[Infowarrior] - Senate Votes Against REAL ID Funding

[Richard Forno]

Senate Votes Against REAL ID Funding

Today the Senate voted to kill an amendment to the Homeland Security
Appropriations Bill that would have provided $300 million in funding for
REAL ID. CDT applauds the Senate for this significant vote. In a letter sent
to key Senators this week, CDT called on Congress to rectify the serious
privacy and security holes in REAL ID before it even considers funding the
measure. Today's vote represents the first time the Senate has voted up or
down on REAL ID specifically. When the Act was initially passed in 2005, it
was attached to a must-pass war and hurricane relief bill; and last month
the REAL ID requirement for employment verification was buried in the
massive immigration bill. July 26, 2007

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