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Why don’t United States Senators have Secret Service or at least US Marshals protection?


67 posted on 09/25/2018 8:42:46 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe
Why don’t United States Senators have Secret Service or at least US Marshals protection?

It would cost too much and then everybody would want it - cabinet secretaries, representatives, judges.

Senators do get protection if they run for president - and it seems like most of the do run at one time or another.

97 posted on 09/25/2018 9:38:05 AM PDT by x
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Congress is protected by US Capitol Police. Capitol Police answer directly and only to Congress, and have jurisdiction anywhere there is a Congressman. They need to be requested on a case-by-case basis. If a Congressman wants to play macho and go it alone, not much can be done.


109 posted on 09/25/2018 12:34:32 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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