Capitol Police Slated To Run Out of Money

Top Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over a last-minute deal to prevent Capitol Police from running out of money.

In the months following the January 6th breach on the Capitol, the agency largely responsible for protecting the lives of lawmakers, the Capitol Police, have racked up massive overtime bills covering officer salaries, going over its projected overtime for the year back in June.   If additional funding isn’t provided, the agency is anticipated to run out of funding for salaries for its roughly 2,300 officers at some point in the coming weeks.   Officers are now waiting on the very lawmakers they protected to pay their salaries.