{"id":2342011,"date":"2024-09-16T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-eyes-more-secret-service-funding-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T17:56:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T21:56:25","slug":"senate-eyes-more-secret-service-funding-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-eyes-more-secret-service-funding-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate eyes more Secret Service funding after assassination attempt &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-eyes-more-secret-service-funding-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2342011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate is considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-introduces-legislative-agenda-to-hire-100000-new-police-officers\/\" title=\"Hawley Introduces Legislative Agenda To Hire 100,000 New Police Officers\">increasing funding<\/a> for the Secret Service following a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-democrats-criminalize-opposition-and-cripple-the-court-democracy-is-dead\/\" title=\"Democracy dies if Democrats criminalize opposition and weaken the court.\">assassination\u200d attempt<\/a> \u2063on former President Donald Trump.\u200d Senate \u2064Majority Leader Chuck\u200d Schumer expressed support for providing\u200d more resources, emphasizing \u200dthat they\u200c are prepared to include this \u2063in upcoming funding \u200bagreements.\u2063 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called for an assurance that Trump will receive adequate protection, reflecting concerns over the violent threats\u200c faced\u200d by political figures. This recent attempt, which occurred on Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago golf course in Florida, has drawn further scrutiny\u2062 of \u200bthe Secret \u2063Service, especially in light of a prior incident at a campaign rally. Both President \u2062Joe Biden and House \u200bSpeaker Mike\u2062 Johnson emphasized the need for \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-on-pelosi-to-remove-military-style-fencing-around-capitol\/\" title=\"Republicans Call on Pelosi to Remove \u2018Military-Style Fencing\u2019 Around Capitol\">enhanced security<\/a> for\u200c Trump, who they noted is particularly\u2062 targeted.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate eyes more Secret Service funding after second Trump assassination attempt &nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1762086\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday offered support for beefing up the Secret Service&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3155319\/johnson-demands-donald-trump-every-asset-available-protect-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"another assassination attempt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">annual funding<\/a><\/a> following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3155587\/florida-police-bodycam-trump-assassination-attempt-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"another assassination attempt\">another assassination attempt<\/a> on former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;If the Secret Service is in need of more resources, we are prepared in providing it for them, possibly in the upcoming funding agreement,&rdquo; Schumer said in remarks on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> floor.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the response to the would-be shooter should include &ldquo;the ways that our political process has been injected by reprehensible violence&rdquo; and assurances from the Secret Service.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people deserve answers,&rdquo; McConnell said. &ldquo;They deserve assurances that a former president, who tens of millions of Americans have nominated once again, will receive every appropriate measure of security, and they ought to receive them without delay.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The second attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life, made Sunday while on his southern Florida Mar-a-Lago golf course, has placed the Secret Service under even further scrutiny following the shooting in July at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>If there&rsquo;s one thing congressional leaders can now agree on, it appears to be bolstering the Secret Service or the Trump campaign with additional resources.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a> the agency &ldquo;needs more help&rdquo; and that Congress &ldquo;should respond to their needs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Fox News that Trump &ldquo;needs the most coverage of anyone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the most attacked. He&rsquo;s the most threatened,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;We are demanding, in the House, that he have every asset available. And we will make more available if necessary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service&rsquo;s current annual budget tops $3 billion, a number that could swell in the coming months as lawmakers negotiate fiscal 2025 spending. Congress must approve a stopgap funding bill by Oct. 1 to avoid a shutdown, which would allow them to work on the full-year budget after the November elections.<\/p>\n<p>But the Secret Service has previously pushed back on the notion that a lack of funding was to blame for security failures protecting Trump at this summer&rsquo;s rally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe told Senate appropriators earlier this month that the July 13 attempt on the GOP presidential nominee&rsquo;s life was not due to insufficient funding. Still, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) told reporters on Monday that Rowe expressed an interest when the topic came up at a closed-door briefing with senators last week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I got the impression he was open to that ideal,&rdquo; Durbin said.<\/p>\n<p><em>David Sivak contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1762086\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1762086\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate leaders are considering increasing funding for the Secret Service after a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) expressed his willingness to enhance the agency&#8217;s annual budget, stating, &#8220;If the Secret Service requires additional resources, we are ready to provide them, potentially in the upcoming funding agreement.&#8221; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) emphasized that addressing this incident should involve examining how violence has infiltrated the political process and ensuring that adequate security measures are in place for Trump. He remarked, &#8220;The American people deserve answers and assurances that a former president\u2014who has been nominated again by millions\u2014will receive all necessary security without delay.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The latest attempt on Trump&#8217;s life occurred at his Mar-a-Lago golf course in southern Florida and has intensified scrutiny of the Secret Service following a shooting incident at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier this summer. There seems to be bipartisan agreement among congressional leaders regarding the need to strengthen support for either the Secret Service or Trump&#8217;s campaign. President Joe Biden stated that the agency &#8220;needs more help&#8221; and urged Congress to address their requirements. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) echoed this sentiment on Fox News, asserting that Trump requires extensive protection due to being one of the most targeted individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Secret Service&#8217;s annual budget exceeds $3 billion, which may increase as lawmakers negotiate spending for fiscal year 2025. Congress must pass a temporary funding bill by October 1st to prevent a government shutdown while they work on an annual budget post-November elections. However, previous statements from officials indicated that inadequate funding was not responsible for security lapses during Trump&#8217;s rally in July. Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe clarified earlier this month that financial constraints were not behind those failures; nonetheless, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) noted Rowe showed openness towards discussing potential increases during a recent closed-door briefing with senators<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2342012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/senate-secret-service-funding.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,6513,34163,3646,3740],"class_list":["post-2342011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-funding","tag-secret-service","tag-security","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/senate-secret-service-funding.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}