Category «Congress»

CRS – Presidential Nominating Process: Current Issues

Presidential Nominating Process: Current Issues. Kevin J. Coleman, Analyst in Elections, October 6, 2011. “The presidential nominating calendar for 2012 is still unsettled, as some state and party officials continue to consider date changes for primaries and caucuses in response to recent scheduling changes. Consequently, the dates of the earliest contests in Iowa and New …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

CBO: Options for Changing the Tax Treatment of Charitable Giving

Options for Changing the Tax Treatment of Charitable Giving, October 18, 2011 – Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate “Under current law, taxpayers who itemize deductions may deduct the amount they donate to charities from their adjusted gross income (AGI) when determining how much they owe in federal income taxes. That deduction …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

FTC Testifies About the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the U.S. House of Representatives on the agency’s efforts to help address childhood obesity through its participation in the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children. The Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, David C. Vladeck, delivered the testimony on behalf of the …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Federal Reserve Board seeks comment on proposal to implement "Volcker Rule" requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act

News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday requested public comment on a proposed regulation implementing the so-called “Volcker Rule” requirements of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 619 generally contains two prohibitions. First, it prohibits insured depository institutions, bank holding companies, and their subsidiaries or affiliates (banking …

Subjects: Congress, Legal Research, Legislation

Levin Report Finds Offshore Tax Break Is a Failed Tax Policy Whose Repeat Could Damage the Economy

News release: “Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a report today, Repatriating Offshore Funds: 2004 Tax Windfall for Select Multinationals, that found that the 2004 repatriation tax break that allowed U.S. companies to bring $312 billion in offshore earnings back to the United States at an extraordinarily low …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Present Law, Data, And Analysis Relating To Tax Incentives For Homeownership

Present Law, Data, And Analysis Relating To Tax Incentives For Homeownership, The Joint Committee on Taxation, September 30, 2011, JCX-50-11 “This document…provides general background on the tax incentives for homeownership. The first part of this document describes the tax provisions that offer incentives for homeownership. The second part provides a discussion of the economic incentives …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Slaughter, 19 Colleagues, Call for Investigation into Justice Thomas’s Non-Disclosure

News release: “Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, together with 19 Members of Congress, today sent a letter to the Judicial Conference, requesting that the Conference follow the law and refer the matter of Justice Clarence Thomas’s non-compliance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to the Department of Justice. …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Legal Research

CRS: Intelligence Issues for Congress

Intelligence Issues for Congress, Richard A. Best Jr., Specialist in National Defense, September 14, 2011 “Techniques for acquiring and analyzing information on small groups of plotters differ significantly from those used to evaluate the military capabilities of other countries, with a much higher need for situational awareness of third world societies. U.S. intelligence efforts are …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Internet

CCH Tax Briefing on President Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan

Obama Aims For $1.5 Trillion In New Tax Revenue To Reduce Deficit, September 21, 2011 “President Obama unveiled a $3 trillion federal budget Deficit Reduction Plan on September 19, 2011 including $1.5 trillion in tax increases. Th e President’s Deficit Reduction Plan (“Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future: The President’s Plan For …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legislation

Patent Reform Unleashing Innovation, Promoting Economic Growth & Producing High-Paying Jobs

House Committee on the Judiciary: Background on H.R. 1249, the America Invents Act: “On June 23 the House overwhelmingly approved HR 1249, the America Invents Act, by a vote of 304-117. H.R. 1249 updates our patent system to encourage innovation, job creation, and economic growth. The last major patent re­form was nearly 60 years ago. …

Subjects: Congress, Legal Research, Legislation, Patent and Trademark

China's Currency – An Analysis of Economic Issues

CRS – China’s Currency: An Analysis of the Economic Issues – Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in Asian Trade and Finance; Marc Labonte Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy, August 3, 2011 “China’s policy of intervening in currency markets to limit or halt the appreciation of its currency, the renminbi (RMB), against the U.S. dollar and other currencies …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents