Senator Joni Ernst says a bipartisan proposal to help Afghan civilians who worked with the U-S military is included in a security-related bill that easily cleared the House AND Senate yesterday. There’s money for processing special immigrant visas as well as travel and housing assistance in the bill.

The bill’s main purpose, however, is to ensure the budget for the Capitol Police doesn’t run out of money after the unexpected expenses of responding to the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Included in those dollars are reimbursement for National Guard units, like Iowa’s, that were deployed to D.C. to provide security.