Tensions in Congress running high, gridlock to continue. (Washington Pulse)."In fighting in the authorizing committees," will be a mark of the upcoming year in Congress, said a congressional expert. Legislation to create a homeland security department There were gaps in the U.S. system for detecting and deterring terrorist acts in the homeland. That became clear September 11, 2001. The Department of Homeland Security is the george w. bush administration's plug for those gaps. , transportation security administration and passage of a war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act resolution were highlights in a year characterized by congressional gridlock Gridlock A government, business or institution's inability to function at a normal level due either to complex or conflicting procedures within the administrative framework or to impending change in the business. . That gridlock is expected to continue through 2003, the official said. "The only thing we're going to have this year is a defense appropriations bill, but there will be huge pressure to do better than last year, where only two of the 13 authorization bills were passed," he said. Tensions are running high in Congress, and "pots are just going to boil over to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control. See under Boil, v. i. os> See also: Boil Over , he said. One item worthy of special attention is the creation of a select committee on homeland security in the House of Representatives. The Senate has yet to determine whether homeland security issues will be dealt with by the intelligence or government affairs committees. "They might rake out the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). appropriations subcommittee, to make room for a homeland security appropriations bill," he said. |
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