Article snippet: MORE has told Republican senators that he’s open to a new proposal on prison and sentencing reform, giving new life to an issue that seemed hopelessly stalled on Capitol Hill. The compromise presented to Trump by Republican senators at a White House meeting on Wednesday would combine the prison reform bill passed by the House in May — the First Step Act — with four sentencing reform provisions that have bipartisan Senate backing, according to a source familiar with the meeting. “We passed the First Step Act through the House, and we're working with the Senate to pass that into law. And I think we'll be able to do it,” Trump said in public comments Wednesday at a meeting with inner city pastors, according to a transcript from the White House. The compromise offer was presented to Trump at a meeting with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE (R-S.C.). MORE also attended the White House meeting. Attendees described Trump’s support for the initiative as a positive development for the effort to reduce mandatory-minimum prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. While getting a final bill to Trump would require a Senate vote and then winning House approval for the new package, a second source familiar with the meeting described it as “very successful.” “It’s not done until it’s done, but we made a lot of progress,” the source said. Grassley said afterward that he believes prison reform and sentencing reform can be moved in tandem. “I think we made great prog... Link to the full article to read more