“A bi­par­tis­an ef­fort to keep sen­ten­cing and pris­on-re­form le­gis­la­tion alive in the Sen­ate is mov­ing ahead for now, even as polit­ic­al battle lines are harden­ing over Pres­id­ent Obama’s at­tempt to re­place the late Su­preme Court Justice Ant­on­in Scalia.

“Co­spon­sors of the bill that cleared the Ju­di­ciary Com­mit­tee last fall said they’re com­mit­ted to con­tinu­ing ne­go­ti­ations to win sup­port in the full Sen­ate.”

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