New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Child Labor in America: History, Policy, and Legislative Issues, November 18, 2013
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues, December 5, 2013
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2013, December 5, 2013
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues, December 6, 2013
School Construction and Renovation: A Review of Federal Programs, December 6, 2013
Majority Cloture for Nominations: Implications and the “Nuclear” Proceedings, December 6, 2013
Proposals to Eliminate Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns, December 9, 2013
Expiration and Extension of the 2008 Farm Bill, December 9, 2013
Reauthorization of SNAP and Other Nutrition Programs in the Next Farm Bill: Issues for the 113th Congress, December 10, 2013
Public Health Service Agencies: Overview and Funding, November 12, 2013
U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones: Background and Issues for Congress, November 12, 2013
International Food Aid: U.S. and Other Donor Contributions, November 12, 2013
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 113th Congress, November 20, 2013
South Africa: Politics, Economy, and U.S. Relations, December 6, 2013
The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions, December 5, 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.