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| | Crime Policy of the Republican Party |
 | | Until the dawn of the 20th century and the social problems that accompanied urbanization and industrialization, crime policy was often viewed as properly belonging to state and local authorities. |
 | | The U.S. Constitution, combined with tradition of federalism, reserved police powers for the states, and both the federal and state governments were satisfied to keep it that way. |
 | | However, some of the more liberal Senate Democrats, arguing that the revised bill was anti-city, obtained a compromise stipulating that states had to funnel percentages of the grants to local government units. |
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