Tim Scott, Cory Booker still hoping for bipartisan police reform despite slim prospects
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Sens. Tim Scott and Cory Booker remain committed to negotiating for police reform following the death of Tyre Nichols, but hopes of a bill approved in both chambers are slim.
"Sen. Scott has been working on police funding and reform for the better part of the last decade," a spokesperson for Scott told Fox News Digital. "He never left the negotiating table and has encouraged his colleagues on the other side of the aisle to join him in his continued efforts to increase safety in our communities." Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
A spokesperson for Booker told Fox News that he "has spent the past several days engaged in conversations with colleagues on both sides of the aisle and is considering all legislative options to raise the levels of transparency, accountability and professionalism in American policing," adding that he's hopeful that his colleagues will "step up."
The pair first introduced a set of reforms in 2021, along with then-Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., but those efforts were stalled in the Senate due to disagreements between Republicans and Democrats.