{"id":1526677,"date":"2022-06-23T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526677"},"modified":"2022-06-23T12:06:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T16:06:27","slug":"vulnerable-house-democrats-call-on-pelosi-to-pass-new-police-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-house-democrats-call-on-pelosi-to-pass-new-police-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulnerable House Democrats Call On Pelosi To Pass New Police Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvulnerable-house-democrats-call-on-pelosi-to-pass-new-police-funding%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526677&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democrats representing some of the most vulnerable congressional districts in the country are calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring four bills that would increase funding for local police departments and mental health initiatives to the House floor for votes.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 37 House Democrats who signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/leadership-letter-re_-police-funding\/\">letter<\/a>, first reported by Punchbowl News, 28 are either retiring or running in districts targeted for pickups by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcc.org\/2022\/06\/09\/nrcc-expands-target-list-to-75-following-conclusion-of-redistricting\/\">National Republican Congressional Commission<\/a> (NRCC). Several of the signatories, most notably Virginia Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/05\/2022-house-democrats-concerns-pelosi-caucus-call-election-abigail-spanberger\/\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> and Michigan Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/11\/brand-weak-democrat-elissa-slotkin-problems-message\/\">Elissa Slotkin<\/a>, have criticized the party\u2019s branding, particularly around issues like crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cW<span id=\"page3R_mcid24\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">e continue to hear from our constituents who are extremely <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">c<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">oncerned about the rising level of crime in the country, and about the importance of enforcing <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">laws already on the books,\u201d the Democrats wrote in the letter. \u201c<span id=\"page11R_mcid8\" class=\"markedContent\">Members should have the opportunity to show our constituents that we are addressing crime in our communities.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/democrats-defund-police-unpopular-blame-republicans-eric-adams-new-york\/\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 Is So Unpopular That Democrats Are Now Claiming Republicans Did It)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The four bills, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/6448\/text?r=1&#038;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Invest to Protect Act<\/a>, the <span id=\"page11R_mcid4\" class=\"markedContent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/6375\/text?r=46&#038;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">COPS on the Beat Program <\/span><\/a><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/6375\/text?r=46&#038;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reauthorization and Parity Act<\/a>, the <span id=\"page11R_mcid5\" class=\"markedContent\">Mental Health Justice A<\/span>ct and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/7826\/text?r=1&#038;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span id=\"page11R_mcid6\" class=\"markedContent\">Pathways to Policing A<\/span>ct<\/a>, would combine to allocate nearly $11 billion to local police departments. However, the Democrats wrote, the House Judiciary Committee under chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York \u201c<span id=\"page3R_mcid28\" class=\"markedContent\">has no intention of bringing any law enforcement bills through the markup process.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7457601\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7457601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 SEPTEMBER 21: Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) speaks at a news conference on the Protecting Our Democracy Act, at the U.S. Capitol on September 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. The legislation aims to prevent presidential abuses of power, restore checks and balances and strengthen congressional powers against the executive branch. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several left-wing members who support defunding police, including Washington Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuow.org\/stories\/jayapal-supports-diverting-police-money-to-other-public-uses\">Pramila Jayapal<\/a>, New York Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/mondaire-jones-black-lives-matter-racism\">Mondaire Jones<\/a>\u00a0and Missouri Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/cori-bush-defund-police-democrats-crime-spike\/\">Cori Bush<\/a>, sit on the <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/about\/members.htm\">committee<\/a>. With a 25-19 Democrat-Republican split, those three members could vote to block the legislation unless Republicans vote in favor.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats note \u201c<span id=\"page3R_mcid26\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">an effort <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">to try and package police funding bills with Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations.\u201d However, they claim that doing so would prevent members from \u201cshowing their support for law enforcement\u201d and limit bipartisan support.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats representing some of the most vulnerable congressional districts in the country are calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring four bills that would increase funding for local police departments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}