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Overview of the Federal Tax System in 2022
Congressional Research Service · 2022-06-08 · Reports · 10,659 words · PDF available
This report describes the federal tax structure and system in effect for 2022. The report also provides selected statistics on the tax system as a whole. Historically, the largest component of the fed...
Removal of Nazi Symbols and Inscriptions on Headstones of Prisoners of War in VA National Cemeteries
Congressional Research Service · 2022-06-08 · Resources · 1,692 words · PDF available
Overview During World War II, hundreds of thousands of German, Italian, and Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) were held in the United States at various military installations. During this time, the U.S...
The Open App Markets Act
Congressional Research Service · 2022-06-08 · Posts · 2,264 words · PDF available
Efforts to reform competition law proceed at different levels of generality. Some bills would tackle antitrust writ large. Others are more focused, applying special rules to a handful of Big Tech comp...
Private-Sector Defined Contribution Pension Plans: An Introduction
Congressional Research Service · 2022-06-08 · Reports · 5,774 words · PDF available
The two types of pension plans that private-sector employers can offer are defined contribution (DC) plans, in which participants have individual accounts that can provide a source of income in retire...
Deeming Resolutions: Budget Enforcement in the Absence of a Budget Resolution
Congressional Research Service · 2022-06-08 · Reports · 8,442 words · PDF available
The budget resolution reflects an agreement between the House and Senate on a budgetary plan for the upcoming fiscal year. Once agreed to by both chambers in the exact same form, the budget resolution...
Social Security: Adjustment Factors for Early or Delayed Benefit Claiming
Congressional Research Service · 2022-06-08 · Reports · 16,071 words · PDF available
Social Security is a work-based, federal insurance program that provides monthly cash benefits to insured workers and their eligible family members in the event of the worker’s retirement, disability,...
Introducing Third Way’s US-China Digital World Order Initiative
Third Way · 2022-06-08 · Memo · 1,614 words
Third Way is a center-left think tank that champions modern solutions to the most challenging problems in US public policy, including the economy, climate and energy, national security, social policy,...