A year after Floyd's murder, Biden struggles to make progress on racial issues
WASHINGTON – Soon after the police officer who killed George Floyd was convicted of murder, President Joe Biden called Floyd's relatives with a promise: Once he could sign legislation named for Floyd to change policing nationwide, he would fly them to Washington for the occasion.
Floyd's family arrives at the White House on Tuesday, the anniversary of his death. But there will be no bill-signing ceremony. Bipartisan negotiations on Capitol Hill have yet to produce a breakthrough, a reminder of the steep hurdles that Biden faces confronting the country's entrenched racial problems and its political polarization.
"If we cannot make progress on this issue in this environment, I question when we ever will be"
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