Senate passes bill to award congressional gold medal to Capitol Police

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to award congressional gold medals to law enforcement agencies that responded to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

The Senate unanimously approved the legislation, which previously passed the House in March.

The bill provides a congressional gold medal to the U.S. Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of the District Columbia and a third medal to be displayed at the Smithsonian in honor of other law enforcement officials that responded to the crisis.

The architect of the Capitol would also be given a medal to be displayed in the building.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/566099-senate-passes-bill-to-award-congressional-gold-medal-to-capitol-police

[katmondoo]

1. GOOD!!!!!

[Wild blueberry]

2. Very fitting

[Budi]

3. Thanks Senate. How can anyone vote No to these Officers after the testimony they gave.

To deny them is just cruel.

Appreciate the Senate's recognition of our Capitol Police, their bravery & committment to the oath they honored on Jan 6.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Three of them had to die before the Republicans shook off the Kool-Aid.

[Generic Other]

5. THIS

Such deplorable people those GQP senators. Did any vote against?

[murielm99]

6. I think it is four now.

[tblue37]

8. Five: Officer Sicknick plus 4 suicides.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread demmiblue.

[LeftInTX]

9. Unanimously?

Even Ted Cruz?

Gotta check the voting record....

Was he even there? Did he vote?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Cruz and Hawley must have had better things to do.

Surely, they would not vote for something like this.

[NH Ethylene]

10. I wonder if this could have made a difference to those who died this week.

I can't help but think it was the cruel and dismissive right-wing response to the officers' testimony last week that tipped the scales and prompted the two recent suicides. The PTSD and the feeling that they were not even appreciated for it must have been overwhelming, whether it was causal or not.