May 11, 2005

Real ID Passes

The Real ID Act passed in the Senate today (ed: Tuesday; as this was written just past midnight) and is now heading to the President's desk to be signed.

Many Senators railed against it, but because it was attached to an important appropriations bill, it passed with unanimous consent.

While TN Senator Bill Frist praised the act, TN Senator Lamar Alexander saw things a little differently...

"Here we are a Republican Congress who got elected in 1994 promising to end unfunded mandates ... and what do we do? We come up with this big idea, pass it, hold a press conference and send the bill to the governors," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R.-Tenn. " ... We should not be doing that ... ."

Yep...it sounds like Lamar got my fax. Too bad he still voted for it.

I guess in the rush to look like they were "supporting the troops," they took a little bit of liberty away from us all. I'm sure this probably ties into my earlier rant somehow.

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