By AI HEPING in New York | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-04-23 10:45 Share CLOSE Sen. Mazie Hirono speaks during a news conference with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer following the passage of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in the Mansfield Room at the US Capitol on April 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. [Photo/Agencies]
In a rare display of bipartisanship, the US Senate on Thursday passed legislation to expedite the Justice Department s review of hate crimes in response to the recent wave of violence against Asian Americans.
The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act passed in a roll call vote of 94-1 without a filibuster, an exceedingly rare situation in today s Senate. The legislation is the first action either chamber of Congress has taken to bolster law enforcement s response to rising attacks on people of Asian descent.
US Senate passes bill targeting anti-Asian hate crimes
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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) (Photo by Bonnie Cash-Pool/Getty Images)
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South Carolina Senator Tim Scott (R) is planning to reintroduce his police reform bill in the coming weeks.
On Wednesday, Scott told reporters on Capitol Hill that he’s trying to work across the aisle to see if a bipartisan compromise can be reached. He said he is having talks with California Representative Karen Bass (D) and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker (D).
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 10: Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA). (Photo by Ting Shen-Pool/Getty Images)
Democrats and Republicans both introduced competing police reform bills in 2020, neither of which got very far.