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This time the system worked.
They kept the fight outside the U.S. Capitol.
I have heard the same mantra from former House and Senate sergeants-at-arms and U.S. Capitol Police chiefs for decades now. Keep the fight outside, they’d say.
One former USCP chief always insisted to me the Capitol was secure.
Until it wasn’t on Jan. 6.
There was tragedy at the Capitol again on April 2.
Police say 25-year-old Noah Green rammed a blue Nissan Altima into USCP Officers Billy Evans and Kenny Shaver. Green then plowed the car into a reinforced steel barricade blocking his route to the Capitol, jumped out and wielded a machete. Officers shot and killed Green.
Senate ruling gives Democrats a back door around an infrastructure filibuster
By Carl Hulse New York Times,Updated April 6, 2021, 5:36 p.m.
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WASHINGTON â Democrats might not have the votes to gut the filibuster, but they were just handed the procedural keys to a backdoor assault on the Senateâs famous obstruction tactic.
With a ruling on Monday that Democrats can reuse this yearâs budget blueprint at least once to employ the fast-track reconciliation process, Democrats can conceivably advance multiple spending and tax packages this year alone without a single Republican vote as long as they hold their 50 members together. It is a means of weakening the filibuster without having to take the politically charged vote to do so.
“The United States Congress joins all Americans in mourning the tragic death of one of our Capitol Police heroes, Officer Billy Evans,” Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement. “In giving his life to protect our Capitol and our Country, Officer Evans became a martyr for our democracy. On behalf of the entire Congress, we are profoundly grateful.”
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Evans served in the Capitol Police force for 18 years and was the father of two children. There will be a tribute ceremony shortly after his remains arrive at the Capitol next Tuesday, followed by a viewing period for fellow members of the the Capitol Police and members of Congress.
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