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House narrowly approves $1.9B to fortify Capitol after riot

by Lisa MascaroMary Clare Jalonick
| May 20, 2021 2:39 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday narrowly approved $1.9 billion to fortify the Capitol after the Jan. 6 insurrection, as Democrats pushed past Republican opposition to try to harden the complex with retractable fencing and a quick-response force following the most violent domestic attack on Congress in history.

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