This is the latest as of 8:30 AM Pacific Time:
House and Senate conferees are meeting this week to iron out differences
between the House and Senate intelligence reform bills. Provisions in
both bills
would increase security around birth certificates.
Problem: The House bill (H.R. 10) contains a provision requiring state
governments to meet minimum standards for the issuance and
administration of birth
certificates. Among other mandates, the legislation requires the State
to adopt
a practice that wo