Negotiators say they're not adhering to a deadline for policing bill as Floyd anniversary looms
CNN
A bipartisan and bicameral group of congressional negotiators met again Tuesday as they try to craft a compromise bill overhauling the nation's policing laws, with one week left until the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death.
The lawmakers agree they are not tied to a deadline, despite President Joe Biden calling for a bill by the anniversary on May 25. After Thursday, the House does not have votes scheduled for the rest of the month, making passing any legislation by next week all but impossible. "The most important thing is that we have a bill that hits the President's desk, not the date that it does," Rep. Karen Bass, a California Democrat, told reporters following Tuesday's meeting.The Department of Justice doubled down on its decision to not release the audio files of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur to House Republicans, stating that Republicans have not established a legitimate legislative purpose for demanding these recordings, in a new letter obtained by CNN.
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is making a new digital ad buy in Pennsylvania aimed specifically at targeting Nikki Haley supporters, campaign officials told CNN, marking the latest sign of the Biden team’s growing efforts to try to woo would-be Republican voters who find Donald Trump unacceptable.