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Homeland Security Spending OK'd for 2006 (Coburn Lone Opponent)
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Posted on 07/15/2005 6:40:02 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
The Senate on Thursday approved, by a 96-1 vote, $31.8 billion to fund the Homeland Security Department for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The total cost matches spending levels the House approved in May and marks a 7 percent drop from the $34.1 billion President Bush requested. The sole "no" vote was cast by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
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Among the bill's provisions:
_$5.9 billion for Customs and Border Protection, in part to pay for 1,000 new border agents.
_$3.8 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement for 740 new agents and investigators and 2,240 new detention beds to hold illegal aliens in custody.
_$2.9 billion for state and local first responders, double the amount of money sent to high-risk areas beyond the White House proposed budget.
_Nearly $1 billion for biological countermeasures and biosurveillance.
_Elimination of a White House proposal to raise airline passenger fees by $3 per ticket to pay for $1.7 billion worth of security enhancements.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: 109th; coburn; dhs; federalspending; ilovetomcoburn; oklahoma; scotus; slash; spending
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To: ConservativeMan55
Last I knew our government didn't have $31.8 billion to fund the Homeland Security Department.
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:00:50 AM PDT
by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
To: ConservativeMan55
WHat's his problem?
No hometown $?
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:00:54 AM PDT
by
funkywbr
To: Realism
They found it...they went into debt in order to..but they found it, lol.
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:01:19 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: funkywbr
He doesn't believe in pork, lol.
And thats the way we like it.
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:01:48 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: funkywbr
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:02:54 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: ConservativeMan55
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:03:44 AM PDT
by
jbstrick
(insert clever tagline here)
To: jbstrick
I really admire him for sticking to his guns. Even if he's the only objector.
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:04:23 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: ConservativeMan55
$3.8 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement for 740 new agents and investigators and 2,240 new detention beds to hold illegal aliens in custody.
This sounds a little strong. ~1.2M for each of ~3000 people?
I want one of those jobs!
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:04:50 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: ConservativeMan55
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:04:54 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: bk1000
LOL thats just the increase right?
That doesn't count what they are already spending toward each person?
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:05:44 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: ConservativeMan55
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:07:50 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: Stingray51
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:09:35 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: ConservativeMan55
How do we draft this man for President? This should be FR's main project for the next few years.
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:10:09 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: ConservativeMan55
When Dr. Tom was running for office, he said he was going to D.C. to try to stop all the pork. He may be the lone dissenter but he is doing what he said he would do -- makes me proud!
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:10:34 AM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
To: Rodney King
I would love to get a Web site going for starters!
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:11:19 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: PhiKapMom
bump!
He makes me proud to live in our great state!
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:11:41 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: ConservativeMan55
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:12:55 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: E.G.C.
I second that bump!
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:13:36 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: funkywbr
He's a REAL conservative, believes in fiscal restraint and is rightly contemptuous of government waste & largess. There are probably major pork issues in this bill that we haven't been made aware of in the article to draw his lone negative vote.
A principled man, and I'm proud to call him my Senator; wish we had 99 more of him up there.
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:16:50 AM PDT
by
A Jovial Cad
("A man's character is his fate." - Heraclitus)
To: ConservativeMan55
Coburn is one of the few in the Senate that I have some trust for. I'm sure he had good reason for opposing this. Thanks for the ping.
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posted on
07/15/2005 7:18:38 AM PDT
by
jmc813
("Small-government conservative" is a redundancy, and "compassionate conservative" is an oxymoron.)
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