Pelosi announces fines for members avoiding metal detectors at Capitol

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday said the chamber plans to adopt new rules charging members fines for refusing to go through newly installed metal detectors in the U.S. Capitol following last week’s deadly assault.

The fines -- $5,000 for a first-time offense and $10,000 for a second one – will go into effect when the House returns to session on Jan. 21 and will be taken out of members' pay, a news release from the speaker's office said.

U.S. Capitol Police survey the corridor around the House of Representatives chamber after enhanced security protocols were enacted, including metal detectors for lawmakers, after a mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. The speaker said it was"tragic that this step is necessary."

Davis grew angry after security barred access to a staircase near the speaker’s lobby that is typically open to members.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., an ally of President Donald Trump, passes through a metal detector before entering the House chamber, a new security measure put into place after a mob stormed the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

"The metal detector policy for the House floor is unnecessary, unconstitutional, and endangers members," Roy said in a statement on the incident."I did not comply tonight. I will not comply in the future."Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who campaigned on her commitment to the Second Amendment and has advocated for her right to be armed at the Capitol, refused to turn over her purse when it set off the metal detector. She was eventually allowed in the House chamber.

 

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I hope that miserable of shit complies.

When they fly to Dc they go through a metal detector- when they attend a ball game- enter a local civic building- SO what the problem? Its all because Pelosi ordered it-

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