New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made available to the public include the following.
Tax Havens: International Tax Avoidance and Evasion, January 23, 2013
An Overview of the Tax Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, January 20, 2013
Receipt of Unemployment Insurance by Higher-Income Unemployed Workers (“Millionaires”), January 23, 2013
Summary Report: Congressional Action on the FY2013 Disaster Supplemental, January 22, 2013
FY2013 Supplemental Funding for Disaster Relief: Summary and Considerations for Congress, January 23, 2013
Congressional Commissions: Overview, Structure, and Legislative Considerations, January 22, 2013
Congressional Careers: Service Tenure and Patterns of Member Service, 1789-2013, January 3, 2013
Global Security Contingency Fund (GSCF): Summary and Issue Overview, January 22, 2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Current Issues and U.S. Policy, January 24, 2013
Mexico’s New Administration: Priorities and Key Issues in U.S.-Mexican Relations, January 16, 2013
Reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act, January 2, 2013
Satellite imagery of RAF Lakenheath reveals new construction of a security perimeter around ten protective aircraft shelters in the designated nuclear area, the latest measure in a series of upgrades as the base prepares for the ability to store U.S. nuclear weapons.
It will take consistent leadership and action to navigate the complex dangers in the region and to avoid what many analysts considered to be an increasingly possible outcome, a nuclear conflict in East Asia.
Getting into a shutdown is the easy part, getting out is much harder. Both sides will be looking to pin responsibility on each other, and the court of public opinion will have a major role to play as to who has the most leverage for getting us out.
How the United States responds to China’s nuclear buildup will shape the global nuclear balance for the rest of the century.