Tom Daschle, D-SD insisted on federalizing air screeners. Pundits said it was to pack the democratic rolls with new federal union employees that will mindlessly vote democratic. Daschle claimed that it gave the federal government the power to control who was hired and fired and control rigid professional standards.

The first federal professional standard to be dropped was a requirement for a high school diploma. The latest federal professional standard to be dropped is a requirement for U.S. citizenship.

There is no word yet on whether or not they will drop the requirement to vote democratic.