Archive for April, 2005

Budget Report: Prison Property to US Army transfer

Friday, April 29th, 2005

Another update from the budget report:
This is interesting — This appears that it is transferring a prison from the Bureau of Prisons to the Secretary of the Army. Moving Guantanamo to US soil? If not, what is it?
SEC. 125. (a) The Attorney General shall transfer, without reimbursement, to the Secretary of the [...]

Budget Bill: Violent Crime funding

Friday, April 29th, 2005

I’m updating as I find interesting bits in the budget bill.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM
(RESCISSION)
Rescinds $1,200,000 from the violent crime reduction program as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed rescinding $1,000,000.

Budget Report: Library and school funding

Friday, April 29th, 2005

Going through the huge funding bill, I’m finding all sorts of stuff. This is part of the bill:
LIMITATION ON LIBRARIES
The conference agreement includes a limitation on the ability of a library to access library funding provided under this Act unless the library is in compliance with the Children’s Internet Protections Act, as proposed by [...]

ProudLiberal.org is back

Friday, April 29th, 2005

After a 2 month haitus due to real life issues, ProudLiberal.org is back. And what a better way to come back than to point out the nastiness that’s coming out of the new Appropriations legislation. It’s coming in next posts.