Friday, June 8, 2012

Homeland Security Bill

  • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Homeland Security spending bill approved by the GOP-led House on Thursday includes a provision to bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement from providing abortions for undocumented immigrant detainees.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The GOP-controlled House passed a $46 billion measure Thursday funding the Homeland Security Department, including more than $5 billion in disaster relief spending that complies with a budget agreement last summer opposed by tea party conservatives.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A Homeland Security spending bill approved by the GOP-led House on Thursday includes a provision to bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement from providing abortions for illegal immigrant detainees.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • The White House has threatened to veto a House bill providing funding for the Homeland Security Department, taking issue with many of the bills provisions.
  • (FederalNewsRadio.com)
  • The provision — part of a $46 billion Homeland Security spending bill — blocks ICE from using agency funding to provide abortion services for detainees except in the case of rape, incest or if there life of the mother would be endangered.
  • (Orlando Sentinel)
  • Opponents of the bill, however, worry that it would add a brand new regulatory regime over the Internet.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Three homes were heavily damaged by the tornado, and 10 to 12 other structures also were damaged, said the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security.
  • (Austin American-Statesman)
  • President Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto the 2013 Homeland Security spending bill over budget cuts to the Federal Air Marshals Service, data center consolidation, establishment of a new headquarters, and other programs.
  • (Federal Times)

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