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发帖数: 4796 | 1 Senate passes bill targeting hate crimes against Asian Americans
The Senate approved a rare bipartisan bill to help law enforcement address
anti-Asian hate crimes, which have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved a bill designed to make it
easier for law enforcement to investigate hate crimes against Asian
Americans, which have surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a rare, if fleeting, moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, senators
approved the bill 94 to 1. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was the
only no vote.
“We will send a powerful message of solidarity to the AAPI community that
the Senate will not be a bystander as anti-Asian violence surges in our
country," Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), who led the bill, said ahead of the
vote, citing the more than 3,800 anti-Asian hate crimes reported around the
country in the last year, according to research by Stop AAPI Hate.
The bill would designate one Justice Department official to expedite review
of potential hate crimes against Asian Americans. It would also set up a
voluntary database of hate crimes and issue guidance to help local law
enforcement make it easier for people to report crimes.
The bill originally only addressed hate crimes related to the pandemic, a
link that Republicans and others viewed as potentially too onerous for law
enforcement to make. Hirono wanted the bill to highlight the role the COVID-
19 pandemic played in increasing the number of hate crimes but agreed to
drop the language in an amendment with Republican Sen. Susan Collins of
Maine.
In addition to the Justice Department appointment, the bill would set up a
database of hate crimes and issue guidance to help local law enforcement
make it easier for people to report crimes. It would also help local
agencies develop public education campaigns on prevention and reporting of
crimes.
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Asian Americans have been verbally and physically attacked, shunned during
pandemic, study shows
A bipartisan group of lawmakers also added a provision supporting local law
enforcement agencies that use a new hate crime reporting tool and
establishing grants for states to run hotlines.
The bill passed in a roll call vote but without a filibuster, an exceedingly
rare situation in today’s Senate. More typically, for the last decade or
so, legislation that gets through the chamber is either so uncontroversial
that 100 senators approve it or so contentious that it must overcome the
filibuster’s 60-vote threshold. Overcoming a filibuster typically takes
months of negotiation and is often only successful in emergencies, such as
avoiding a national default on the debt or responding to the COVID-19
pandemic. This bill managed to find that elusive middle ground.
Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) pointed to Thursday's vote as
evidence the Senate could function, complete with amendments from both
parties and no threat of a filibuster. It is “proof that when the Senate is
given an opportunity to work, the Senate can work to solve important issues
,” he said.
But, if anything, it showed that even the most basic, widely supported piece
of legislation could still be difficult to get through the chamber. As
recently as last month, Democrats were daring Republicans to filibuster the
legislation, suggesting that if they were willing to block a common sense
bill, they would filibuster anything.
Democrats allowed votes on three additional Republican amendments. All
failed.
The bill now goes to the Democratic-controlled House. If it approved there
without changes, it would next go to President Biden for his signature.
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: Senate passes bill targeting hate crimes against Asian Americans
: The Senate approved a rare bipartisan bill to help law enforcement address
: anti-Asian hate crimes, which have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
: WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved a bill designed to make it
: easier for law enforcement to investigate hate crimes against Asian
: Americans, which have surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
: In a rare, if fleeting, moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, senators
: approved the bill 94 to 1. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was the
: only no vote.
: “We will send a powerful message of solidarity to the AAPI community that
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【在 W*****B 的大作中提到】
: Senate passes bill targeting hate crimes against Asian Americans
: The Senate approved a rare bipartisan bill to help law enforcement address
: anti-Asian hate crimes, which have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
: WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved a bill designed to make it
: easier for law enforcement to investigate hate crimes against Asian
: Americans, which have surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
: In a rare, if fleeting, moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, senators
: approved the bill 94 to 1. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was the
: only no vote.
: “We will send a powerful message of solidarity to the AAPI community that
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