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Senate chooses stimulus over border security
Liberty Central ^ | 8/4/2010 | NanMan

Posted on 08/04/2010 2:34:40 PM PDT by NanMan

The House of Representatives has passed legislation to enhance border security, but it will apparently be allowed to die in the Senate. GovExec explains that there is a dispute over whether to pay for border security or add the money to the deficit. And Congressional leaders ultimately chose to allow the bill to die rather than cut a few million from the ‘stimulus:’

Shortly before heading out for its summer recess, the House last week approved the stand-alone supplemental spending bill, which House Democrats crafted to provide $701 million in emergency border security funds.

Among other things, the funding would pay for 1,200 new Border Patrol agents, 500 more Customs and Border Protection officers, three new forward operating bases and two additional Predator unmanned aerial vehicles. The bill included $201 million in offsets, while the rest was unfunded.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: immigration; stimulus
Don't believe them when they claim to care about illegal immigration.
1 posted on 08/04/2010 2:34:43 PM PDT by NanMan
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To: All

Help Texas watch her borders. Watch live on 14 cameras and report illegals. Night cams in operation

http://www.blueservo.net/index.php?error=nlg

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2 posted on 08/04/2010 2:44:30 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: NanMan

The action Americans want to see.... US military on the border and nothing less! THERE BLOWING SMOKE UP OUR A##ES AGAIN


3 posted on 08/04/2010 2:55:44 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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I don't care about military on the border. It's all eyewash as they don't carry loaded weapons.

I want to see more Border Patrol and a real fence.

4 posted on 08/04/2010 3:18:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: NanMan

Say! I have a plan! Hire illegals to patrol the border. They work cheap, they are reliable and they speak the language. The more they catch the more points they get toward citizenship. Drugs get bonus points.

We could then use our border patrol, drones and National Guard to monitor and backup the choke-points to get those who get through.

You are welcome Obama. Now just do it!


5 posted on 08/04/2010 6:14:42 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
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