[OneTimeComment]

I wonder whether the procedure by which a U.S. senator obtains a passport is different from that followed by ordinary citizens.

[trumandogz]

You have to prove your citizenship to get a US Passport.

And I doubt very seriously that the GOP Controlled Senate would have seated Obama in 2005 If he were not a citizen.

[Red Steel]

I wonder whether the procedure by which a U.S. senator obtains a passport is different from that followed by ordinary citizens.

It's probably easier to get a diplomatic passport for Senators than an ordinary citizen can get a tourist passport. Here are the many ways that an ordinary citizen can get a passport. And it sure looks like an easy way for a person, like Obama, to con the system.

- Early Public Records
- Letter of No Record
- Form DS-10: Birth Affidavit
- Foreign Birth Documents + Parent(s) Citizenship Evidence
- Delayed Birth Certificate

You can read about the details here:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/Secondary%20Evidence/Secondary%20Evidence_4315.html