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The Budget Reconciliation Process: The Senate’s “Byrd Rule”
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-28 · Reports · 17,438 words
Reconciliation is a procedure under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by which Congress implements budget resolution policies affecting mainly permanent spending and revenue programs. The principal...
Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out?
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-28 · Reports · 9,806 words
Social Security’s receipts and expenditures are accounted for through two federal trust funds: the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance (DI) T...
Crypto Assets and Property of the Bankruptcy Estate: An Analysis
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-28 · Posts · 2,193 words · PDF available
As the effects of the recent sharp decline in cryptocurrency prices, or “crypto winter,” spread to the dockets of bankruptcy courts, those courts face a novel legal question: Are crypto account holder...