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DHS Spending Bill Approved By House Appropriators

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

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DHS Spending Bill Approved By House Appropriators

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee.

The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved along party lines a $52.8 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security that will have to be reconciled with an eventual Senate appropriations bill for the department. The 33 to 24 vote was expected as Democrats unanimously supported the measure and Republicans, who oppose funding cuts to border security, primarily for a border wall system, and immigration enforcement, were united in opposition. Most of the funding bill has broad bipartisan support…

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