Ebola Outbreak: Select Legal Issues, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
The Ebola Outbreak: Select Legal Issues, CRS Legal Sidebar, October 6, 2014
Ebola: Basics About the Disease, October 3, 2014
As Midterm Election Approaches, State Election Laws Challenged, CRS Legal Sidebar, October 7, 2014
Child Welfare: Profiles of Current and Former Older Foster Youth Based on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD), October 6, 2014
Agriculture in the WTO Bali Ministerial Agreement, October 6, 2014
Ozone Air Quality Standards: EPA’s 2015 Revision, October 3, 2014
Beverage Industry Pledges to Reduce Americans’ Drink Calories, CRS Insights, October 6, 2014
Palestinian Authority: U.S. Payments to Creditors as Alternative to Direct Budgetary Assistance?, CRS Insights, October 6, 2014
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California just took an important step toward making electric trucks more affordable and easier for businesses to buy.
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