Posted on 07/07/2011 10:06:47 AM PDT by Domandred
No they didn’t, no one had time to read the bill.
Yeah, I thought the same thing, but realized that the "Border Safety Bill" HR 495 must have had a sponsor, etc..... [Note: this is the bill rolled into HR1. This is not HR45, the one that sounded alot like confiscation, which died.] At first I felt too lazy to go and look, but decided to give it a shot.
From http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h495/text:
Mr. RODRIGUEZ (for himself, Mr. TEAGUE, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. REYES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL To authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009’.
SEC. 2. PROJECT GUNRUNNER. (a) In General- The Attorney General shall dedicate and expand the resources provided for the Project Gunrunner initiative of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals involved in the trafficking of firearms across the international border between the United States and Mexico.
(b) Activities- In carrying out this section, the Attorney General shall--
Yeah, there is a couple more paragraphs, but we already know what Project Gunrunner is about. Thanks mostly to the brave agents, both the one(s) who have given their lives, and those who have risked their lives and careers in order to bring this issue forward.
The bold formatting added by me, of course. The attorney general specifically is given the authority to hire agents. I realize that the way beauracracy works, this either would, could or should be a delegated responsibility. But I wonder why it does not just say "Dept of Justice". Is giving hiring authority to the Attorney General --called out specifically by his position -- the standard operating procedure in these appropriations bills?
Sheesh.
In 2008, Congress approved an initial $400 million for Mexico and $65 million for Central America, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. ?
2009 *here*
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=320221
I figured that. See Number 102
In early July 2008, a video emerged of city police officers from León, Guanajuato, being taught torture methods by a U.S. security firm instructor; the video created an uproar in Mexico, which has struggled to eliminate torture in law enforcement. It is still unclear how this event will affect the Mérida Initiative, as it can be used both to reinforce the need to train security forces on human rights or to cancel the initiative altogether. The training took place in April 2006 and lasted for 12 days.] León Mayor, Vicente Guerrero Reynoso, initially insisted that the training would continue, justifying the training as a means of withstanding torture under kidnapping scenarios. However, because of the public furor and under pressure from federal and state authorities, he suspended the program.
Absolutely it deserves its own thread...
This should be brought to the feckless representatives in Congress to see if they can conjure up enough political courage to bring it to a prosecutable level...
Of course that might mean some would be shooting themselves in the foot if they ever did...
That would be every democrat, and the President for signing it...
Now lets see if enough people can be mustered to insist that a U.S. Attorney get the charges lined up and filed, and get the perpetrators to justice...
This should be interesting...Or not, because I do not believe there are any Republicans with the courage to get the ball rolling on this deal...
You betcha they do...
This is a “If you haven’t seen this yet...”
Bump...
Thank you
I’m thinking that it dates back to 08.
Congrats, nice work!
Yeah, a lot of historical data in post #163...
Bottom line, if you factor in not only the homicide on our side of the border, the deaths in Mexico alone in the last few years is way beyond the false premise, that private citizens and business owners, are to blame for this BS idea that “we” are responsible for the trafficking of weapons across the border...
Now it is ALL coming to roost that the media (false reporting/testimony) and certain elected officials (of a particular political party) are complicite in these murders...
I think it meets the whole idea behind high crimes and misdemeanors...
Just my opinion...
$10,000,000 is a fairly large opening grant for this type of thing. I’m thinking the DEA of FBI probably received a $1 or $2 million grant to test the waters back in 08.
Glad to see that it is receiving a good spread across the net.
Awesome research. We need some kind of forum to watch and monitor every bill in congress.
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