(Bloomberg) – The Trump government is requesting the Congress $ 58 million to reinforce the security of the Executive and Judiciary after the fatal shooting of the conservative figure Charlie Kirk, according to a White House authority heard by Bloomberg.
The request to include extra financing in a next provisional bill occurs before the deadline of September 30, when the current federal spending law expires. Punchbowl News was the first to report the financing request.
The government also signaled support for the expansion of resources to protect parliamentarians, although it has left the details of this decision to the Legislature, the portal said.
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He raised new fears about the security of public authorities, especially after Donald Trump’s assassination attempt during last year’s presidential campaign.
Republicans are pushing a short -term spending bill to keep the government running next month, but have so far rejected Democrats’ demands to include medical assistance provisions to any extension. Republicans will need to obtain the votes of Democrats to approve a measure of spending.
This configures a confrontation about the end of Obamacare subsidies and other health funding priorities, with Democrats promising to block any measure that ignores them and some moderate republicans signaling openness to an agreement to prevent sharp increases in health insurance awards for millions of Americans.
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