House Democrats push toward policing vote, challenge Senate

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by House Democrats spaced for social distancing, speaks during a news conference on the House East Front Steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 25, 2020, ahead of the House vote on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With a policing overhaul stalled in the Senate, House Democrats have returned to Washington for a daylong debate and vote on their package of law enforcement changes. It has little chance of becoming law, but Democrats are signaling to voters that they are addressing the outcry over the killing of George Floyd and other Black Americans. President Donald Trump’s administration says he would veto it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gathered with lawmakers on the Capitol steps to open the debate on a day heavy with symbolism. It’s exactly one month since Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis.