The U.S. House of Representatives approved three resolutions for National Police Week.
The bills allow federal law enforcement officers to purchase their service weapons at retirement, make assaulting a law enforcement officer a deportable offense for illegal aliens, and expressed gratitude for local law enforcement departments while condemning efforts to defund them.
The package of bills passed with 218 Republicans and 4 Democrats voting yes, while 203 Democrats and 4 Republicans voted against the resolutions.
House Democrats hammered away at the language in a House Resolution they say belies Republicans’ true feelings about federal law enforcement officers during National Police Week.
During debate on three resolutions in the House of Representatives on May 16, 2023, Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.) said language in one of the bills is a slap at Capitol Police who protected Congress on Jan. 6….