Democrats and Homeland Security
House Homeland Security Committee ranking Democrat Rep. Thompson talked about the ways Democrats will approach their role in Congress concerning homeland security issues. Rep. Thompson is th…
93 viewsHouse Homeland Security Committee ranking Democrat Rep. Thompson talked about the ways Democrats will approach their role in Congress concerning homeland security issues. Rep. Thompson is th…
93 viewsThe House passed the warrantless wiretapping bill 232-191. Several other bills were passed, including the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Act. Mild audio buzz during the last hour of the program.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,500 viewsProceedings were briefly interrupted by a protester in the gallery during debate on detainee treatment (approximately 1:50 p.m.).
View in Congressional Chronicle1,539 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,148 viewsThe House Homeland Security Committee reviewed Secretary Chertoff’s spending and operational priorities for 2007. he testified about law enforcement operations, intelligence, information sha…
211 viewsThe House passed three bills on immigration and border security. One criminalizes tunneling across the U.S.-Mexico border. Another makes it easier makes it easier to deport illegal immigrant…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,780 viewsHouse Homeland Security Committee Ranking Democrat Rep. Thompson talked about the congressional agenda on national security. He criticized the Homeland Security Department’s handling of the …
63 viewsIn the weekly Democratic radio address Rep. Bennie Thompson talked about the first anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.…
35 viewsThe House Democratic Caucus Katrina Task Force held a Town Hall Meeting in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, to discuss the complications resulting from unpaid insurance claims and frustrations su…
217 viewsDuring a portion of the session the House debated and passed an extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act for 25 years on a vote of 390 to 33.
View in Congressional Chronicle886 viewsThe House Committee on Homeland Security holds a hearing to examine the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) process of awarding anti-terrorism grants. Recently announced funding levels i…
251 viewsWitnesses testified about various cases of waste, fraud, and abuse of federal funds in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. They also focused on a General Accountability Office report on the …
474 viewsDemocratic legislators, party leaders, labor officials, community organizers, and others spoke at a meeting of progressive activists about the Democratic party agenda and outlook for the fut…
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