Dems continuing to work to make us safer

Democrats want to finish the 9/11 reforms
Bill would enact more panel ideas

Washington -- House Democrats unveiled legislation Monday aimed at implementing many of the remaining reforms suggested by the Sept. 11 commission, including calls for more-thorough cargo screening, better emergency communications and more money for cities at the highest risk of terrorist attack.

Democratic leaders plan to push through votes this week on a long list of Sept. 11-related reforms that were considered but rejected by the previous, Republican-controlled Congress. The proposals signal an early willingness on the part of House Democrats to put pressure on their colleagues in the Senate, where lawmakers from both parties are cooler to some of the ideas and where no similar package of legislation has been proposed.

Democrats say the House proposals would implement nearly all the remaining reforms recommended in 2004 by the bipartisan commission on the 2001 attacks, ranging from ways to beef up money and training for first responders to calls to rewrite many U.S. policies toward controlling weapons of mass destruction and nuclear proliferation.

(The Plain Dealer)

(First seen at Think Progress)

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Still more proof that the Dems want to make us safer and the repugs only want to play politics.

See Americablog for more - it has passed!