Police Overhaul Fizzles in Senate, Stymied by Wide Partisan Rift
- GOP bill is inadequate to curb police brutality, Democrats say
- House expected to pass Democrats’ stricter proposal Thursday
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Congress is in a partisan standoff over how to respond to nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody, with Democrats and Republicans refusing so far to budge from their own proposals for overhauling U.S. policing practices.
President Donald Trump accused Democrats of wanting to “weaken the police” hours after they blocked Senate debate Wednesday on a GOP plan the Democrats called inadequate.