Sept. 22 (UPI) -- House Democrats Thursday passed a package of new bills that would fund recruitment and training for police departments across the country, and includes new language for police accountability.
Early in the day a procedural vote on the bills narrowly passed 216-215, after a group of progressive Democrats objected to providing more funding to police departments.
Democratic Reps. Cori Bush, Mo., Jamaal Bowman, N.Y., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, Mich., joined Republicans in voting against the measure. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., voted present.
Later in the day the package passed by wider margins, according to ABC News. It now heads to the Senate.
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