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Lunar New Year: Fact Sheet
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-21 · Reports · 1,872 words · PDF available
The Lunar New Year is a holiday celebrated in many parts of Asia and in Asian communities around the world. It marks the beginning of the year using the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. Typical...
Senate Select Committee on Ethics: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-21 · Reports · 10,560 words · PDF available
The U.S. Constitution provides each House of Congress with the sole authority to establish rules and punish and expel Members. From 1789 to 1964, the Senate dealt individually with cases of disciplina...
U.S. Circuit Court Nominees Confirmed During the Biden Presidency: Overview and Comparative Statistics
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-21 · Posts · 968 words · PDF available
This Insight provides statistics related to the nomination and confirmation of U.S. circuit court nominees during the Biden presidency. This Insight also compares these statistics with those for circu...
How low can you go? Budget baseline games and tax policy
Brookings Institution · 2025-01-21 · Article · 1,854 words
President Trump and the Republican-led Congress are expected to use a legislative process calledreconciliationto pass major tax legislation next year. This process allows legislation to pass with only...
A stocktaking on locally led development and what next
Brookings Institution · 2025-01-21 · Article · 2,036 words · PDF available
George Ingram documents a roundtable that examined the continuum across administrations in advancing locally led development and looks ahead.
Trump's second inaugural address: Immigration, culture, and conflict
Brookings Institution · 2025-01-21 · Article · 777 words
William Galston and Elaine Kamarck analyze the policy implications of President Trump's second inaugural address.
Iraq’s search for security and sovereignty after Assad’s collapse
Brookings Institution · 2025-01-21 · Article · 1,419 words
Iraq must recalibrate its relationship with a weakened Iran, in dialogue with the new Trump administration.
The KDNLC is now the Network for Education Systems Transformation (NEST)
Brookings Institution · 2025-01-21 · Article · 696 words
The KDNLC is now the Network for Education Systems Transformation (NEST).
The Easterlin Paradox at 50
Brookings Institution · 2025-01-21 · Article · 19,710 words · PDF available
A review of national and individual-level data on subjective wellbeing and income.
Niger
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-21 · Resources · 1,712 words · PDF available
Events in Niger have deepened the challenges facing U.S. policymakers in the Sahel region, amid rising Islamist insurgencies, intraregional tensions, and Russian influence. A military junta seized pow...
Options for Railroad Electrification and Decarbonization
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-21 · Resources · 1,679 words · PDF available
Introduction and Background Compared with most other modes of freight and passenger transportation, railroads consume energy more efficiently and pollute less. Nevertheless, because most trains rely o...
Farm Bill Primer: Conservation Title
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-21 · Resources · 1,341 words · PDF available
The conservation title of a farm bill generally contains reauthorizations, amendments, and new programs that encourage farmers and ranchers to voluntarily implement resource-conserving practices on pr...
The U.S. Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) System
Congressional Research Service · 2025-01-21 · Resources · 1,284 words · PDF available
Background Protecting high-value military sites against enemy cruise missile (CM), unmanned aerial system (UAS), and rocket, artillery, and mortar (RAM) attacks has long been an important consideratio...