06/26/2020

House Passes Sweeping Police Reform Bill Following George Floyd's Death

The bill passed largely along partisan lines

The House passed a sweeping police reform bill on Thursday largely along party lines to address systemic racism and police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

“Exactly one month ago, George Floyd spoke his final words — ‘I can’t breathe’ — and changed the course of history,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on the steps outside the Capitol Thursday morning, flanked by House Democrats, including members of the Congressional Black Caucus, chaired by Rep. Karen Bass of California.

Americans have since been demanding that that “moment of national agony become one of national action,” Pelosi said hours before the 236-181 vote.

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