By Rachael Bade, CQ Staff
House appropriators backed legislation Wednesday that would cut the Homeland Security Department’s funding by $484 million from current levels while boosting spending for first-responder grants, an account Republicans have sought to trim in recent years.
The Homeland Security Subcommittee gave swift voice vote approval to a fiscal 2013 draft bill that would provide $39.1 billion to the department. The total is about $393 million less than President Obama requested. Under the measure, the Transportation Security Administration’s funding would be cut by $422 million from current levels to $5.1 billion, the largest reduction among departmental agencies. (more…)








