Lawmakers propose $200 million for new Guard quick reaction force to aid Capitol security
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Members of the Michigan National Guard and the U.S. Capitol Police keep watch over the Capitol complex on March 3. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
The District of Columbia Air National Guard would receive $200 million to set up a quick reaction force of service members prepared to respond to any violence or threats on Capitol Hill under a $1.9 billion security supplemental unveiled by House leaders on Friday.
The package also includes nearly $521 million for unanticipated pay and operations cost for the still-ongoing Guard deployment to protect Congress in the wake of the attack on the Capitol building in January.