Wasn't Hitley part of the Congress that put FEMA in the Homeland Security Department to begin with???
I though so, Txsleuth. That's why I think it's a flip flop on her part. We'll have to investigate this further for now.
I'd better go pay attention to Mr. Peach and get ready for going out tonight. later....
Peach said:
>She just gave a press conference - showed a snippet on
>FNC. Wants FEMA taken out of Homeland Security. (Isn't
>that a flip flop?)
Txsleuth said:
>Wasn't Hitley part of the Congress that put FEMA in the
>Homeland Security Department to begin with???
Read this thread late but I suppose better a late reply than none at all.
FEMA was incorporated into the Department of Homeland security in 2002 as part of H.R. 5005. This act was named, "To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes", or for short "the Homeland Security Act of 2002". The pertinant section in the act is section 502 for those interested in checking out the pdf.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR05005:
The act passed with strong bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate.
In the House the vote was 295 Ayes, 132 Nays (Nays included 10 Republicans, 1 Bernie Sanders, and the rest were Democrats).
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2002-367&sort=vote
In the Senate, the vote was even more lopsided. 90 Ayes, 9 Nays. The Nays were all Democrats (including Jeffords) but not a Clinton among them.
Akaka (D-HI)
Byrd (D-WV)
Feingold (D-WI)
Hollings (D-SC)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Levin (D-MI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00249