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McConnell Feels the Heat From the Right to Bring Criminal Justice Bill to a Vote

FILE -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 6, 2018. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) called in his chits with McConnell, part of a broad campaign to get a criminal justice overhaul over the finish line, according to three people familiar with the call. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)