两位关键参议员周二宣布了一项两党达成的21亿美元紧急支出法案，该法案将为国会警察和国民警卫队提供急需的安全资金，即使是执法部门官员们提供了扣人心弦的证词众议院议员谈论他们与前总统的对抗唐纳德·特朗普美国的支持者攻击国会大厦1月6日。
这笔交易包括7070万美元用于国会大厦警察培训、设备、加班、更多警员、危险津贴和留用奖金;向国民警卫队拨款超过5.21亿美元，以补偿该部门在袭击发生后警卫人员为保卫国会大厦而投入的长时间工作;骚乱者破坏了这座有着数百年历史的建筑后，将会拨出额外的资金来修复这座建筑。
还有3540万美元用于国会大厦警察与地方、州和联邦执法部门的互助协议，以确保国会大厦的安全，并提供资金以确保国会大厦的安全和应对冠状病毒肺炎在综合体上
参议院拨款委员会主席帕特里克·莱希。，告诉记者“我们会照顾国会大厦警察，解决所有需要在这里(在大楼里)解决的问题，当然也会照顾国民警卫队，这很关键，因为他们有真正的问题。”
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参议员帕特里克·莱希在参议院商业拨款小组委员会上发言...
国民警卫队迫切希望得到补偿，威胁要取消训练活动、8月和9月的演习，并可能让平民休假。
四面楚歌的国会警察仍在从1月6日的袭击中挣扎——实施领导层变动，努力应对退休人员和在那悲惨的一天后离职的官员——他们表示，如果国会不采取行动，他们将在8月中旬前失去资金。
紧急补充资金还有11.25亿美元用于支付阿富汗特殊移民签证计划——比白宫要求的要少一点——为那里的盟友提供庇护，这些盟友帮助了美国的任务，现在面临着死灰复燃的塔利班的报复。
Leahy之前曾表示，这笔钱也是为了解决该计划的申请积压问题，并将工作要求从两年缩短到一年，但目前还不清楚最终交易会是什么。
主席说，该法案最早可能在周二晚上提交，但立法者可能会有一个参议员兰德·保罗问题。这位肯塔基州共和党人反对拨款为阿富汗翻译和其他在那场长期战争中帮助美国的人提供庇护。
美国国务院发言人内德·普莱斯(Ned Price)表示，国务院上周宣布，从阿富汗撤离的“第一批”阿富汗人包括700名为美国驻阿富汗军事和外交使团工作的人员及其估计数量的家庭成员，这使得将被送往弗吉尼亚州李堡基地的2500名阿富汗人的总数“大致”达到1000人。
还有数千人被转移到其他合作国家以及美国海外基地。
Key senators announce deal on emergency security funding for Capitol police
Two key senators on Tuesday announced a bipartisan deal on a $2.1 billion emergency spending bill that would provide much-needed security funding for the Capitol Police and the National Guard, even as law enforcementofficers gave gripping testimony toHouse lawmakers about their confrontations with former PresidentDonald Trump's supportersattacking the Capitolon Jan. 6.
The deal includes $70.7 million for Capitol Police training, equipment, overtime, more officers, hazard pay and retention bonuses; more than $521 million to the National Guard to reimburse the department for the long hours guardsmen put in guarding the Capitol in the wake of the attack; and additional funding will be allotted for making repairs to the building after rioters damaged the centuries-old historic building.
There's also $35.4 million for the Capitol Police mutual aid agreements with local, state and federal law enforcement for securing the Capitol and funds to secure the Capitol complex and respond toCOVIDon the complex
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., told reporters that "We're going to take care of the Capitol Police, fix all the problems that need to be done here (in the building), certainly take care of the National Guard, which is critical, because they have real problems."
The Guard has been desperate for the reimbursement, threatening to cancel training events, drills in August and September and potentially furloughing civilians.
The embattled Capitol Police, still clawing back from the Jan. 6 attacks -- enacting changes in leadership, grappling with retirements and officers walking away from the job after that harrowing day -- have said they would be out of funding by mid-August if Congress did not act.
The emergency supplemental also has $1.125 billion to cover theAfghanistanSpecial Immigrant Visa program -- a little less than what the White House requested -- to provide asylum to allies there who aided the U.S. mission and now face retribution from a resurgent Taliban.
Leahy has said before that the money is also designed to address the backlog of applications for the program and shortening the work requirement to one year from two, but it unclear what will be in the final deal.
The chairman said the bill could be on the floor as early as Tuesday night, but lawmakers could have a Sen.Rand Paulproblem. The Kentucky Republican is opposed to awarding funds to provide asylum to Afghan interpreters and others who helped the United States in that long-fought war.
The State Department announced last week the "first tranche" of Afghans being evacuated from Afghanistan consists of 700 who worked for the U.S. military and diplomatic missions in Afghanistan and an estimated number of their family members -- bringing the total to a "ballpark" of 2,500 Afghans set to be sent to Fort Lee base in Virginia, according to State Department spokesperson Ned Price.
Thousands more are being moved to other cooperating countries, as well as overseas U.S. bases.
