By adopting an amendment from Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., the House narrowly rescued the COPS program from being slashed. COPS was Bill Clinton’s way of picking up some “law and order” credibility in 1993, with its promise to put 100,000 additional cops on the street. It was a political bill for three-year grants that has since taken on a life of its own.

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