Obama administration has SLASHED budget for domestic bombing prevention by 45 per cent, says former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary $20 million budget under Bush became $11 million under Obama Both administrations neglected domestic bombing prevention, devoting a tiny fraction of the $1 billion earmarked for IED prevention overseas Obama issued a lengthy 'National Policy for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices' in February but a spokesman won't say if it failed By  DAVID MARTOSKO PUBLISHED:  17:02 EST, 16 April 2013  |  UPDATED:  18:02 EST, 16 April 2013 Comments ( 47 ) Share Barack Obama's administration has cut the budget nearly in half for preventing domestic bombings, MailOnline can reveal.  Under President George W. Bush, the Department of Homeland Security had $20 million allocated for preventing the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by terrorists working inside the United States. The current White House has cut that funding down to...

 YAHOO! NEWS 4 Hours Ago Calif. Dems push wide-ranging gun control bills SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Democrats in the California Senate said Tuesday that they will use their majority to advance seven bills that would tighten the state's already strict gun control laws. One of the bills, which were receiving their initial hearings in a legislative committee, would ban the sale of any semi-automatic rifle that accepts detachable ammunition magazines. Some of the proposals, including a ban on possessing magazines holding more than 10 bullets, would apply to current gun owners as well as those who buy weapons in the future. The legislation comes in the aftermath of the mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo. "We simply can't wait until the next tragedy before taking action," Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told the Senate Public Safety Committee. "You have the opportunity ... to make California a leader again" in restricting weapon...

 DAILYCALLER.COM 1 Hour Ago Biden, GOP aide: Senate getting very close to 60 votes needed for gun control legislation by  Vince Coglianese Tweet Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Democrats — and a handful of Republicans — are just two votes away from having the 60 votes needed to pass a new round of gun-control legislation. "VP Biden said on his way out that the Senate is just two votes short on the gun bill," Yahoo! News reporter Chris Moody tweeted . "Biden on guns:'Working to get to 60 & it's fluid. I think we're there, but…not unusual for people to make up their minds at…last minute'," Moody wrote. Senate Republicans are watching the whip count closely as well, with one Senate Republican leadership aide telling The Daily Caller that the vote count is "close" and that Biden's claim of 58 is "my sense [too]." "Biden on guns:'Working to get to 60 & it's fluid. I think we'r...