Capitol Police get funding boost in House spending plan

Published June 22, 2017 2:12pm ET



House lawmakers want to give the U.S. Capitol Police a nearly $30 million budget boost, in part to “enhance” security for lawmakers.

Republican appropriators announced the increase in a legislative branch funding bill released Thursday morning, about a week after lawmakers, staff and police were injured when a man opened fire on a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria.

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