Tag: Office of the Sergeant at Arms
Government funding bill includes $2.5M for U.S. Senate home security
December 20, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress will be voting on the federal government's $1.7 trillion funding bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, and among its many expenditures is $2.5 million toward residential security for U.S. Senate members.
On page 1,137 of the nearly 4,200-page document, bill writers stated that, “For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $171,844,000, of which $160,144,000 shall remain available until...