The house moved to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party’s budget slashing plan, including beefing up the U.S. Border Patrol. You can read about it here:
http://www.newsmax.com/US/House-committee-Homeland-Security-budget/2013/05/16/id/504903
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