(H.R.2892) On the Duncan of Tennessee amendment, which would have reduced by $41 million the amount provided in fiscal year 2010 for federal air marshals
house Roll Call 440
Jun 24, 2009
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This was a vote on an amendment offered by Rep. Duncan (R-TN) to H.R. 2892, the bill providing funding for the Department of Homeland Security for the 2010 fiscal year. The Duncan Amendment would have reduced the amount in the bill for federal air marshals by $41 million, back to its fiscal year 2009 level of $819 million. Duncan cited a statement by a former senior member of the House Appropriations Committee that “we had done all we needed to do on airplane security when we secured the cockpit doors.” He also cited a Wall Street Journal editorial that read:“(A)ny bill with the word ‘security’ should get double the public scrutiny . . . lest all kinds of bad legislation become law under the phony guise of fighting terrorism.'' |
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