Reaching the Debt Limit, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service which Congress has directed CRS not to release to the public include the following.
Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations, January 4, 2013
The “Fiscal Cliff” and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, January 4, 2012
Proposals to Change the Operation of Cloture in the Senate, January 3, 2013
International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 113th Congress, January 4, 2013
Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2013, January 4, 2013
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Claims of Property Rights “Takings”, January 7, 2013
The Role of TARP Assistance in the Restructuring of General Motors, January 3, 2013
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, January 4, 2013
U.S.-Taiwan Relationship: Overview of Policy Issues, January 4, 2013
North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation, January 4, 2013
The FAS Nuclear Notebook is one of the most widely sourced reference materials worldwide for reliable information about the status of nuclear weapons, and has been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since 1987.. The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by the staff of the Federation of American Scientists’ Nuclear Information Project: Director Hans […]
On 14 April 2023, the Belarusian Ministry of Defence released a short video of a Su-25 pilot explaining his new role in delivering “special [nuclear] munitions” following his training in Russia. The features seen in the video, as well as several other open-source clues, suggest that Lida Air Base––located only 40 kilometers from the Lithuanian border and the […]
A photo in a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) student briefing from 2022 shows four people inspecting what appears to be a damaged B61 nuclear bomb.
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