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25 Years After 9/11: Department of Homeland Security Has Cost Taxpayers Trillions
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had a budget of about $31 billion in its first full year of operation.
- Congress has appropriated about $1.6 trillion to the Department from 2003 through 2026, including discretionary funding and other accounts.
- Much of the Department's funding is unrelated to terrorism, despite its origins after the deadliest terrorist attack.
- The Department has become a permanent, trillion-dollar enterprise affecting nearly every corner of national life.
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25 years after 9/11: Department of Homeland Security has cost taxpayers trillions
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had a budget of about $31 billion in its first full year of operation. For 2027, the Trump administration wants $118 billion.
25 years after 9/11: Department of Homeland Security has cost taxpayers trillions - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had a budget of about $31 billion in its first full year of operation. For 2027, the Trump administration wants $118 billion. Editor’s Note This is part of a series of stories commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on U.S. soil, as The Center Square revisits the events of that day, the years leading up to it, and how it shaped America in the years since. Created in 2003 i…
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