Thursday, June 28, 2007
The U.S. Senate killed the immigration police-state bill this morning.
yesterday they killed the REAL ID rovisions of the bill. From CNET News.com June 27, 2007: The U.S. Senate took a preliminary step on Wednesday toward reining in the controversial Real ID Act, which is scheduled to become America's first federal identification card in a few years.
During Wednesday's floor debate over a massive immigration bill, Real ID foes managed to preserve an amendment to prohibit the forthcoming identification card from being used for mandatory employment verification, signaling that the political winds have shifted from when the law was overwhelmingly enacted two years ago.
The anti-Real ID amendment is backed by two Montana Democrats, Max Baucus and Jon Tester, who say the digital ID cards represent an unreasonable government intrusion into Americans' private lives. In April, Montana became one of the states that has voted to reject Real ID.
"This was a real victory for Montana and the American people," Tester said, after the Senate vote to kill their amendment failed to muster a majority. The unsuccessful vote to table it was 45-52.
Labels: real id .....---
.....| Posted at 11:55 | PERMA-LINK |
|
FEED
TOTAL411 PODCAST
SELECTED VIDEO ]