Biden administration asks Congress to surge Secret Service funding in "anomaly" request

The Biden administration has asked Congress for special permission to increase spending on Secret Service in the weeks ahead, even if Congress only passes a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, multiple congressional and administration sources tell CBS News. 

The White House Office of Management and Budget submitted a so-called anomaly request to congressional committees amid the fallout of a second apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, this time, at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. 

Short-term spending bills, known as a continuing resolutions or CRs, are used the fund the government at current levels for a brief period until appropriations bills for the entire fiscal year are passed. CRs often contain anomaly provisions for programs or activities that require support that departs from general funding levels, according to the Congressional Research Service.