Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A new Homeland Security headquarters in Washington will be much smaller than initially conceived because of budget cuts approved by the House on Wednesday, the Washington Post reports.
Instead of having $354 million for the HQ, the agency will have about $155 million.
The Republican-Controlled House Appropriations Committee described the bill as “responsible choices to save taxpayer dollars by reducing overhead costs and cutting funding for lower-priority programs.”
Homeland Security, the third largest department in the federal government, has operated for 11 years without a consolidated headquarters, the Post wrote.
