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Fight Brewing Over 'Fast-Tracking' Real ID

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As Maine and other states dig in their heels against the Real ID Act of 2005, Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., called on the Homeland Security Department to move forward quickly to show how the program should be implemented.

“The department's leadership in the coming weeks is crucial to the success or failure of the Real ID program,” Davis said in a Jan. 31 statement to the press.

Davis was responding to the Maine State Legislature’s approval last week of a resolution asking Congress to repeal the Real ID Act. Maine lawmakers called it an unfunded mandate that will cost the state millions.

Several other states, including Montana, are expected to approve similar bills rejecting the Real ID Act due to concerns about the expense and possible loss of privacy.

posted by Fergie @ 1/31/2007 01:09:00 PM