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TexasTowelie

(111,312 posts)
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 05:48 AM Feb 2017

What's the Missouri legislature doing about REAL ID?

JEFFERSON CITY — As some Missourians worry about whether their driver's licenses will allow them to set foot on a domestic airline or a U.S. military base, debate about whether to bring Missouri into compliance with the REAL ID Act hit the House floor Tuesday, with a Senate discussion close behind.

The competing positions on REAL ID — a 2005 Act of Congress which sets standards for how states should issue drivers' licenses — was summed up in a Sunday exchange on Twitter:

"I will be debating #REALID on the Senate floor this week," wrote Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee's Summit. "I'm standing on the side of privacy and pushing back on Federal Govt. overreach."

Soon after, Kraus was countered by Sen. Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City.

Read more: http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/22/whats-missouri-legislature-doing-real-id/98173942/

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What's the Missouri legislature doing about REAL ID? (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
They will be all for their privacy issue up to the point Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #1

Sherman A1

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1. They will be all for their privacy issue up to the point
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 06:20 AM
Feb 2017

they or someone in their family can't take a flight to go on Spring Break or Summer Vacation.

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