Congress has often struggled to address policing issues. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is asking members of the Congressional Black Caucus to sort through dozens of proposals and find legislation that can pass the House.
Democrats are hoping to reach an agreement quickly. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters he could call lawmakers back to Washington to vote before their scheduled return on June 30.
Democrats also plan to try to force the Senate to go on record condemning Trump for"ordering federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against Americans who were peaceably protesting" Monday outside the White House. The resolution, proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would also affirm the rights of free assembly and protest while condemning looting.
Most Senate Republicans declined Tuesday to discuss the tear gas incident at the White House when reporters on Capitol Hill asked them about it. Some avoided the question; others said they didn't see the incident. Those who did speak to reporters mostly focused on condemning violent protests.
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