GENERAL HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING XXXX Voted Against Critical Homeland Security Spending Bill That Would Prohibit Moving Detainees From Guantanamo to the U.S. In October 2009, XXXX voted against a $44.1 billion Homeland Security spending measure that would place some new restrictions on moving detainees from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States. The conference agreement’s proposed spending is 6.6 percent higher than the money appropriated for fiscal 2009 and includes $42.8 billion in discretionary funds. The agreement would prohibit the transfer of detainees to the United States from the U.S. facility at Guantánamo Bay, except for prosecution. It would require the president to report to Congress before any detainee is transferred to any country. It would also place detainees on the “no-fly” list and would deny them immigration benefits. The conference measure would extend for three years the authorization of the E-Verify program to check on new workers being hired. The conference report was adopted 79-19. [CQ Today, 10/20/09; Vote 323, 10/20/09]  XXXX Voted For Homeland Security Funding. In 2009, XXXX voted for the Senate $44.3 billion fiscal 2010 Homeland Security appropriations measure, including $42.9 billion in discretionary spending. The total would include $16 billion for Customs and Border Protection; $5.7 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement; $7.7 billion for the Transportation Security Administration, including fees; $10.2 billion for the Coast Guard, excluding mandatory spending; $1.5 billion for the Secret Service and $7.1 billion for FEMA. It also would prohibit funding after Jan. 4, 2010, for Loran-C, a land-based radio navigation system. As amended the bill would require the fence built along the U.S.-Mexican border to prevent pedestrian traffic and reach completion by Dec. 31, 2010. It would also permanently reauthorize the Homeland Security Department's E-Verify program and require federal contractors to check employee citizenship status in the E-Verify system. The bill passed 84-6. [CQ Today, 7/09/09; Vote 229, 7/09/09] XXXX Voted Against $8 Billion for Homeland Security. In March 2006, XXXX voted against increasing FY07 homeland security funding by $8 billion, $6.2 billion of which would go directly to the Department of Homeland Security. The funding XXXX rejected included $1.7 billion for port security and the Coast Guard, $1.6 billion to restore first responder funding cuts, $1.2 billion to make it easier for state and local agencies to deal with mass casualties and improve communications, $500 million each for transit security and passenger rail security and $150 million for chemical security. The funding would be offset by closing a number of tax loopholes. [Vote 59, 3/16/06; Lieberman Press Release, 3/16/06] XXXX Voted To Preserve Funding for Security and Maintenance of U.S. Embassies. In 2005, XXXX voted to kill an amendment that would reduce appropriations for the security, construction and maintenance of U.S. embassies from $592 million to $106 million, effectively cutting funding for the construction of a new U.S. embassy in Iraq. [HR 1268, Vote 104, 4/20/05] XXXX Voted For $855 Million in Additional Homeland Security Funding. In March 2005, XXXX voted to add $855 million in homeland security funding to the FY2006 budget resolution. The funding included $565 million for first responders, $150 million for port security grants and $140 million for community policing. [Vote 64, 3/17/05; CQ Today, 3/19/05] XXXX Voted for the Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. In 2004, XXXX voted for a bill that would provide $33.8 billion in fiscal 2005 for the Department of Homeland Security and related agencies, 5 percent more than the administration's request. The bill would provide $5 billion for customs and border protection; $5.2 billion for the Transportation Security Administration; $7.5 billion for the Coast Guard and $1.2 billion for the Secret Service. The bill, as amended, would also provide an estimated $2.9 billion in emergency aid to agricultural producers affected by natural disasters. [HR 4567, Vote 184, 9/14/04] XXXX Voted Against Threat Based Allocation of Security Funds. In September 2004, XXXX voted against an amendment that would require the secretary of Homeland Security to distribute formula-based grants to states and localities based on threat and vulnerability assessments. [HR 4567, Vote 183, 9/14/04] 193