BOSTON - Some House Democrats were caught off guard during the annual budget debate in the Legislature Wednesday when a Republican-sponsored amendment was attached to the spending bill to bring Massachusetts into compliance with the federal Real ID Act.The act, a 2005 federal law intended to prevent terrorism by creating a more secure form of ID required to board airplanes and to enter nuclear power plants or government facilities. Starting in 2020, those without Real IDs or another [...]
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