ANNUAL FUNDING BILLS

Fiscal Year 2007, H.R. 5441, P.L. 109-476

Democratic Views of the Bill as filed with the Committee Report

News Release: President’s Record on Homeland Security Funding 9/29/06
News Release: After Homeland Security P.R. Push, Republicans Play Games with Actual Security Funding 9/27/06
Fact Sheet: Obey-Sabo Amendment to Increase Funding for Homeland Security by $1 Billion, Offered at conference, defeated on a party line vote by House conferees
► Text of the Amendment 9/25/06
News Release: Bush Wants National Guard at Borders After Fighting Democratic Attempts to Increase Funding for Border Security 5/15/06
News Release: Democratic Attempts to Increase Funding for Border Security 4/6/06
News Release: Emergency Grants and Training Cut $612.7 billion in Bush Budget 3/30/06
News Release: Republicans Reject Attempt to Increase Accountability for Iraq and Katrina Funds, Clean Up CFIUS 3/15/06

Report: Seven times Democrats have Tried to Increase Funding for Border Security 9/21/06
Rerport: Democrats Have Tried to Increase Funding for Port Security Every Year Since 9/11 03/01/06

Bill Information: Text, Congressional Action, Status

 

Fiscal Year 2006, H.R. 2360, Public Law 109-90

Democratic Views of the Bill as filed with the Committee Report

Fact Check: The Bush Record on Border Security 11/29/2005
Obey Statement: Problems with the FY 2006 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill 10/6/05
News Release: Homeland Security Conference Accepts Obey Requirements for Katrina Reports 9/29/05
News Release: Bush Administration Still Can’t Say Where Katrina Money is Going - FEMA’s 2nd Report on Katrina Funds as Vague as the First 9/23/05
News Release: Katrina - Administration Reports on How It’s Spending over $60 Billion so Vague as to be Useless 9/16/05
Obey-Byrd Letter to Bolton, Guidelines for Reports on Katrina Funds 9/14/05
News Release: Obey, Sabo Ask Chertoff to Delay Reorganization That Would Minimize Preparedness for Natural Disasters 9/12/05
Obey Statement: FEMA and the 2nd Emergency Funding Bill for Katrina 9/8/05
News Release: Obey FEMA Amendment Addresses Management Issues 9/7/05
News Release: House Passes REAL ID Funding Despite Efforts by Republican Leadership 5/17/05
News Release: Republicans Break Commitment on Border Patrol 5/05/05
News Release: House Agrees to Protect Borders, Honest Accounting, Will Conferees Listen? 4/26/05
News Release: Obey-Sabo Call for Investigation into Wasted Money at DHS 4/20/05
Fact Sheet: How the Republican Budget Impacts Homeland Security 4/11/05

Report: A Story of Neglect: A Review of FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 9/8/05
Report: Bush's Homeland Security Rhetoric Versus Reality 5/5/05

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Fiscal Year 2005, H.R. 4567, Public Law 108-334

Democratic Views of the Bill as filed with the Committee Report

Fact Sheet: The Failed Republican Record on Homeland Security 11/15/04
News Release: Republicans Reject 9/11 Commission Homeland Security Recommendations 10/7/04
News Release: Republicans Reject Democratic Efforts to Increase Homeland Security 6/9/04

Obey Speech: Are You Safer Today? A One Thousand Day Perspective on Counterterrorism since 9/11 - Center for American Progress Forum on Homeland Security 6/2/04

Report: The Bush Record On Homeland Security 6/1/04

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Fiscal Year 2004, H.R. 2555, Public Law 108-90

Democratic Views of the Bill as filed with the Committee Report

Report: State-by-State Analysis of First Responder Money in the Democratic Homeland Security Amendment 4/1/03
Report: The Bush Administration and Port Security Funding 3/31/03
Report: Backgrounder: OMB and Homeland Security Funding3/19/03
Report: The Credibility Gap: Bush's February 28th Speech Celebrating the Department of Homeland Security 2/28/03

Bill Information: Text, Congressional Action, Status

 

The Homeland Security Subcommittee was created in 2003.

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