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House Passes Bill to Boost Secret Service Protection for Presidential Candidates

The bill’s passage follows two apparent assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump. It is unclear if a Senate version will advance.
House Passes Bill to Boost Secret Service Protection for Presidential Candidates
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 16, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—The House unanimously passed a bill on Sept. 20 to give former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris the same level of Secret Service protection that President Joe Biden gets.

The Enhanced Presidential Security Act, introduced by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), would afford major presidential candidates the same level of security that the president gets. The vote was 405–0.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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