Vulnerable Democrats, Seeking Distance From the Left, Offer a Midterm Agenda

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Rising crime rates across the country would also receive attention, through an expansion of existing grants to local law enforcement, new safety requirements for ride-hailing companies, stronger reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers to help track child predators and a new federal crime designation for "porch pirates" who steal packages from home stoops.
44% : It includes almost 75 bipartisan bills already drafted and broader bullet points such as "Combat Rising Costs for Food, Gas, Housing and Utilities," "Reduce Prescription Drug Prices, Co-Pays and Deductibles" and "Fight Crime & Invest in Law Enforcement."Rather than proposing cuts to funding for police departments, for example, it suggests financing the hiring of additional officers, especially in rural and small-town departments -- though it would also fund body cameras and training, demands from liberal critics of law enforcement.

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