US Gestapo gets bigger
Senate bill boosts FBI spending - Combined news services
The FBI and other federal crimefighting agencies came out well in a $57.9 billion spending bill the Senate passed Wednesday, but money for state and local law enforcement was cut.
The 94-5 Senate vote sent the bill, which covers Justice, Commerce, State Department and science agency programs, to President Bush for his signature.
House and Senate negotiators, meanwhile, were wrapping up work on a $140 billion spending bill for Transportation, Treasury and Housing programs after the Senate agreed to remove a provision – under threat of a presidential veto – that would have eased restrictions on agriculture trade to Cuba.
The Justice-Commerce bill for fiscal year 2006 that began Oct. 1 would provide $5.8 billion for the FBI, $1.7 billion for the Drug Enforcement Administration and $924 million for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, all up from fiscal 2005.
But the $2.7 billion in aid for state and local law enforcement, while $1.1 billion above the president’s request, was down $300 million from last year.
Mind you that extra fungible will come in handy for a federal judge has upheld a multimillion dollar verdict in a lawsuit alleging two FBI agents framed a former Chicago police officer for murder. Plus two words...Winter Hill.
The FBI and other federal crimefighting agencies came out well in a $57.9 billion spending bill the Senate passed Wednesday, but money for state and local law enforcement was cut.
The 94-5 Senate vote sent the bill, which covers Justice, Commerce, State Department and science agency programs, to President Bush for his signature.
House and Senate negotiators, meanwhile, were wrapping up work on a $140 billion spending bill for Transportation, Treasury and Housing programs after the Senate agreed to remove a provision – under threat of a presidential veto – that would have eased restrictions on agriculture trade to Cuba.
The Justice-Commerce bill for fiscal year 2006 that began Oct. 1 would provide $5.8 billion for the FBI, $1.7 billion for the Drug Enforcement Administration and $924 million for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, all up from fiscal 2005.
But the $2.7 billion in aid for state and local law enforcement, while $1.1 billion above the president’s request, was down $300 million from last year.
Mind you that extra fungible will come in handy for a federal judge has upheld a multimillion dollar verdict in a lawsuit alleging two FBI agents framed a former Chicago police officer for murder. Plus two words...Winter Hill.
posted by professor rat at 1:57 AM
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