State Lawmakers Host 'Tea Party'
State legislators reenacted the Boston Tea Party on Sunday as a way to send a message to their counter parts in Washington: quit passing the buck to the states. The event kicked off the National Conference of State Legislatures' annual conference in Beantown.
More than 12 crates were loaded aboard a schooner -- each representing mandates that have not been funded by the federal government. Among them were the so-called Real ID Act; the education law known as No Child Left Behind; and the Help America Vote Act, which requires states to develop voter databases.
"States can ill afford to absorb the costs of federally mandated programs which are taxing state budgets," NCSL President Leticia Van de Putte said in a press release. "Congress must start making the difficult decisions and stop passing the buck to the states."
Technology Daily Staff Writer Michael Martinez is headed to Boston to cover the multi-day meeting, which draws state legislators from all 50 states. He will be covering a portion of the more than 200 policy sessions for the PM Edition and plans to file dispatches to Tech Daily Dose as well. Stay tuned!
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