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Congress Members Looking to Beef Up Security
(IRN)-Members of Congress are looking at ways to protect their district offices.

Given the tight security in and around the Capitol, lawmakers are focusing their security concerns on their district offices and the staff members who work in them, and their public appearances in their home states.

U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. says a variety of security measures may be needed. "Some areas will require surveillance cameras. In other areas, it will require new locks and key-pass entries to un-secure offices. In some areas, it may even require that district offices be offset from busy thoroughfares and streets so that no one can park a manure bomb next to a district office," he said.

However, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky said too much security would separate members of Congress from their constituents. "I do not want to be walking around my district guarded," she said.

Meanwhile, U.S. Representative Robert Dold says the "deplorable actions of one," the Ticson, Ariz. Assassin, won't affect the ability of representatives to do their jobs.

(Source: Illinois Radio Network)
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