S1644 Homeland Security Spending

The White House issued a veto threat Wednesday against the Senate’s fiscal 2008 Homeland Security spending bill, citing excessive funding, as Senate Republicans attempted to add more spending to the bill for border security.

The statement of administration policy echoed those lodged against most of the 12 fiscal 2008 appropriations bills this year, as President Bush squares off against the Democratic-controlled Congress.

The $37.6 billion Senate version of the bill (S 1644) exceeds the president’s request by $2.3 billion, and the House-passed bill (HR 2638) is $177 million more than Bush’s budget.

The White House statement also cited objections to a provision to bar the federal pre-emption of state chemical security laws, as well as a provision to delay the implementation of passport requirements for land and sea travel until June 2009.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., unveiled an amendment to the bill to add to overall spending by allocating $3 billion for “emergency funding” of border security proposals. Graham characterized the additional spending as “one piece of the puzzle” to address border security after the Senate abandoned a comprehensive immigration overhaul (S 1639) in June.

Hi Graciela,

This is off topic because I couldn't find your post.  If you can't answer this because of some sort of forum policy, just so state.

A couple of days ago you posted an article about a couple of brothers that were visiting an all night fast food restaurant, which, if remembered correctly, was in the Phoenix area.  In a racially motivated attack they were beaten by some hispanic gang members.  BWWhaley replied to that post.  It was noticed that he was suspended today.  Did that have anything with this post's disappearance, or is it still there somewhere, but unreachable through FireSociety's search engine.  The History was cleaned out on the brower of this PC, so it can't be located.

Please provide a link if you can.

Thanks.

In respect to your post above, would that be the same bill that has attached to it the removal of any monies to provide for the incarceration of Ramos and Compean?  By doing this the Legislature has forced the issue on Bush.  If he signs this bill, Ramos and Compean will have to go free.  If he doesn't, it will have to be because of this funding restriction, and that will force him to have to do a LOT of explaining.