Kelsey Smith’s parents watched with hope, but bill named for slain daughter was doomed in Congress

Nathan Leamer, a senior policy analyst for the R Street Institute, a conservative research center in Washington, was driving home on Sunday, May 22, the night before the Kelsey Smith Act was scheduled for a vote, when his cellphone rang…

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