Received June 23,2023. Established in 1974, The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It is charged with providing members of Congress non partisan, objective analysis of budgeting and economic issues to support the congressional budget process. Each year, CBO economists…
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Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023
INTRODUCTION: Established in 1974, The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It is charged with providing members of Congress non partisan, objective analysis of budgeting and economic issues to support the congressional budget process. Each year, CBO economists and budget…
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) : H.R. 1165, Data Privacy Act of 2023
Received : June 13, 2023. Summary: H.R. 1165 would amend title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) to expand and equally apply protections for consumers and customers with respect to the use of data by financial institutions. The bill would redefine the terms consumer and customer and would require financial…
Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Estimated Budgetary Impact of The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
INTRODUCTION: Established in 1974, The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It is charged with providing members of Congress non partisan, objective analysis of budgeting and economic issues to support the congressional budget process. Each year, CBO economists and budget…
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Information Regarding Increased Enforcement by the IRS
This posting relates to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) correspondence dated August 25, 2022, in which the CBO answers several questions from Congressmen Kevin Brady and Jason Smith about increased enforcement by the Internal Revenue Service. It includes a brief summary of the correspondence, a direct link to the letter addressed…
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA)
INTRODUCTION The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) HR 5376 was signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, 2022, after a tortuous route through the legislative process. HR 5376 grew out of the Build Back Better Act (BBB) which passed the House on September 27, 2021, but…
White House: Middle Class Task Force – Equal Access to Justice
Richard Zorza has reminded us that the White House is conducting an event on access to Justice today with Vice President Biden as one of the featured speakers. The event started at 10:30AM. You should be able to listen in on the proceedings by clicking here. For those of us…
U.S. Justice Department is Continuing its Anti Corruption Campaign
In the October 15, 2010 Wall Street Journal, Dionne Searcey reports that “after numerous record-shattering fines and executive prosecutions in recent years, the government’s crackdown on violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act shows no signs of slowing. So far this year, the U.S. Justice Department has carried out a…
From the Brennan Center: The Federal Judiciary
.Following up on our postiing about U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Bryer, we wanted to share with you the following excerpts from news and commentary sent to us by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University Law School September 24, 2010. 1.. On Thursday, the Senate…
U.S. National Archives Puts 3,000 Historic Documents Online*
The National Archives has created a new online public website that features more than 3,000 historic documents, photos and videos available for download, along with applications for teachers to create and share history lessons about the items, officials announced. The new website, DocsTeach.org, offers historic items such as a short…