Sensenbrenner Hammers Budget Repair Bill

He’s right.

U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls) railed against a plan by the state Legislature today to drain money from the state’s Real ID plans to help shore up the state’s budget shortfall.

Last year, legislators voted to raise the driver’s license fee by $10 to pay for the federal Real ID law, an anti-terrorism measure written by Sensenbrenner that is supposed to make licenses more secure. Now, lawmakers plan to put the $22 million raised by the fee hike toward the budget deficit.

“That in my opinion is a breach of faith with the people of Wisconsin,” Sensenbrenner said today in a stop at the state Capitol.

So does Nass, Kedzie, and Pridemore, .