Feel safer yet?

Seems hard for the Republicans in Congress to put our money where their mouths are when it comes to port security. I guess it's hard to fit it in with all the tax cuts for the wealthy they have planned.
From the American Progress Action Fund:

HOMELAND SECURITY -- RIGHT WING BLOCKS FUNDING FOR PORT SECURITY, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: President Bush says that protecting the nation's ports is a "solemn duty." But yesterday, right-wing legislators in Congress narrowly defeated an amendment roposed by Rep. Martin Sabo (D-MN) that would have provided $1.25 billion in desperately needed funding for port security and disaster preparedness, including $300 million to enable U.S. customs agents to inspect high-risk containers at all 140 overseas ports that ship directly to the United States. (Current funding allows U.S. customs agents to operate at 43 of these ports.) Congress also defeated a $5 billion amendment by Rep. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to provide an additional $965 million for port security and an amendment by Rep. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to provide for our emergency responder communications equipment. Evidently, congressional concern about port security was fleeting.