New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Veterans and Homelessness, November 29, 2013
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda): U.S. and International Response to Philippines Disaster, November 25, 2013
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance, November 22, 2013
Legislative Actions to Repeal, Defund, or Delay the Affordable Care Act, November 22, 2013
Federal Public Transportation Program: An Overview, December 2, 2013
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments, December 2, 2013
Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues, November 29, 2013
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990, November 27, 2013
Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy, November 26, 2013
The Berry Amendment: Requiring Defense Procurement To Come From Domestic Sources, November 26, 2013
Past Government Shutdowns: Key Resources, November 25, 2013
How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction, November 25, 2013
Invoking Cloture in the Senate, November 25, 2013
Legislative Branch: FY2014 Appropriations, November 25, 2013
Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage, November 25, 2013, November 25, 2013
Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations, November 25, 2013
Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure, November 25, 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.