- 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)
Friday, June 8, 2012
Homeland Security Bill
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