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US House has just released its emergency spending plan to increase Capitol security
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Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
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May 14, 2021
ALERT- US House has just released its emergency spending plan to increase Capitol security
$162 million- "hardening" of doors & windows
$17 million- new cameras
$200 million- "Quick reaction force" to help US Capitol Police
$250 million- fencing, sensors, landscape changes
Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
More in emergency spending bill for US Capitol security
$521 million- Natl Guard expenses
$68 million- Reimburse DC govt for costs
$44 million- US Capitol Police (OT costs, trauma services, benefits, equipment)
$14 million- Library of Congress security system
$40 million- To help pay for prosecution of January 6 Insurrectionist cases
$5.5 million- To help pay for FBI investigations
$1.8 million- To pay for Bureau of Prisons to hold Insurrection defendants
Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
More in emergency spending bill for US Capitol security
*** $8.6 million for US Capitol Police body cameras ***
That'd be a huge breakthrough. They don't wear cameras as of now
Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
·
May 14, 2021
Replying to @MacFarlaneNews
More in emergency spending bill for US Capitol security:
Nearly $160 million to help better provide security to federal judges
Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
More in emergency spending bill for US Capitol security
$3 million for US Secret Service for more "non-lethal" weapons
12:19 PM · May 14, 2021