Newhouse Doesn’t Expect House Policing Reform Bill to Pass Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a policing reform bill Thursday afternoon, largely along party lines.

The move comes after Senate Democrats killed a Republican reform bill earlier in the week.

4th District Representative Dan Newhouse said he doesn't expect the Democrat-led George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 to pass through the Senate.

Newhouse said, "The Senate Republican bill was blocked by the Democrats. I think that's very unfortunate. They may have disagreed with things in the bill, but without allowing debate to move forward they essentially stopped any progress being made."

According to Newhouse, a Republican, the legislation was put together by House Democrats with zero input from Republicans.

"We don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of police officers doing their jobs and focusing on protecting the public. So I've real problems with the bill," added Newhouse.

The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 has several provisions, including banning no-knock warrants and chokeholds in federal drug cases, curbing qualified immunity for law enforcement, and establishing a police misconduct national registry.