Secret Service funding throws budget curveball as shutdown looms

The Secret Service's request for more funding following the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump's life has complicated budget negotiations amid the threat of a government shutdown.

The agency has held private meetings with lawmakers on the matter ahead of the funding deadline in two weeks for Congress to approve the appropriations for the next fiscal year, according to Punchbowl News.

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe sent a letter to lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, saying the agency was underfunded. 

Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said the House will vote for a continuing resolution attached to the SAVE Act on Wednesday, which some Republicans have said they will not support. 

The SAVE Act requires proof of citizenship to vote in elections. 

Lawmakers are supposed to have a briefing with the Secret Service, but it is not expected to happen until next week, Punchbowl reported.