https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-the-department-of-homeland-security-redundant <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Monday, 23 Feb 2015: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will force the fourth vote in three weeks on a bill to fund the massive agency that protects Americans from terrorists, floods and incursions across the borders.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/dhs-funding-fight-115405.html#ixzz3SYnVvyk2">http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/dhs-funding-fight-115405.html#ixzz3SYnVvyk2</a><br /><br />Not funding DHS is big news...but with DOD, DOS, DEA, CIA, FBI and more all "protecting America from terrorists...and incursions across the border," do we taxpayers really need to fund another organization to do the same things?<br />Also, the US Coast Guard now falls under this monster and is not getting the priority or funding it needs to accomplish its legitimate missions. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/009/442/qrc/150222_mitch_mcconnell_ap_629.jpg?1443034406"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/dhs-funding-fight-115405.html#ixzz3SYnVvyk2">Homeland Security fight goes into crunch time</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Senate Democrats will mount their fourth filibuster on the bill Monday afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:19:52 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-the-department-of-homeland-security-redundant <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Monday, 23 Feb 2015: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will force the fourth vote in three weeks on a bill to fund the massive agency that protects Americans from terrorists, floods and incursions across the borders.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/dhs-funding-fight-115405.html#ixzz3SYnVvyk2">http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/dhs-funding-fight-115405.html#ixzz3SYnVvyk2</a><br /><br />Not funding DHS is big news...but with DOD, DOS, DEA, CIA, FBI and more all "protecting America from terrorists...and incursions across the border," do we taxpayers really need to fund another organization to do the same things?<br />Also, the US Coast Guard now falls under this monster and is not getting the priority or funding it needs to accomplish its legitimate missions. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/009/442/qrc/150222_mitch_mcconnell_ap_629.jpg?1443034406"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/dhs-funding-fight-115405.html#ixzz3SYnVvyk2">Homeland Security fight goes into crunch time</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Senate Democrats will mount their fourth filibuster on the bill Monday afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Col Joseph Lenertz Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:19:52 -0500 2015-02-23T10:19:52-05:00 2015-02-23T10:19:52-05:00