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legislative priority · 2026

End sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine

Jeffries is leading efforts to end what he calls unjust sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine. He worked with Democrats and Republicans to advance the bipartisan EQUAL Act through the House of Representatives.

Context: The passage says the EQUAL Act advanced through the House; it does not say it became law.

In their own words

end the unjust disparities in sentencing for crack versus powder cocaine

The source

Hakeem S. Jeffries: Issues

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026