By BENJAMIN DIN and NICK NIEDZWIADEK from an article in Politico, March 17, 2021
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation to award the U.S. Capitol Police with Congress’ highest honor for its service during the Jan. 6 riot, despite Republican jockeying to soften the language in the bill.
The bill passed by the House, on a vote of 413 to 12, would authorize creation of three medals — one each for display at Capitol Police headquarters, the capital city’s Metropolitan Police Department headquarters and by the Smithsonian — as well as duplicates of the award. It now heads to the Senate, where it is expected to pass.
Twelve Congress members vote against giving this award to the Capital police. One of these twelve Congress members was our own Andrew Clyde.
