In an effort to improve our nation’s woefully inadequate homeland security, U.S. Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) on Thursday offered an amendment to the Tax Budget Reconciliation bill that will dramatically improve America’s domestic security. This amendment will provide $41.97 billion over the next ten years to improve on those areas where we received a “D” or “F” from the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, and it will provide critical funding for other areas where security is lagging. It is completely off-set by closing corporate tax loopholes, and it provides for $23 billion to reduce the deficit.