R40823: Social Networking and Constituent Communication: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Week Period in the 111th Congress (09/21/2009)
RL30629: Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends (09/16/2009)
R40809: Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of the Cap-and-Trade Provisions of H.R. 2454 (09/14/2009)
R40696: Financial Regulatory Reform: Analysis of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) as Proposed by the Obama Administration and H.R. 3126 (09/09/2009)
R40801: Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2010 Appropriations (09/04/2009)
97-522: Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests (09/04/2009)
RL31673: Air Force F-22 Fighter Program: Background and Issues for Congress (09/04/2009)
R40796: Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2001-2008 (09/04/2009)
R40782: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell:" The Law and Military Policy on Same-Sex Behavior (09/04/2009)
98-840: U.S.-Latin America Trade: Recent Trends and Policy Issues (09/03/2009)
R40695: Chemical Facility Security: Reauthorization, Policy Issues, and Options for Congress (09/03/2009)
RS21049: Latin America: Terrorism Issues (09/02/2009)
RL33003: Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations (09/02/2009)
RL32344: Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species (09/02/2009)
R40795: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": A Legal Analysis (09/02/2009)
R40505: The National Intelligence Council: Issues and Options for Congress (09/02/2009)
RS22079: The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq (09/01/2009)
RS20071: United States Fire Administration: An Overview (09/01/2009)
R40560: The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: Selected Legal Issues (09/01/2009)
RL31339: Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security (08/31/2009)
R40517: Health Care Reform: An Introduction (08/31/2009)
RS21922: Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance (08/28/2009)
RL33375: Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program (08/28/2009)
RL32341: Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding (08/28/2009)
RL33705: Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress (08/27/2009)
R40479: Bosnia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy (08/27/2009)
RL33655: Interrogation of Detainees: Requirements of the Detainee Treatment Act (08/26/2009)
R40240: Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges (08/26/2009)
R40461: The Global Economic Downturn and Protectionism (08/26/2009)
R40599: Identity Theft: Trends and Issues (08/26/2009)
R40773: Treatment of Noncitizens in H.R. 3200 (08/26/2009)
RS22601: Serbia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy (08/25/2009)
RS21855: Greece Update (08/25/2009)
RL33627: NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic
RS22757: U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan (08/24/2009)
Which ones of these reports should we go through this week? Of course, just at first glance the report on members of Congress and their use of Twitter has to be the most important issue facing our republic right now. Seriously though, my guess though that most congressional staffers (if they aren't working on health care) will be pouring through cost benefits of Cap and Trade HR. 2454 and FSGG general appropriations H.R. 3170 Let me know what you think should be covered in the comments section. This is going to be a fun project with absolutely no shortage of material.
Now as I said last week, CRS reports are written so as to impartial and not politicized. Well yesterday Barney Frank and John Conyers went public just such a request about ACORN
Two key House committee chairmen are
now requesting the Congressional Research Service investigate ACORN, the
community organization that has commanded headlines in recent weeks.
In a
letter on Tuesday to CRS Director Daniel P. Mullhollan, House Financial Services
Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman John
Conyers (D-Mich.) also ask the nonpartisan research group to probe whether
recent House and Senate action to cut funding to the group qualifies as an
unconstitutional "bill of attainder."
"Because of the recent charges and
countercharges that have been leveled at ACORN and various proposals for action,
we believe it is important that CRS conduct a careful and objective analysis of
a number of issues concerning ACORN," the two lawmakers wrote.
We'll have to see how that comes out, but the thing is CRS has no power to suboena as far as I know, but rather just to research. In the meantime, my thanks to Brock Meeks and Josh Ruihley at the Center for Democracy and Technology for letting me know about reports. I welcome your comments.
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