If recent Bush admin (DHS) proposed regulations to implement the Real ID Act (passed by the Repub Congress and signed by Bush in 2005) are not overturned, get ready for a federal ID to replace your state drivers license in the next 5 years:
Enacted as part of an emergency Iraq war spending bill (in 2006), the Real ID Act compels state governments to issue driver's licenses that follow national ID standards to be set by Homeland Security. Eventually, Americans without the federalized ID (with barcodes and possibly RFID tags) will not be able to use their state-issued ID to do things like open a bank account, enter federal buildings, or fly on a commercial airline.
http://news.com.com/Congress+rethink...tag=st.ref.goo
Some states have expressed their opposition by enacting specific state legislative opposing the Real ID Act with language not to comply ...
... but is it too little, too late, with the federal law already on the books (with the unwavering backing of Bush and many Repubs in Congress) and final regulations nearly complete?