Budget amendment good news for DHS.

• Position: Security beat: homeland defense briefs - Brief Article

A recently introduced amendment to the homeland security budget is poised to increase resources for domestic defense by more than $1.2 billion.

U.S. Rep. Jim Turner, ranking member of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, proposed the amendment to the House Rules Committee.

"I am concerned that the budget resolution, as reported by the Budget Committee, will not result in the kind of commitment to homeland security that we truly need," Turner said in a statement. "Not only does it fail to remedy some of the shortcomings in the president's budget, but it even cuts funding from the president's...