Thread: Senate adopts Cornyn amendment to ban funds for gun-walking

October 18, 2011
Senate adopts Cornyn amendment to ban funds for gun-walking programs

The Senate voted unanimously today to amend a federal spending bill to include language from Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, banning taxpayer funding for gun-trafficking programs like Operation Fast and Furious.

The amendment, added to a bill appropriating funding for law-enforcement and other programs, drew praise from Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., who chairs the Senate Appropriations subpanel that handles funding for law-enforcement programs.

“When I look at what happened in Operation Fast and Furious, I was fast to be furious about the bungled, botched occurrences that occurred,â€

October 18, 2011

Senate tells Justice: No tax dollars for gunrunning programs

Votes 99-0 to amend spending bill

By Jerry Seper

The Washington Times


An amendment offered by a Texas Republican to prohibit taxpayer funds from being used by the Justice Department to conduct gunrunning investigations similar to the failed “Fast and Furiousâ€