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House DHS Spending Bill Cuts $484M For FY 2013
By Katelyn Noland | Executive Gov | May 9, 2012

The House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2013 homeland security spending bill reduces current spending levels by $484 million to $39.12 billion, The Hill newspaper reports.

Twelve spending bills such as the DHS bill will make their way through Congress go to vote in the coming weeks.

Huntsville and Madison County business leaders, lawmakers look to dodge deep budget cuts
By Curtis Coghlan | The Huntsville Times | May 6, 2012

For the thousands of people in the U.S. armed forces and thousands of contractors that support and do business with the military, times are uncertain. Especially here in the Tennessee Valley.

Redstone's Pivotal Role in Nation's Technology Must be Protected, says Rep. Robert Aderholt
By Robert B. Aderholt | AL.com | May 06, 2012

North Alabama is home to many diverse industries - like aerospace and defense; research and technology; and manufacturing - industries that have an enormous impact on our state and national economies.

Homeland Bill Heading to Floor with Abortion Provision Included
By Tim Starks | CQ Today Online News| June 5, 2012

Bachus and Aderholt Support Small Business Tax Cut Act
By Brandon Moseley | Alabama Reporter | May 4, 2012

Jasper Pastor Leads Prayer in House Chamber
By James Phillips | Daily Mountain Eagle | December 30, 2011

ICE Fast-Tracks Amnesty for illegal Aliens to Clear Immigration-Court Backlog
By Michael Volpe | The DC Social Reader | April 4, 2012

With only 254 immigration judges available to hear 300,000 cases currently somewhere in the immigration judicial system, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun a review of its to determine who may be eligible for a type of ICE amnesty known as “administrative closure.”