- [Jenna] According to recent polls,

the majority of Americans feelsome sort of police reform

needs to happen,

but with House Democratsintroducing their bill

and Senate Republicans theirs,

meeting in the middle nowseems nearly impossible.

- I hope none of you arefalling for this nonsense

that somehow our Democratic colleagues

would be disadvantagedabout getting on the bill.

- [Jenna] It was ashowdown in the US Senate.

- Now, the Senate Republican Justice Act

is lacking in substance andwill not make the reforms

needed to stop police brutality.

- [Jenna] Senate Democratsrefusing to sign on

to the bill because they saythey want more sweeping change

than the Republican Justice Act calls for.

For example, a provision thatwould hold officers liable

to damages and lawsuits andother accountability measures.

Republicans say they would have a chance

to amend the bill if theywould allow debate on it.

But Democrats don't trust that promise.

- But I, for one, donot intend to be played.

- You gotta be kidding me.

- [Jenna] Senator TimScott wrote the bill.

- Because the who matters.

They cannot allow thisparty to be seen as a party

that reaches out to allcommunities in this nation.

- [Jenna] He accused Democratsof punting on the issue

until after the election

and abusing what he callstheir monopoly on black voters.

- And no matter the loyalty of the people,

the return they get willalways continue to go down

because in monopolies, youstart devaluing your customer.

- [Jenna] Senator JamesLankford co-sponsored the bill.

- We're four votes short ofopening debate to discuss it.

Every single Republican voted for this

and a handful of Democrats,

but the vast majority ofDemocrats actually said no,

we don't wanna debate this bill.

We will only debate the Pelosi bill

when it comes out of the House.

Well, that's absurd.

- [Jenna] Meanwhile, lovedones are bearing victims

of police involved shootings.

In Atlanta, Rayshard Brooks's family

said their final goodbyes.

He was shot after resisting arrest

outside a Wendy's restaurant.

But in Washington, stalemate and failure

are the order of the day withLankford blaming Democrats

for the Republican bill's failure.

- We've been through thisjourney so many times

where we'll see a black man be killed

and we'll all watch the footage,

and the whole country rises up

and Congress startsdebating and then it stops.

And it stops because ofsilly stuff like this.

- [Jenna] The House is expected

to pass its police reform bill today,

but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

has already given it a thumbs down.

In Washington, Jenna Browder, CBN News.