House to pilot program to increase security allowance to members
Source: CBS News
July 22, 2025 / 1:18 PM EDT
Washington House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Tuesday a pilot program to raise the security allowance of members of the chamber until the end of September as lawmakers have faced increasing threats. It comes in the wake of the separate shootings of a congressional intern and two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses.
Under Johnson's proposal, members of the House of Representatives will receive an additional $20,000 under the residential security allowance through the end of the fiscal year, or Sept. 30. Johnson also said the monitoring and maintenance allotment for the remainder of the fiscal year will be increased to $5,000 to be put toward personal security.
Johnson said that at the end of September, he would evaluate "all the data points, see how effective it was, how it was utilized, and then make decisions going forward." "We live in an enhanced threat environment," Johnson told CBS News. "We mourn the death of this intern that Ron Estes had, that you know, has been in the news the last couple of days, just an unspeakable tragedy."
Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, an intern of Rep. Ron Estes of Kansas, was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., on June 30. Police said at the time that they did not believe Tarpinian-Jachym was the intended target of the shooting, but the shooting has rattled many on Capitol Hill.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-security-allowance-congress-increase-threats/
It would be cheaper to stop destroying people's lives.

ret5hd
(21,648 posts)you little two-bit piker. why are you so afraid of guns???
timms139
(349 posts)they all didn't try to stay a lifetime with their bad policies and give someone else a chance as it was set up to do , they wouldn't have to worry about threats .
mpcamb
(3,132 posts)24601
(4,095 posts)"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs (D-N.Y.) campaign headquarters in The Bronx was vandalized Sunday with an anti-Israel message and red paint splashed across a photo of the progressive lawmakers face, according to her campaign and independent social media posts."
"Ocasio-Cortez campaign manager Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben said the New York Democrat has also faced death threats in recent days."
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5413122-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-office-vandalism-death-threats/
Buddyzbuddy
(1,241 posts)$8.7 million could be better used on constituents that need food, housing child care, you know for their security.
Just have MTG use one of her guns to escort members to and from the Capital.
Silent Type
(10,558 posts)But they better provide security against white wing groups too. I assume if the allowance is increased, Dems can hire who they feel comfortable.
Skittles
(166,351 posts)maybe if they stopped acting like nazis they'd feel more secure
Javaman
(64,312 posts)"he would evaluate "all the data points, see how effective it was". which will never happen
purr-rat beauty
(762 posts)Why don't WE THE PEOPLE fire their lazy asses
Torchlight
(5,201 posts)gets their pockets lined with this one. I assume kick backs any time the gop speaks of safety or security.