Federalism in Ebola - 1179 different levels of power. government. The Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were among the first federal organizations to act in early October by mandating individuals bound for the United States from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea – the three countries most affected by the crisis. illness – be screened for Ebola-derived symptoms, such as significantly elevated body temperature. More recently, however, President Obama has taken action of his own by asking Congress for a total of six billion dollars to combat the spread of the disease (Achenbach 1). Citing America's security as his prerogative and priority, Obama requested more than four billion dollars up front to be distributed among the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of State, and the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for

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