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Senate passes bill to award congressional gold medal to Capitol Police

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The Senate has voted via unanimous consent to award Congressional Gold Medals to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Capitol Police. The House already passed the measure in June, so now, only a signature from President Joe Biden remains. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said this week that “January 6 unleashed many horrors, but it also revealed many heroes.”

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Yahoo News

Senate unanimously approves gold medals for police who fought off Capitol rioters

The Senate unanimously approved gold medals on Tuesday for Washington, D.C., Metro and Capitol Police officers who fought off protesters during the Jan. 6 riot.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Independent

"This attack happened": Medals to honor Jan. 6 responders

The Senate has voted to award Medals of Honor to the Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department for protecting Congress during the Jan. 6 insurrection, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

U.S. Congress to honor officers who fought Capitol attackers

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Congress on Tuesday agreed to award Congressional Gold Medals to police officers who fought rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the day after authorities disclosed that two more of those officers had died by suicide. The honor would go to members of the Capitol Police and Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department who fought with a mob of hundreds of Donald

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

"This attack happened": Medals to honor Jan. 6 responders

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to award Medals of Honor to the Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department for protecting Congress during the Jan. 6 insurrection, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature.

3 years ago·United States

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