inadequate" and demanding input on any bill, which may portend further partisan gridlock as the House's more comprehensive proposal is set for a vote on Thursday.... [+]
House Democrats meanwhile will vote on their police reform proposal, the Justice in Policing Act, which outright bans the use of chokeholds and also reforms the qualified immunity doctrine that gives police officers substantial protection from lawsuits, the latter of which has been deemed a nonstarter by some Senate Republicans and the White House.
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