Republicans Advance Bill To Defund FBI By $1 Billion

Yahoo News reports:

House Republicans on Friday advanced legislation that would cut FBI funding by $1 billion and rein in what the GOP says is the over-politicization of the bureau. In a party-line vote, a House Appropriations subcommittee approved the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies funding bill for 2024.

For the FBI, that means a significant 9% cut in funding. The bill chops discretionary funding for the bureau from $11.3 billion in the current fiscal year to $10.3 billion. The big chunk of that cut is a $400 million reduction to FBI salaries and expenses.

Among other things, the bill bars the FBI from conducting any politically sensitive investigations until the Justice Department sets up a policy that lets non-partisan staff oversee these probes

Read the full article. And here we’ve been told that only communists want to defund law enforcement.

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said the FBI needs to be put down “like a bad dog that’s been turned against it’s owner.” pic.twitter.com/YAzJ6xix55

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Rep. Matt Gaetz said his Republican colleagues shouldn’t be concerned about “defunding the police” when he forces an upcoming vote on defunding the FBI. pic.twitter.com/Qk19vsSSbA

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