House passes $1.9 billion Capitol security bill that faces Senate roadblocks
Source: CNBC
PUBLISHED THU, MAY 20 202112:19 PM EDT
The House passed a $1.9 billion U.S. Capitol security bill Thursday as Congress splinters over how to protect lives and the democratic process after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
The Democratic-held chamber approved the measure a day after it passed a bill to set up an independent commission to investigate the attack on the legislature. Opposition from Republican leaders has raised doubts about whether either proposal can get through the evenly split Senate.
The bill passed Thursday would pay back the National Guard and Washington D.C. for costs incurred securing the Capitol this year, and provide the Capitol Police with overtime pay, retention bonuses and trauma resources. It also would create a response force that would aid the Capitol Police in emergencies, boost security for members of Congress and fortify doors and windows in the Capitol.
Democrats moved to pass both pieces of legislation this week. They say it is vital to better understand how a mob of Trump supporters overran the Capitol and disrupted the count of President Joe Biden's electoral win -- and to prevent it from happening again. House Republican leaders, who have tried to divert attention from the attack and curb criticism of former President Donald Trump's election conspiracy theories that helped to fuel it, pushed against passage of both bills.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/20/house-passes-capitol-security-bill-in-response-to-jan-6-insurrection.html
The vote was 213-212.
Democrats voting "No" were Bush, Omar, and Pressley.
Democrats voting "Present" were Bowman, Ocasio-Cortez, and Tlaib.
Final vote:
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll156.xml
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