News Analysis When the Capitol Police Emergency Assistance Act (CPEAA) was approved by the House of Representatives without objection late Tuesday, it provided a marked contrast with the raucous and angry debate earlier in the day in the lower chamber. The CPEAA was a bipartisan measure initiated in the Senate by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), chairman and ranking minority member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. The measure was introduced Monday and approved in the Senate the same day by unanimous consent. Co-sponsors of the CDEAA included senators Angus King (I-Maine), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.). “Our bipartisan investigation into the response failures on January 6th clearly demonstrated the need for the Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police to have more unilateral flexibility to quickly request assistance in …