Montana Sen. Steve Daines has decided to endorse the revised criminal justice reform legislation pending in the Senate, becoming the 17th GOP senator to support the bill, multiple sources told the Washington Examiner.

Daines’ endorsement will be announced publicly during a press conference Thursday in which the would-be reformers officially unveil the bill’s revisions. They are led on the Republican side by Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, and Tea Party Sen. Mike Lee.

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