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Harry Reid blocks Republican request to pass bill cracking down on rapists

By Joel Gehrke
Published April 11, 2014 4:00am ET
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Harry Reid blocks Republican request to pass bill cracking down on rapists
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., scheduled a Friday session that won’t have any votes, rejecting Republican and Democratic requests that he allow a vote on a bill that would allow rape kits to be processed more quickly.

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