Sen. Christopher Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Secret Service’s budget, said discussions are underway with the Secret Service about a one-time emergency cash infusion in the “hundreds of millions” to cover short-term security needs through the election and inauguration.
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Mr. Murphy said an alternative to providing extra funding would be to give the Secret Service authority to spend next year’s funding at an accelerated rate, “but it’d be better to do a fresh infusion.”
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