An Overview of the Affordable Care Act, and More from CRS
Updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made readily available to the public include the following.
ACA: A Brief Overview of the Law, Implementation, and Legal Challenges, July 3, 2012
Individual Mandate and Related Information Requirements under ACA, July 2, 2012
Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt, July 3, 2012
Mexico’s Free Trade Agreements, July 3, 2012
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, July 2, 2012
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.