Please STOP jumping to conclusions on Mr. Sessions. It was the Dems that changed the bill after the Senate voted. The Senate did not agree with the changes so the ranking member had to do what he did.
https://thinkprogress.org/why-is-jeff-sessions-blocking-a-child-sex-trafficking-bill-e7ebb1428dba#.vkubnf37vIn defending Sessions’ decision, a Republican Judiciary aide told ThinkProgress that Sessions was instrumental in helping the bill clear the Senate Judiciary Committee but had to object after the House removed two of his amendments that he said toughened the bill. One measure required a mandatory minimum sentence “for transporting, receiving or distributing” child pornography. The other expanded subpoena authority to the U.S. Marshals Service over unregistered sex offenders. But because the House removed these measures in its final revision, the Senate aide indicated several members opposed the new version. Thus, the staffer told us that, as the Ranking Member of the committee, Sessions had to be the one to block the bill.
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Please STOP jumping to conclusions on Mr. Sessions. It was the Dems that changed the bill after the Senate voted. The Senate did not agree with the changes so the ranking member had to do what he did.
https://thinkprogress.org/why-is-jeff-sessions-blocking-a-child-sex-trafficking-bill-e7ebb1428dba#.vkubnf37vIn defending Sessions’ decision, a Republican Judiciary aide told ThinkProgress that Sessions was instrumental in helping the bill clear the Senate Judiciary Committee but had to object after the House removed two of his amendments that he said toughened the bill. One measure required a mandatory minimum sentence “for transporting, receiving or distributing” child pornography. The other expanded subpoena authority to the U.S. Marshals Service over unregistered sex offenders. But because the House removed these measures in its final revision, the Senate aide indicated several members opposed the new version. Thus, the staffer told us that, as the Ranking Member of the committee, Sessions had to be the one to block the bill.