Late in the month, the crime bill came to a vote again.

I think the American people wanted us to pass the crime bill.

We were able to stop the worst parts of the crime bill.

But Democrats think the crime bill will help them on the campaign trail.

We'll consider them as part of the comprehensive crime bill.

"And if they ever get that crime bill passed, there's going to be even more people in prison."

The Senate version of the crime bill would provide $400 million for the proposal.

Indeed, the crime bill provides $8.7 billion for state prison construction.

"We submitted our first crime bill more than two years ago, and nothing has happened," he said.

That's essentially what he did with the crime bill, and isn't it working?