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Risks to the 2024 Economic Outlook
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-30 · Resources · 1,737 words · PDF available
The economy in 2023 was characterized by high but falling inflation, a tight labor market, and moderate to high growth. Many economists predicted that monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve...
Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-30 · Reports · 10,010 words · PDF available
House procedures are based not only on the rules the chamber adopts at the start of each Congress but also on constitutional mandates, published precedents, rulemaking statutes, procedural principles ...
State of the U.S. Economy: Policy Issues in the 118th Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-30 · Reports · 12,247 words · PDF available
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic caused the most severe shock to the U.S. economy since the Great Depression, with a 28% annualized quarterly decline in output and a 14.7% unemployment rate. The U.S...
American Battlefield Protection Program
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-30 · Resources · 1,422 words · PDF available
The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP; 54 U.S.C. §§308101-308105) is a grant program administered by the National Park Service (NPS) aimed at promoting the preservation of sites where “his...