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Homeland Security

House Appropriation Committee Sends $49.7 Billion DHS Bill To House On Party Line Vote

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 11th, 2019

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House Appropriation Committee Sends $49.7 Billion DHS Bill To House On Party Line Vote

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved a $49.7 billion net discretionary spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal year 2020, sending the measure to the House along a party line vote with 29 Democrats in favor and 20 Republicans opposed. Republican Kay Granger (R-Texas), the ranking member on the committee, just as she did when the Homeland Security Subcommittee approved the bill last week, warned that the bill isn’t likely to enacted because it doesn’t provide…

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