Progressive Dems Call for Cuts to DHS Funding: ‘Not Another Dollar’

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 Progressive Dems Call for Cuts to DHS Funding: ‘Not Another Dollar’
Posted By Mikhael Smits On January 31, 2019 @ 1:59 pm In Politics | No Comments

Progressive members of Congress are pressuring their colleagues to cut funding for the Department of Homeland Security, threatening another government shutdown.

A copy of the "dear colleague" letter circulated from Reps. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.), Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.), and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) details their demands concerning homeland security, the Daily Beast first reported Thursday. A member of Omar's staff confirmed the letter's authenticity in an email to the Washington Free Beacon.

The letter was distributed to the members of the bipartisan, bicameral committee responsible for reaching an arrangement to fund the government for the rest of fiscal year 2019. The government was shut down for a record 35 days after President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats came to an impasse over funding for a wall along the southern border. The two sides agreed last Friday to fund the government for several weeks, allowing government agencies to reopen and employees to receive paychecks while Washington hashes out a budget.

 

URL to article: https://freebeacon.com/politics/progressive-dems-call-for-cuts-to-border-patrol-funding/

[Fishrrman]

This could be a problem.

What if they start refusing to fund ANY of the necessary agencies...?

All they have to do is... "say no..."

[IsailedawayfromFR]

This could be a problem.

What if they start refusing to fund ANY of the necessary agencies...?

All they have to do is... "say no..."

How many of the agencies are really all that necessary?  DOD is the only real one that comes to mind, with the rest either eliminated and / or  shrunk considerably and duties taken over by the states (who are already likely duplicating the effort anyway like Education, Commerce, Energy, EPA, Labor, etc.).

Sure, there are some which span across states and need a federal presence like FAA and Treasury or the State Dept for other countries.

The Dems are for expanding government, not trying to stop it.  So I don't see much movement by Dems if they shrink DHS as they will almost certainly will try to expand elsewhere.

[Smokin Joe]

There are areas in this country where expenses are considerably higher than others. For instance, at least according to the allowable per diem expense allowance for employees, Washington, D.C. is one of the worst.

Soooooo. If I was the head of DHS, Pull the agency funding, and I'd have to pull the agents from the most expensive areas in order to keep as much workforce as possible....