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Via Capital.net, the guide – Congress by the Numbers, 112th Congress, 1st Session, includes the following resources: Congress Seating Charts – Congressional Schedule – Congressional leadership and committees – Leadership of the current Congress – with photos, and more.
Migrants’ Remittances and Related Economic Flows – February 24, 2011 “Migrants’ remittancespayments sent by foreign-born workers back to their home countryhave become a significant source of monetary inflows for many countries. In 2009, such remittances from the United States to other countries totaled more than $48 billion, nearly 30 percent more in inflation-adjusted terms than …
The Youth Unemployment Bomb – From Cairo to London to Brooklyn, too many young people are jobless and disaffected. “Inside the global effort to put the next generation to work,” By Peter Coy “The highest rates of youth unemployment are found in the Middle East and North Africa, at roughly 24 percent each, according to …
News release: “At the request of U.S. Sen. Inhofe, the Department of Commerce Inspector General conducted an independent review of the emails stolen in November 2009 from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, and found no evidence of impropriety or reason to doubt NOAAs handling of its …
Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2010, February 2011: “This report provides estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States as of January 2010 for periods of entry and leading countries of birth and states of residence…In summary, the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the …
Follow up to related postings on food insecurity and hunger, via The Economist [inclusive of charts/graphs] – At the start of 2011 the food industry is in crisis. World food prices have risen above the peak they reached in early 2008. That was a time when hundreds of millions of people fell into poverty, food …
News release: “In response to federal court orders requiring the issuance of final standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing final Clean Air Act standards for boilers and certain incinerators that achieve significant public health protections through reductions in toxic air emissions, including mercury and soot, but cut the cost of implementation by …
The Sentencing Project – The State of Sentencing 2010 Developments in Policy and Practice, Nicole D. Porter, February 2011 “Today, 7.2 million men and women are under correctional supervision. Of this total, five million are monitored in the community on probation or parole and 2.3 million are incarcerated in prisons or jails. As a result …
Energy and Financial Markets Overview: Crude Oil Price Formation, presentation by Richard Newell, Administrator, to the Society of Petroleum Engineers, National Capital Section, Washington, DC on February 23, 2011 “Some researchers are finding evidence that factors including unexpectedly strong economic growth in China and stagnant supply were at least associated with, and may have contributed …
FDIC’s Quarterly Banking Profile, Fourth Quarter 2010, released February 23, 2010 “Banks Earned $21.7 Billion in Fourth Quarter as Recovery Continues: Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reported an aggregate profit of $21.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, a $23.5 billion improvement from the $1.8 billion …
CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the Framework of the National Income and Product Accounts, February 2011 “The fiscal transactions of the federal government are recorded in two major sets of accounts. One is The Budget of the United States Government, prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, which is the framework …
Financial Reform: Post Crisis? Thomas M. Hoenig, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Women in Housing and Finance, Washington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2011 “Today, I am convinced that the existence of too big to fail financial institutions poses the greatest risk to the U.S. economy. The incentives for risk-taking have not changed post-crisis …
