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Follow up to postings on Wikileaks, news of a Hearing on the Espionage Act and the Legal and Constitutional Issues Raised by WikiLeaks, Thursday 12/16/2010. Pew Research Center: Public Sees WikiLeaks as Harmful
LLRX.com: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act: A Brief Legislative History with Links, Reports and Summaries The “craft” of legislative history construction is practiced with unique and outstanding expertise by law librarian Rick McKinney. This history is designed in a streamlined fashion so as to allow users to more easily check when …
News release: “Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released a new minority report, titled, The Real Story Behind China’s Energy Policy – And What American Can Learn From It. The report shows that, regardless of its wind and solar production, China is predominantly relying on coal, …
Testimony, Congressional Budget Office, Statement of Douglas W. Elmendorf Director – Trends in Federal Tax Revenues and Rates – before the Committee on Finance United States Senate, December 2, 2010 “Over the past 40 years, federal revenues have ranged from nearly 21 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in fiscal year 2000 to less than …
Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots (October Data), November 2010 “This is the eleventh edition of the state-by-state snapshots issued by the Joint Economic Committee, containing employment and unemployment data at the state level for the first ten months of 2010. Job growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 appears more robust than it was in …
New Member Pictorial Directory: 112th Congress – Pocketsized compilation of color photographs of all of the men and women of the 112th Congress. See also New Members Guide 2010 By The Hill Staff
EPIC: “A new poll by Zogby International finds that 61% of Americans polled between Nov. 19 and Nov. 22 oppose the use of full body scans and TSA pat downs. Of those polled, 52% believe the enhanced security measures will not prevent terrorist activity, almost half (48%) say it is a violation of privacy rights, …
The Status of the Basel III Capital Adequacy Accord, Walter W. Eubanks, Specialist in Financial Economics, October 28, 2010 “The new Basel Capital Adequacy Accord (Basel III) is of concern to Congress mainly because it could put U.S. financial institutions at a competitive disadvantage in world financial markets. The Basel capital accord is an agreement …
Rulemaking Requirements and Authorities in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Curtis W. Copeland, Specialist in American National Government, November 3, 2010 “The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Afghanistan: U.S. Rule of Law and Justice Sector Assistance, Liana Sun Wyler Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics – Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, November 9, 2010 [via FAS] “Developing effective Afghan justice sector institutions is considered by many observers to be essential in winning the support of the Afghan population, improving the …
Fact Sheet: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to propose new rules entailing how security-based swap transactions should be reported and publicly disseminated. The rules are proposed under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which generally authorizes the SEC to regulate security-based swaps. The proposed rules (Regulation …
News release: “Social Security faces a significant shortfall, which policy makers would be better off addressing sooner rather than later, according to a new paper, Social Security Shortfall Warrants Action Soon, released by the Pew Economic Policy Group. Robert Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Charles Blahous, public trustee …
