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Senate Republicans Split on White House’s Prison Reform Plan

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Even as the White House pushes the bill, Mitch McConnell is holding off on a vote as he gauges the resistance to it within his caucus.

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With Jeff Sessions gone as attorney general, one of the biggest impediments to criminal justice reform in Washington is out of the way, but the Trump administration is learning the Senate Republican conference is full of little Jeff Sessionses who remain bent on derailing efforts to change the nation’s prison...

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