Momentum Building: Eight More Senators Join Landmark Criminal Justice Reform Bill
One fifth of U.S. Senate now cosponsors of Grassley-Durbin legislation
WASHINGTON – Over the last week, eight
additional cosponsors have joined the Sentencing
Reform and Corrections Act of 2017, bringing the total number of
cosponsors to 20. The bill is slated for a vote in committee this coming
Thursday, February 15.
Senators joining the list of
cosponsors include:
·
Sen.
Mike Crapo (R-Idaho),
·
Sen.
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),
·
Sen.
Richard Burr (R-N.C.),
·
Sen.
Chris Coons (D-Del.),
·
Sen.
Pat Roberts (R-Kan.),
·
Sen.
Gary Peters (D-Mich.),
·
Sen.
Joni Ernst (R-Iowa); and
·
Sen.
Bob Casey (D-Penn.).
Last Congress, this landmark
legislation had fewer cosponsors before it was taken up by the Senate Judiciary
Committee, where it was approved with a sweeping vote of 15-5.
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