Desperate for a deal, lawmakers announce police reform 'framework'

A small group of lawmakers issued a statement declaring “an agreement on a framework” for police reform, meeting a self-imposed deadline to accomplish something before the Senate adjourned for two weeks.

But the agreement announced Thursday by Rep. Karen Bass, a California Democrat; Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat; and Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican, appears far from final or detailed enough to address whether the kind of comprehensive police reform many lawmakers want will ever pass Congress.

“There is still more work to be done on the...