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I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

Next week, the Senate is pivoting.

It's moving to consider Senator Tim Scott's police reform legislation.

Yes, that's right.

The Senate is clearing the decks for Scott's police bill 139 days before election day.

This represents a new sense of urgency for the Republican leadership in the Senate, which,

as recently as earlier this week, was saying they would not get this done until after July 4th.

The GOP leadership believes it has its membership in line behind the legislation, and we've not really heard any significant dissent yet.

So here's the question now. What will Democrats do? McConnell will need 60 votes to bring this bill up,

so he needs Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats to cooperate. The Democrats had

leadership in caucus conference calls Tuesday, and they didn't discuss strategy because they had not

seen the bill. That's the position they are maintaining, that they can't make a play call

until they see legislative text. They'll see the bill today and have to consider what to do.

Here's what we know. Democrats have made it clear they believe that President Donald Trump's

executive order is weak,

and many have preemptively pegged Scott's bill as not going far enough. But their next step is a bit

trickier. Can they refuse McConnell the ability to consider Scott's bill, handing the GOP a convenient

talking point that it was the Democrats who blocked police reform in the Senate. That seems risky

given the moment the country is in. Democrats could allow the chamber to debate Scott's bill

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