Bill funding Congress would bolster member security, spare GAO from steep cuts

A bipartisan agreement to fund Congress and congressional support agencies for the entirety of the current fiscal year would boost funding for member security and saves the nation’s top federal watchdog from dramatic cuts.

Senate leaders hope the legislative branch funding bill, released Sunday, will be enacted in the coming days as part of a deal to end the government shutdown .

The bipartisan measure would fund the Government Accountability Office at $812 million, a full rejection of the nearly fifty percent cut to the agency sought by House Republicans.

The GAO is the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies, but GOP…

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