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Recreational Marijuana and Economic Development
Congressional Research Service · 2023-11-07 · Resources · 1,464 words · PDF available
Advocates of legalizing the use of marijuana for recreational purposes sometimes argue that taking such a step could potentially create economic benefits. For example, when Colorado voters considered ...
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Pledges by Selected Countries: Nationally Determined Contributions and Net-Zero Legislation
Congressional Research Service · 2023-11-07 · Reports · 10,987 words · PDF available
Human-related emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) have increased globally over time. These increasing emissions contribute to a changing climate. Many governments are taking steps to reduce, or mitiga...
Trends in Mandatory Spending
Congressional Research Service · 2023-11-07 · Reports · 8,268 words · PDF available
Federal spending is divided into three broad categories: discretionary spending, mandatory spending, and net interest. Those categories are procedural, determined in the way that Congress provides spe...
Expulsion of Members of Congress: Legal Authority and Historical Practice
Congressional Research Service · 2023-11-07 · Reports · 13,074 words · PDF available
The U.S. Constitution expressly grants each house of Congress the power to “punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.” Expulsion is the proc...
Racial disparities in the income tax treatment of marriage
Brookings Institution · 2023-11-07 · Article · 20,837 words · PDF available
This working paper was prepared for theNational Bureau of Economic Research. The final version was published inTax Policy and the Economyin 2024.