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Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2025-08-27 · Reports · 16,223 words · PDF available
The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since ...
Electric Vehicle Technologies and Selected Policy Issues for the 119th Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2025-08-27 · Reports · 7,078 words · PDF available
Electric vehicles (EVs) remain a focus of transportation and energy policy in the United States. EVs—comprising hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs), and battery-e...
United States v. Ahlgren: A Study in Lost Cryptocurrency Tax Revenue
Congressional Research Service · 2025-08-27 · Posts · 2,600 words · PDF available
On December 12, 2024, in United States v. Ahlgren, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas sentenced Frank Richard Ahlgren to 24 months in prison. The Department of Justice described...
Suspension of the Rules: House Practice in the 118th Congress (2023-2024)
Congressional Research Service · 2025-08-27 · Reports · 6,940 words · PDF available
Suspension of the rules is the most commonly used procedure to call up measures on the floor of the House of Representatives. As the name suggests, the procedure allows the House to suspend its standi...
U.S. Department of Transportation: Background on Modal Administrations
Congressional Research Service · 2025-08-27 · Reports · 5,446 words · PDF available
The Trump Administration’s initiatives with respect to the staffing, funding, or management of several federal agencies have raised questions about possible reorganization plans for the Department of ...
The Good Cause Exception to Notice and Comment Rulemaking
Congressional Research Service · 2025-08-27 · Reports · 10,994 words · PDF available
If authorized by Congress, federal agencies can issue rules that bind the public with the force and effect of statutes. The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) generally requires agencies to provide pu...
Bills, Resolutions, Nominations, and Treaties: Characteristics and Examples of Use
Congressional Research Service · 2025-08-27 · Reports · 4,107 words · PDF available
In each chamber of Congress, four forms of legislative measures may be introduced (or, in the case of resolutions, submitted) and acted on: bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and resolu...
Military parades and memory wars: China and Russia commemorate history to reimagine international order
Brookings Institution · 2025-08-27 · Article · 3,092 words · PDF available
Beyond martial splendor and reminders of China's and Russia's contributions to the war effort, these military parades are part of an ongoing “memory war.”