Senate Democrats are going to force a procedural vote Wednesday on a bill targeting “COVID-19 hate crimes,” in an effort to get Republicans on the record on legislation Democrats say is a no-brainer to fight hate against Asian-Americans.
Republicans, meanwhile, allege that the bill is simply messaging legislation that will do little to address actual hate crimes.
The bill introduced by Sen. Maize Hirono, D-Ill., in the Senate and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., in the House would require the Justice Department (DOJ) to assign one employee to work full-time “to facilitate the expedited review of…
