The Presidential Nominating Process, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have been withheld from online public distribution include the following.
The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions, updated December 30, 2015
Need-Tested Benefits: Estimated Eligibility and Benefit Receipt by Families and Individuals, December 30, 2015
Federal Reserve: Oversight and Disclosure Issues, updated January 4, 2016
Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income, updated December 30, 2015
Iraq: Politics and Governance, updated December 31, 2015
Israel: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief, updated December 30, 2015
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy, updated December 30, 2015
The WTO Nairobi Ministerial, CRS Insight, January 4, 2016
America’s affordability problem is bigger than home prices and rents. The best housing policies make it easier to build homes, and recognize how housing connects to other domains.
America’s affordability problem, for instance, is bigger than home prices and rents. How we build affects household costs like insurance and utilities.
As humans expand our geographic reach, encroach on untouched natural territories, and interact more with animal populations, we will encounter novel zoonotic diseases that threaten the human body. The sooner we act to address these risks, the better.
This report serves as a landscape assessment and toolbox from which local governments can negotiate an informed position when it comes to the levers available to them and includes a first-of-its kind analysis of eight executed community benefits agreements.