What stage is this in? Has it been approved by the house already?
How, in any twisted definition of a sane world, should a crime committed out of bias be any more or less punishable than a crime committed without bias?
Only the demented liberal mind could come up with such a sick concept – the crime kinda sorta matters, sure... but it’s really how you FELT when you were beating that guy over the head with a pipe that matters.
Of course, this just gives them another justification for their OWN prejudices and bias because, of course, no hate crime in Obamaworld could POSSIBLY be intended by, say, people who beat other people to the ground while shouting “it’s a black world!”.
If "63" voted for it, it is as good as law. Because no filibuster will stop it.