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House approves cut to Homeland Security funding for 2012
By Pete Kasperowicz | The Hill | June 2, 2011
The House on Thursday night approved a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill for FY 2012 that funds DHS at $42 billion -- $1 billion lower than the FY 2011 funding level, and $3 billion lower than the Obama administration's request.
Members approved the bill in a 231-188 vote in which 17 Democrats joined all but 20 Republicans in supporting it.
House Republicans Fight To Secure Homeland Security and Protective Service Appropriations
By Audrey Hudson | Human Events | June 2, 2011
The House on Thursday approved $42 billion for homeland security appropriations in a freewheeling process that had Democrats and Republicans attaching amendments on everything from banning grants to ACORN to blocking collective bargaining for airport screeners.
US House Bill Would Cut Funding From Auto Maker Loan Program
By Josh Mitchel | Fox Business | June 1, 2011
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. House Republicans are moving to cut $1.5 billion from a government program that provides loans for auto makers and redirect the funds toward disaster relief in the Midwest and South.
Readout of Secretary Napolitano's Visit to Hackleburg, Alabama
Media Newswire | May 31, 2011
FEMA in Alabama for 'long haul'
By Kent Faulk | The Birmingham News | May 30, 2011
Napolitano and Aderholt survey damage in storm-ravaged Hackleburg
By Kent Faulk | The Birmingham News | May 29, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited Hackleburg this afternoon, surveying damage from the April 27 tornado that killed 18 people and took a big chunk out of the small northwest Alabama town.
National Officials Tour Hackleburg
By David Kumbroch | WHNT | May 29, 2011
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Congressman Robert Aderholt conducted an aerial survey of the damage before landing to tour volunteer sites and a few schools.