Real ID, real problem
Baltimore Sun
by Cynthia Boersma
06/17/08
‘No. Nope. No way.’ So exclaimed Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana when asked whether his state would participate in the federal Real ID program. Frustration with this misguided, expensive and unworkable federal mandate also compelled another governor, Republican Mark Sanford of South Carolina, to call Real ID ‘the worst piece of legislation I have seen during the 15 years I have been engaged in the political process.’ If Real ID has any friends in the states, they’re not speaking up. This sentiment is now percolating through the halls of Congress. In recent hearings before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, senators from both sides of the aisle were blistering in their criticism of Real ID...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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by Cynthia Boersma
06/17/08
‘No. Nope. No way.’ So exclaimed Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana when asked whether his state would participate in the federal Real ID program. Frustration with this misguided, expensive and unworkable federal mandate also compelled another governor, Republican Mark Sanford of South Carolina, to call Real ID ‘the worst piece of legislation I have seen during the 15 years I have been engaged in the political process.’ If Real ID has any friends in the states, they’re not speaking up. This sentiment is now percolating through the halls of Congress. In recent hearings before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, senators from both sides of the aisle were blistering in their criticism of Real ID...
http://tinyurl.com/3krahv
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Brian+Schweitzer
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mark+Sanford
rudkla - 18. Jun, 10:55
