Discussion with Sen. Lamar Alexander

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) offered up some discussion on federalism and unfunded and underfunded mandates such as the 2005 RealID Act. Being a former governor, he's in a pretty good position to know how federal mandates can affect state budgets and tie the hands of state governments. My next meeting starts in a few minutes, but I'll come back and update this entry later this morning and expand on this event and others here in DC.