Economic Effects of Government Shutdown, 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 FY2014 Government Shutdown: Economic Effects, November 1, 2013
Legislative Actions to Repeal, Defund, or Delay the Affordable Care Act, October 30, 2013
Membership of the 113th Congress: A Profile, October 31, 2013
Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables, November 4, 2013
Salaries of Members of Congress: Congressional Votes, 1990-2013, November 4, 2013
Women in the United States Congress: Historical Overview, Tables, and Discussion, September 26, 2013
Women in the United States Congress, 1917-2013: Biographical and Committee Assignment Information, and Listings by State and Congress, September 26, 2013
Burma’s Political Prisoners and U.S. Sanctions, October 30, 2013
Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances, November 1, 2013
Israel: Background and U.S. Relations, November 1, 2013
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, November 4, 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.