Seen in the New York Times, in a story discussing how Mainers and South Carolinians may have to get passports soon if the feds don’t blink on Real ID:
“There is no wiggle room in South Carolina law in terms of asking for an extension,” Joel Sawyer, the spokesman, said. “If Washington wants a more secure form of ID, then Washington ought to be able to pay for it.”
So do any Republicans at the federal level still remember the Contract With America? You know, that pledge that was signed back in 1994 by Congressional Republicans which included a provision of “no unfunded mandates”?