Police briefly ordered a lockdown of the U.S. Capitol because of police activity on Friday and a Senate aide said officers were searching for a woman who may have a weapon in a basement area near the U.S. House of Representatives Police gave an all-clear notice to reopen the Capitol building shortly after 9:30 a.m, about a half an hour after the lockdown began The Sergeant at Arms informed House leadership staff that it had been a false alarm
