That is the second time the GOP has stepped in to kill the CROWN Act
The CROWN Act, a chunk of US laws that might ban discrimination against an individual due to their natural hairstyle or texture, has faced one more roadblock as Republicans have halted the bill’s passage within the Senate.
The bill’s journey up until this point has been removed from plain sailing. Within the US legislature, for a bill to be enshrined in law it must go through each houses of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The CROWN Act was first introduced to the House of Representatives in December 2019 by Reps. Cedric Richmond, Ayanna Pressley, Marcia Fudge...
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