Review Term of the Day

BUZZWORD OF THE DAY: UNFUNDED MANDATE

What it means: regulation passed by Congress or issued by regulatory agencies to the states without federal funds to support them. Example would include the unfunded mandate - sponsored as pork by WV Senator Robert Byrd - for public schools to be required to celebrate Constitution Day. There was no federal money provided, yet it was still required. That's why some of you have pocket constitutions, but the school paid for them.