Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress (open access)

Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress

This report discusses selected campaign finance policy issues that may receive attention during the 111th congress. Questions about the health of the presidential public financing system were especially prominent during the 2008 election cycle.
Date: March 4, 2009
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress (open access)

Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress

This report provides an overview of selected campaign finance policy issues that have received legislative attention, or have otherwise been prominent, and which could receive attention during the 111th Congress.
Date: March 30, 2009
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-111th Congresses (open access)

House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-111th Congresses

This report provides statistical information on and selected analyses of the House committee party ratios for 14 Congresses, covering the period from the 98th through the 111th Congresses.
Date: March 30, 2009
Creator: Tong, Lorraine H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Innovation Issues (open access)

Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Innovation Issues

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Date: March 24, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Reform: An Overview of Proposals in the 111th Congress (open access)

Tax Reform: An Overview of Proposals in the 111th Congress

This report examines three main categories of tax reform: fundamental tax reform, tax reform based on the elimination of the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT), and proposals for reforming the corporate income tax in the 111th Congress.
Date: March 5, 2009
Creator: Bickley, James M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of the Capitol Rotunda, Capitol Grounds, and Emancipation Hall: Concurrent Resolutions, 101st to 111th Congress (open access)
Water Quality Issues in the 111th Congress: Oversight and Implementation (open access)

Water Quality Issues in the 111th Congress: Oversight and Implementation

This report discusses the water quality issues. Although much progress has been made in achieving the ambitious goals that Congress established more than 35 years ago to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters, long-standing problems persist, and new problems have emerged.
Date: March 16, 2009
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library