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\"For all of the pundits out there that want to entertain a conversation about whether Democrats actually want police reform: Are you kidding me?\"

Sen. Kamala Harris condemns the GOP policing reform bill that she says equates to \"watered down politics.\" https://t.co/SSZQAxB9rC pic.twitter.com/UP9bA3PaXT

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 23, 2020

\"We are in a moment of profound possibility but what we do face is it being shut down in the Senate over an impotent bill that fails to meet this moment,\" Booker said.

On Wednesday, just before the vote that tabled the bill, Scott, the lone African American Republican in the Senate, appealed to Democrats, urging them not to \"walk away\" from a bill that could send a strong message to communities of color.

\"My concern is that our friends on the other side will not take advantage of this opportunity to say to the communities that are suffering we see you, we hear you, we are willing to respond as one body,\" Scott said.

The political recriminations in this tumultuous election year were likely to foreclose any further policing reform efforts this year, a stark contrast to the momentum for change on the streets in the wake of high profile police confrontations and killings of African Americans -- momentum that is leading to sweeping reform efforts at the state level across the country.

Though this vote likely marks the end of the road for policing reform legislation this year, Sen. McConnell, R-Ky., said he intends to use a procedural move that would allow the bill to be reconsidered at a later time.

On Wednesday, Schumer called on McConnell to create a bipartisan space for additional conversations on how to proceed with policing reform.

Harris, Booker, as well as Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and other key leaders met behind closed doors Tuesday suggesting that some bipartisan conversations could be happening behind the scenes. It is unclear, however, what has become of those conversations. Booker told reporters Tuesday that no bipartisan working group had yet been appointed by McConnell.

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