Thursday, December 20, 2018
Political Mayhem Thursday: First Step Act Update!
On Tuesday night, the First Step Act passed the Senate with 87 yes votes-- a resounding victory for needed reform. I've already outlined some of the principle provisions of the bill-- you can see that here-- though we will have to wait to see what the House does to it, if anything. I expect that today or tomorrow we will see President Trump signing the thing, flanked by a truly bipartisan group. It will be quite a moment. I got to talk about that this morning on Wisconsin Public Radio; you can hear the podcast here.
So what happens after the First Step?
One would hope a second step. And I hope that the second step is clemency reform.
