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The Enhanced Presidential Security Act passed 405 votes in favor to 0 votes opposed on Friday. The bill was sponsored by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) after the first assassination attempt on Trump in July at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally. At the time, Thomas Mattew Crooks took several shots at the GOP nominee, striking him in the ear, killing Corey Comperatore, and critically injuring two other audience members.
The bill requires Secret Service to “apply the same standards for determining the number of agents required to protect Presidents, Vice Presidents, and major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, and for other purposes."
“Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Secret Service shall conduct a comprehensive review of the provision of protection by the Secret Service for Presidents, Vice Presidents, former Presidents, and major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that includes the findings from such review, along with any recommendations for improving the provision of protection," the bill text adds.
This comes after there was a second assassination attempt on Trump last Sunday, where Ryan Routh, a pro-Ukraine and Democrat activist, hid for 12 hours at the GOP nominee’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, waiting to target Trump.
Routh allegedly stuck the barrel of a gun through a chain link fence around 300-500 yards away from Trump prompting the US Secret Service (USSS) to fire on Routh. The would-be assassin fled the scene, and drove off in an SUV, only to be arrested later in the neighboring county. During his subsequent arraignment, Routh reportedly laughed and smiled in court as the judge read off his charges in the 10-minute hearing.
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