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Campaign Finance: Issues Before the U.S. Supreme Court in McConnell v. FEC

Description: This report provides a summary of the issues presented by 12 groups of appellants in their jurisdictional statements in 2003. Shortly after the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), P.L. 107-155 (H.R. 2356, 107th Cong.) was enacted in March 2002 (also known as the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform legislation), Senator Mitch McConnell and others filed suit in U.S. District Court for D.C. against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)… more
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The New York Stock Exchange: Governance and Market Reform

Description: As the world’s largest stock exchange and a key part of the U.S. economy, the NYSE is a central focus of Congress’s oversight of financial markets. This report sets out the basic issues in NYSE governance and market structure.
Date: November 5, 2003
Creator: Jickling, Mark D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Campaign Finance Law: The Supreme Court Upholds Key Provisions of BCRA in McConnell v. FEC

Description: This report discusses the Supreme Court's decision in McConnell v. FEC. The court upheld against facial constitutional challenges key portions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), (P.L. 107-155, commonly known as the McCain-Feingold or Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform law).
Date: December 19, 2003
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Highway Finance: RABA’s Double-edged Sword

Description: This report discusses a possible reduction in federal highway program spending. Congress has chosen to overrule provisions of law that would have reduced the FY2003 spending level to $23.2 billion, and has instead settled on $31.8 billion, the same as the FY2002 level.
Date: May 19, 2003
Creator: Fischer, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Enron and Stock Analyst Objectivity

Description: Stock analysts provide research on companies and make recommendations on their stocks. When analysts are employed by brokerage firms and provide information for the firms’ retail and institutional clients, they are called sell-side analysts. Analysts who work specifically for institutional investors like mutual and pension funds are known as buy-side analysts. Because of their widespread presence in the national media, sell-side analysts’ recommendations have become part of the public domain an… more
Date: January 29, 2003
Creator: Shorter, Gary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Social Security Reform

Description: This report provides background and analysis on social security reform. The report discusses the most recent development, the basis for the debate, specific areas of contention and reform initiatives.
Date: December 3, 2003
Creator: Kollmann, Geoffrey & Nuschler, Dawn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electronic Banking: The Check Truncation Issue

Description: This report discusses legislative issues regarding check truncation, which occurs when the check is stopped before it reaches the paying bank and the check clearing process is completed electronically. The United States banking system processes approximately 42.5 billion checks annually, but only a fraction of these checks is processed electronically by check truncation.
Date: November 8, 2003
Creator: Eubanks, Walter W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Financial Outlook for Social Security and Medicare

Description: This report provides an overview of the financial outlook for Social Security and Medicare programs.
Date: April 28, 2003
Creator: Kollmann, Geoffrey & Nuschler, Dawn
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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The African Union

Description: This report summaries the history of the African Union (AU) from the Organization of African unity (OAU) and the functionality of the AU. Specifically, the report claims that the main difference between the AU and the OAU is that the AU places more emphasis on economic growth and development.
Date: April 30, 2003
Creator: Cook, Nicholas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Accounting Reform After Enron: Issues in the 108th Congress

Description: This report discusses the anxieties within Congress in the wake of the Enron scandal. Moreover, the report notes that the 108th Congress is not likely to pass legislative reform as extreme as the 107th Congress, but will still confront issues of accounting reform. The report also highlights what the 108th Congress plans to reform.
Date: May 28, 2003
Creator: Jickling, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Campaign Finance and Prohibiting Contributions by Tax-Exempt Corporations: FEC v. Beaumont

Description: This report provides an analysis of the Court's decisions, including a brief discussion of possible implications for a pending Supreme Court case, McConnell v. FEC, which involves the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA).
Date: July 16, 2003
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Accounting Problems Reported in Major Companies Since Enron

Description: This report questions the increase in corporate accounting restatements made since the 1980s and early 1990s following the wake of the collapse of Enron. Moreover, the report summarizes the accounting problems of major corporations that have been reported since Enron. Finally, the report wonders if these issues are standard within American companies or if they have all only been isolated issues.
Date: January 28, 2003
Creator: Jickling, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Description: This report includes information regarding strategic petroleum reserve. Background and analysis, purchases of crude oil, and drawdown of the reserve are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: December 19, 2003
Creator: Bamberger, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate

Description: This report includes background and analysis of the debate on energy policy. Non-tax energy production initiatives, nuclear energy, and energy restructuring are also among topics discussed in this report.
Date: October 17, 2003
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Industry Trade Effects Related to NAFTA

Description: This report will look at the broad effect of NAFTA on the U.S. economy and the trade-related effects at the industry level.
Date: October 30, 2003
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Vietnam-U.S. Textile Agreement

Description: This report analyzes the bilateral textile agreement, U.S.-Vietnam trade in textiles and apparel, the arguments that have been raised for and against a textile agreement, and the debate surrounding a proposed labor provision.
Date: June 18, 2003
Creator: Manyin, Mark E. & Douglas, Amanda
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Market Dynamics and Public Policy Issues in the Video Programming Industry

Description: This report is to describe the market dynamics driving vertical and horizontal consolidation in the video programming industry, to show the potential benefits and harm to consumers from such consolidation, and to identify potential public policy issues that may be raised by the consolidation.
Date: July 28, 2003
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Campaign Financing: Highlights and Chronology of Current Federal Law

Description: This report summarizes major provisions of federal law and offers a chronology of key legislative and judicial actions which govern financial activity of federal election campaigns. The laws are based on two principal statutes: the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971, as amended in 1974, 1976, 1979, and 2002, and the Revenue Act of 1971.
Date: January 24, 2003
Creator: Cantor, Joseph E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Commodity Futures Modernization Act (P.L. 106-554)

Description: The last act of the 106th Congress was to pass an omnibus bill that included the Commodity Futures Modernization Act (H.R. 5660; P.L. 106-554), the most significant amendments to the regulation of derivatives trading in 25 years. Derivative financial instruments are those that gain or lose value as some underlying rate, price, or other economic variable changes. The 106th Congress approved an overhaul of derivatives regulation which codified the unregulated status of certain derivatives, permit… more
Date: February 3, 2003
Creator: Jickling, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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