House appropriations committee block 'a slap in the face'for W?

Wow. A 'slap in the face,' huh? Wake up calls can be harsh sometimes.

From BBCNews.com:

Republicans defy Bush over ports

Leading members of George W Bush's Republican party are moving to block a deal which would give a Dubai-based firm control over six US ports. Jerry Lewis, who chairs the powerful House of Representatives appropriations committee, is introducing emergency legislation to halt the takeover.
The move puts the president in direct conflict with his own party in Congress and has been called a slap in the face.
Opinion polls have shown an overwhelming majority of Americans think the White House is wrong to back the deal. With an election due in November and the popularity of both the president and Congress low, some Republicans apparently fear that Democrats could use the deal against them. "We're not going to let the Democrats get to the right of us on national security," Rep Peter King, who chairs the homeland security committee, said recently.