Contesting a Presidential Election, & More from CRS
The procedures for challenging the outcome of a presidential election are summarized in a new publication from the Congressional Research Service.
“The initial responsibility for resolving challenges, recounts, and contests to the results of a presidential election” lies with each individual state, CRS noted. But under some circumstances, challenges to a presidential election can work their way up to Congress for resolution. See How Can the Results of a Presidential Election Be Contested?, CRS Legal Sidebar, August 26, 2016.
Other new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following:
Saudi Military Campaign in Yemen Draws Congressional Attention to U.S. Arms Sales, CRS Insight, August 30, 2016
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy, updated August 29, 2016
Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations, updated August 26, 2016
Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief, updated August 26, 2016
Gangs in Central America, updated August 29, 2016
American Agriculture and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, updated August 30, 2016
Small Business: Access to Capital and Job Creation, August 26, 2016
Tolling U.S. Highways, August 26, 2016
Labor Day Speech Resources: Fact Sheet, August 26, 2016
Supreme Court: Length of the Scalia Vacancy in Historical Context, CRS Insight, August 26, 2016
Fourteen teams from ten U.S. states have been selected as the Stage 2 awardees in the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national competition that helps communities turn emerging research into ready-to-implement solutions.
The Fix Our Forests Act provides an opportunity to speed up the planning and implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects on federal lands while expanding collaborative tools to bring more partners into this vital work.
Public health insurance programs, especially Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), are more likely to cover populations at increased risk from extreme heat, including low-income individuals, people with chronic illnesses, older adults, disabled adults, and children.
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