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Puerto Rico's Current Fiscal Challenges: In Brief

Description: This report discusses the current state of Puerto Rico's public finances. Puerto Rico faces several fiscal hurdles in 2015. Concerns regarding the sustainability of Puerto Rico's public finances have intensified over the past year, despite several measures taken by the island's government to reduce spending, increase revenues, and restructure its obligations.
Date: July 7, 2015
Creator: Austin, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards

Description: This report details the CAFE standards( Corporate Average Fuel Economy) related to Automobile and Light Truck fuel economy, and its recent developments.
Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Bamberger, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals

Description: This report details the information related to gasoline prices and discusses on policies and proposals.
Date: October 7, 2004
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals

Description: This report gives information related to Gasoline prices and also discusses Policies and Proposals.
Date: April 7, 2005
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Crisis in Greece: Political Implications

Description: This report discusses political and economic conditions in Greece. What began as a debt crisis in Greece in late 2009 has evolved into a political crisis that many analysts believe could represent the most significant setback in over 60 years of European integration.
Date: July 7, 2015
Creator: Belkin, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Crisis in Greece: Political Implications

Description: This report briefly discusses the political crisis resulting from what began as a debt crisis in Greece in late 2009. Many analysts believe that this political crisis could represent the most significant setback in over 60 years of European integration.
Date: July 7, 2015
Creator: Belkin, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid Prescription Drug Pricing and Policy

Description: This report provides an overview of the Medicaid prescription drug pricing and policy.
Date: November 7, 2014
Creator: Binder, Cliff
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Issues in the 106th Congress

Description: This report summarizes current housing issues, cites legislative proposals, and in some cases, presents brief pro/con discussions.
Date: August 7, 2000
Creator: Bourdon, E. Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Issues in the 107th Congress

Description: This report summarizes current housing issues, cites legislative proposals, and in some cases, presents brief pro/con discussions.
Date: February 7, 2003
Creator: Bourdon, E. Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Renewable Electricity: How Does Wind Generation Impact Competitive Power Markets?

Description: This report analyzes the impacts of wind generation on competitive power markets, including financial and economic impacts on electric power generators. Overall, the report aims to provide context for several electricity market concepts that are relevant to understanding the economic effects of wind power generation.
Date: November 7, 2012
Creator: Brown, Phillip
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Inequality in the Distribution of Income: Trends and International Comparisons

Description: This report examines the distribution of income in the United States, including factors that may help explain it, how it has changed over time, and how it compares with those of other countries.
Date: December 7, 2006
Creator: Cashell, Brian W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Social Security Financing: A Guide to Sources of Information

Description: This research guide identifies the information sources for the issue of social security financing as well as for a number of specific topics related to this subject.
Date: August 7, 1981
Creator: Cerny, Marsha K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment

Description: The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. . . .” This language restricts government both more and less than it would if it were applied literally. It restricts government more in that it applies not only to Congress, but to all branches of the federal government, and to all branches of state and local government. It restricts government less in that it provides no protection to some typ… more
Date: January 7, 2004
Creator: Cohen, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Trade in Services: The Doha Development Agenda Negotiations and U.S. Goals

Description: The report provides a brief background section on the significance of trade in services to the U.S. economy. It then explains briefly the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the structure and agenda of the services negotiations in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) round, including U.S. objectives in the negotiations. The report concludes with a status report on the negotiations and an examination of potential results.
Date: April 7, 2010
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues

Description: This report examines debates over what constitutes an unfunded federal mandate and the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act's (UMRA) implementation. It focuses on UMRA's requirement that CBO issue written cost estimate statements for federal mandates in legislation, its procedures for raising points of order in the House and Senate concerning unfunded federal mandates in legislation, and its requirement that federal agencies prepare written cost estimate statements for federal mandates in rules. It als… more
Date: August 7, 2017
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization: An Overview of Legislative Action in the 111th Congress

Description: This report tracks the status of ongoing legislative action and debate related to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization. It is organized into six major program areas: aviation system finance; airport financing; FAA management and organizational issues; system capacity and safety; environmental issues; and airline industry issues. In several cases, provisions that appear in various unrelated sections of proposed legislation have been rearranged in this report in an effort to grou… more
Date: January 7, 2010
Creator: Elias, Bart
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization: An Overview of Legislative Action in the 111th Congress

Description: This report tracks the status of ongoing legislative action and debate related to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization. It is organized into six major program areas: aviation system finance; airport financing; FAA management and organizational issues; system capacity and safety; environmental issues; and airline industry issues. In several cases, provisions that appear in various unrelated sections of proposed legislation have been rearranged in this report in an effort to grou… more
Date: May 7, 2010
Creator: Elias, Bart
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Predatory Lending: Background on the Issue and Overview of Legislation in the 106th Congress

Description: This report presents an overview of the predatory lending issue, a summary of present law, a summary of joint HUD and Treasury recommendations to address the issue, and a side-by-side summary of five bills introduced in the 106th Congress that addressed the issue. Though no action occurred on these bills, the issue is expected to continue in the 107th Congress.
Date: March 7, 2001
Creator: Foote, Bruce E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FHA-Insured Home Loans: An Overview

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Date: October 7, 2008
Creator: Foote, Bruce E. & Jones, Katie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foreign Intercity Passenger Rail: Lessons for Amtrak?

Description: This report reviews the causes and goals of railway restructuring in other countries and describes the advantages and disadvantages of alternative models of rail regulatory regimes.
Date: June 7, 2002
Creator: Frittelli, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proposals to Eliminate Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns

Description: This report discusses Presidential campaign funding and provides a brief policy overview and raises potential issues for congressional consideration.
Date: February 7, 2017
Creator: Garrett, R. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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