Homeland security reform bill split New York delegation
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New York City Democrats in the House voted against a bill Friday that offers a new way to deliver more homeland security money to the city, saying other measures in the GOP-backed legislation would do greater harm.
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WASHINGTON - Senate passage of a bill to enact the Sept. 11 commission's terror-fighting recommendations now puts the focus on the House, where getting Republicans and Democrats to agree on the legislation may be more difficult...
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Eight months after Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson was ousted from the powerful House Ways and Means Committee for allegedly chilling stacks of dubious cash in his freezer, his Democratic colleagues voted to give him a seat on the Homeland Security Committee.
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Congressional negotiators Monday cleared the way for a final vote on a sweeping intelligence reform measure, reaching a compromise over the authority that a new national
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The Senate yesterday turned back a series of amendments from both parties aimed at substantially altering controversial immigration legislation, but the bill shed supporters as it became mired in procedural problems that left backers concerned about its prospects.
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Anti-terror funding to New York and Washington was cut in favor of protecting suburban areas, Congressional investigators say
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Key senators of both parties yesterday proposed several steps to strengthen Senate oversight of intelligence and homeland security operations but stopped short of one of the most far-reaching
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SECURITY REFORM: The bill, which adopts many of the findings of the Sept. 11 commission, was also expected to pass the Senate, despite a few remaining conflicts.
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The House of Representatives was poised Tuesday to pass a sweeping restructuring of the US intelligence community, removing the final obstacle to legislation that lawmakers say
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The House yesterday voted to overhaul the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies along the lines recommended by the Sept. 11 commission, but the bill also includes controversial
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Lawmakers are bracing for political blowback from liberal and conservative critics of a broad immigration reform measure that's on hold as they head home for a weeklong break
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WASHINGTON - The White House came out Tuesday against parts of a Senate intelligence reorganization bill, saying they would create "a cumbersome new bureaucracy" for coordinating the activities of 15 spy agencies under a national intelligence director.    Meanwhile, one of the leaders of the Sept...
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Amid deep and growing divisions among Senate Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) last night abruptly withdrew legislation that would have changed surveillance law and granted the nation's telecommunications companies retroactive immunity from lawsuits charging they had violated...
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WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved landmark legislation to revamp Americaâs intelligence network, clearing the way for major reforms aimed at preventing a repeat of the September 11 attacks.
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Seeking a bigger say in homeland security decisions, the nation's governors are creating a new, 50-state panel to give the states a single voice on national plans to prepare for threats from terrorists and natural disasters.
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Top US lawmakers on Sunday blamed &quot;turf wars&quot; for the unravelling of a long-awaited intelligence reform bill, and said a post-September 11 overhaul of America&#39;s spy network was stymied by allies of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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Leading Republican and Democratic lawmakers continue to press for passage of a landmark bill to reform US intelligence agencies. The fate of the legislation appears to hinge on a few key