{"id":529765,"date":"2021-05-20T13:50:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=529765"},"modified":"2021-05-20T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:50:19","slug":"house-democrats-barely-pass-bill-bolstering-capitol-security-after-progressive-defections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-barely-pass-bill-bolstering-capitol-security-after-progressive-defections\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Barely Pass Bill Bolstering Capitol Security After Progressive Defections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fhouse-democrats-barely-pass-bill-bolstering-capitol-security-after-progressive-defections%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=529765&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 House barely passed a bill Thursday providing $1.9 billion to bolster Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack after progressive Democrats defected from the rest of their caucus.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/3237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legislation<\/a> passed 213-212, with Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman and Rashida Tlaib voting present. Democratic Reps. Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley joined every Republican in voting against the measure.<\/p>\n<p>Several progressives opposed the bill over \u201cdefund the police\u201d issues, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1395411253552689152\">Punchbowl News<\/a>. The bill also allocates over $40 million for physical barriers, security details, reimbursing state and local law enforcement agencies and necessary repairs following the Jan. 6 riot, when pro-Trump rioters <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/06\/trump-justifies-mob-violence-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempted to stop Congress<\/a> from certifying President Joe Biden\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funding is not optional. This vote is not a show vote,\u201d Connecticut Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLaurio, the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, said on the House floor ahead of the vote. \u201cIt\u2019s about protecting the seat of our democracy and the men and the women and the young people who work here and serve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7131599\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7131599\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7131599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1303034775-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1303034775-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1303034775-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1303034775-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1303034775-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1303034775-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1303034775-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7131599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Army National Guard truck parked across from the Capitol Police headquarters on February 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even Republicans who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/13\/10-republicans-voted-impeach-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted to impeach<\/a> Trump in January and who supported a bipartisan commission into the attack opposed the spending bill, with some citing the lack of cross-party negotiations. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/9-11-commission-bennie-thompson-capitol-riot-john-katko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: House Passes Bill Creating Capitol Riot Commission With Support From Dozens Of Republicans, Rebuking GOP Leadership)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were in good negotiations trying to work this out,\u201d said Washington Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, who also sits on the Appropriations Committee. \u201cAnd all of a sudden last week, it\u2019s just done, we\u2019re not going to negotiate anymore. That\u2019s my problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Approximately $529 million would go towards upgrading Capitol security, including strengthening windows and doors, adding cameras and enhancing screening and retractable fencing, according to the bill. It also allocates $8.6 million for Capitol Police body cameras and $2.6 million for riot gear.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House barely passed a bill Thursday providing $1.9 billion to bolster Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack after progressive Democrats defected from the rest of their &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312483,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1303034775-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"House Democrats Barely Pass Bill Bolstering Capitol Security After Progressive Defections","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1303034775-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"House Democrats Barely Pass Bill Bolstering Capitol Security After Progressive Defections","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529765","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}