
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday sent Congress a $41.2 billion request for discretionary spending in FY ’16, 4 percent more than the $39.7 billion Congress is prepared to fund in FY’15 if it is able to get beyond the current continuing resolution fueling the department and pass an appropriations bill acceptable to the Obama administration, which has threatened a veto if it contains measures to block immigration reform actions the president announced last November.Homeland Security Secretary Jeh…