WASHINGTON – The Senate majority at stake, Republicans are abruptly shifting priorities to focus on policing changes as Congress rushes to respond to nationwide protests over the killings of black Americans by law enforcement officers.The GOP senators welcomed President Donald Trump’s executive actions Tuesday to create a database of police misconduct.
They gaveled open a Judiciary Committee hearing on “police use of force and community relations." And on Wednesday, they are set to unveil their own package of proposed changes to police practices and accountability.It's the most swift, and extensive, Republican review of law enforcement in decades, a stunning election-year turn of events after George Floyd's May 25 death in Minnesota..