Republicans do you support Obama's spending spree in his new budget?

The Obama administration’s proposed 2011 DHS budget increases the department budget by nearly 3 percent, to $43.6 billion;

nearly $1 billion is devoted to bolstering airport security: TSA’s budget has been increased by $508.7 million, to $8.2 billion; by the end of 2011, nearly 1,000 whole-body scanners will be deployed in 75 percent of the U.S. largest airports; DHS also wants to spend $374 million on Explosive Detection Systems (EDS), which scan baggage for explosives, and $60 million to purchase 800 portable explosives trace detection (ETD) devices; an additional $71 million requested would fund 275 more explosive-sniffing K-9 teams at airline check points;DHS also wants to increase the number of TSA behavior detection officers by 350 at a price tag of $20.2 million

http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dhs-2011-budget-increased-3-percent-436-billion

Also you can check this
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/budget_bib_fy2011.pdf
 
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