Senate GOP backs emergency Capitol Police funding as shortfall nears POLITICO 5 hrs ago By Burgess Everett and Caitlin Emma © (Alex Brandon/AP Photo) Acting Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police Yogananda Pittman listens during a news conference after a car crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill near the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol on April 2, 2021.
The Senate is adding another critical piece of business to its summer to-do list: funding the Capitol Police.
Top appropriators on Friday pushed for bipartisan legislation that would ease a funding crunch facing the Capitol Police and the National Guard while a broader emergency security spending package languishes in the Senate. Republicans have offered a plan to largely focus on just the beleaguered police unit and the National Guard, according to a draft of the bill obtained by POLITICO, though Senate Democratic leadership swiftly rejected it.
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Senate momentum builds for emergency Capitol Police funding after long delay
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