Topic: U.S. Congressional Research Service

How Much Is That Triple Bypass in the Window?

Mother Jones - 21 days ago
Tweet. Matt Yglesias directs me this morning to a column by Peter Orszag promoting the cause of greater price transparency in the healthcare arena...

The Right-Wing Media's Flawed Keystone XL Rejection Attacks

Media Matters for America - 23 days ago
Right-wing media figures are slamming President Obama for the State Department's decision to reject plans to build the Keystone XL pipeline until a...

Sen. John Hoeven explains legislation to get pipeline approved

Bismarck Tribune, North Dakota - 23 days ago
Congress has the authority to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project, according to a nonpartisan legal analysis.. . Sen. John...

US military increasingly relies on unmanned aircraft, report says

Defense Systems - 36 days ago
The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its numbers of unmanned aircraft, according to a new report acquired by Wired's Danger Room. . . In 2005...

One Third of the Military's Aircraft Are Now Drones

Popular Science - 37 days ago
Nowadays, nearly one in three American military aircraft is a drone, according to a congressional report, a 40-fold increase in the drone army from...

Army tests hypersonic weapon over the Pacific

San Francisco Chronicle - 90 days ago
0 . The Army on Thursday conducted its first flight test of a new weapon capable of traveling five times the speed of sound.. . The Army launched ...

The Truth About the Post Office's Financial Mess

The Street - 114 days ago
The financial woes of the U.S. Postal System have become a point of contention on Capitol Hill. The Postal Service is supposed to make a $5.5 ...

Will Everyone Pay AMT Next Year?

Forbes: Personal Finance - 147 days ago
Even without a Presidential Tax Increase, we all may be paying it. The alternative minimum tax---otherwise known as AMT---can spoil all your tax...

Will Your Retirement Income Be Enough?

Investopedia - 456 days ago
How much money will you need to retire? The Need to Plan Two generations ago, corporate pensions and social security ensured a secure retirement for our grandparents. Today, pension plans have become virtually extinct, shifting the burden of retirement savings away from ...

Political ads on television: How negative ads against opponents backfire

Helium - 464 days ago
The content of political ads in the U.S. is very, very loosely regulated. Unlike every other sort of advertisement, political candidates can (at least in most circumstances) make blatantly false or misleading statements with blanket immunity in the name of free ...