News In major shift, Mitch McConnell announces the Senate will vote on criminal justice reform bill December 11, 2018 Deborah Barfield Berry and Eliza Collins, USA TODAY Comments Off on In major shift, Mitch McConnell announces the Senate will vote on criminal justice reform bill "At the request of the president and following improvements to the legislation that has been secured by several members, the Senate will take up the revised Criminal Justice Bill this month," McConnell said.