Democrats preparing to move security supplemental for House floor vote this month

Top House Democrats are preparing to move a $2 billion supplemental funding bill to address US Capitol security to the floor later this month, despite some outstanding questions -- and reservations -- among Republicans and even some Senate Democrats about the spending.

House Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro and the other leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations committees have started negotiating on what a funding supplemental for Capitol security should look like, though they have not yet reached an agreement yet on what should go in the bill -- or how to address policy questions like what to do with fencing around the Capitol. DeLauro said Thursday at the Brookings Institution that she plans to hold a briefing about the bill next week for Democrats, suggesting that House Democrats are intent to push forward with the bill, which stemmed from the March recommendations of a task force established to review security at the Capitol at the request of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following failures on January 6.