Homeland Security Unable to Account for Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Training
The department was only able to account for $1.9 million of $1.4 billion that was appropriated in fiscal 2014.
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Column: ATF Doesn’t Need to Be Dissolved; It Needs to be Properly Funded, Managed
Dan Thomasson Las Vegas Sun Here we go again. Rather than fund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, let’s tear it up and hand it over to the FBI. The cost of that, of course, would be four to six times what just giving the maligned agency the kind of support it needs…
Secret Service Director to Face Tough Questions Today Following More Problems
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not many people want to be in Joe Clancy’s shoes. The longtime agent that President Obama recently appointed to lead the beleaguered Secret Service will face tough questions from lawmakers today over the latest embarrassment to hit the agency. Clancy is scheduled to appear before the House Appropriations Committee for a…
Border Patrol Agents May Lose $10M in Overtime As Part of Overhaul
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents are going to have a harder time getting overtime under a proposal to overhaul the system after a whistleblower exposed abuse, FOX10 News reports. The overhaul of the overtime system is expected to save about $100 million. The agents aren’t happy about the new system, though, because many…
LA Times: Does End of Homeland Security Stalemate Mean New Type of GOP Leadership?
By Los Angeles Times Editorial It took the House GOP leadership a couple of weeks, but it finally conceded defeat Tuesday and allowed a “clean” funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security to come up for a vote. With all 182 Democrats in the Capitol and 75 of the 242 Republicans lining up in…
Republicans Give Up Fight Against Obama’s Immigration Plan with Homeland Security Budget
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After all the outrage and pledges to dig in for a fight against President Obama’s immigration plan, Republicans in the House gave up Tuesday and voted to fund Homeland Security to avoid a partial shutdown of the agency. The New York Times reports that Speaker John A. Boehner built a coalition…
Denver Post: Republicans Must Stop the Antics over Homeland Security Funding
By Denver Post Editorial Board House Speaker John Boehner seemingly wants radical conservatives in the Republican caucus to stop threatening a pointless, partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security as a response to President Obama’s immigration orders. But if so, there is a simple solution: Let the House vote on the Senate-passed measure. By…
Day of Reckoning: Deadline to Avoid Homeland Security Shutdown Is Today
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The fate of Homeland Security’s budget and President Obama’s immigration plan is in the hands of the U.S. Senate on the final day before money runs out today. The New York Times reports that the Senate is expected to vote today on a measure that would providing funding for the remainder…