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The Emmett Till Antilynching Act passed the Democratic House 410-4 on Feb. 26. It was identical to a bill called the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act that the Senate had passed already by unanimous consent in December of 2018 and February 2019. (Identical except for the title.) When the Senate tried to pass it this year with unanimous consent, Sen. Rand Paul objected.
His argument is that he wants to "make it stronger." The last two times it passed in the Senate, when the House was in Republican control and hadn't taken up the bill, Paul had no issues with the wording of it. No, it wasn't until it could actually pass both chambers of Congress and become law that he objected. Now if it's going to pass, it has to compete for time on the floor with Sen. Mitch McConnell's slew of judicial confirmations. But McConnell isn't going to do that any more than he's going to pass any House bill. Even one that would make lynching a human being a federal crime, covered as a criminal civil rights violation.
Read more https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...bill-because-of-Rand-Paul-and-Mitch-McConnell
His argument is that he wants to "make it stronger." The last two times it passed in the Senate, when the House was in Republican control and hadn't taken up the bill, Paul had no issues with the wording of it. No, it wasn't until it could actually pass both chambers of Congress and become law that he objected. Now if it's going to pass, it has to compete for time on the floor with Sen. Mitch McConnell's slew of judicial confirmations. But McConnell isn't going to do that any more than he's going to pass any House bill. Even one that would make lynching a human being a federal crime, covered as a criminal civil rights violation.
Read more https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...bill-because-of-Rand-Paul-and-Mitch-McConnell