Despite what they say is an overall good request, key Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday told the Secretary of Homeland Security that his department’s budget submission for FY ’16 will likely be pared back.Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), chairman of House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, said the $41.2 billion request for discretionary spending, which is $1.7 billion above the FY ’15 enacted level, “absorbs almost 75 percent of the non-defense discretionary available under the limits of the Budget…
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