Capitol Police Should Be Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, House Says — Despite a Dozen GOP Votes Against
U.S. Capitol building breached.Photo: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty U.S. Capitol Police are expected to be awarded Congress' highest honor — a Congressional Gold Medal — after the House of Representativesapproved legislationhonoring the group for its service duringthe Jan. 6 pro-Trump riots. The bill, which heads to the Senate after the House overwhelmingly passed it Wednesday in a vote of 413 to 12, would authorize the creation of three medals to display at Capitol Police headquarters, the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters and at the Smithsonian Institute (the latter for “research”)....