<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CameraGuy:
Yes, there was.
The Republicans wanted to use common sense and institute tougher regulations and federal oversight of PRIVATE screeners.
The Democrats wanted no part of that, thus Daschle's infamous "In order to professionalize, you must federalize" comment.</font>
I stand corrected. I mostly recall the differences over the "civil service" issues of employees in this program, not the issue of public v. private employees.