government & politics
facts & issues
a couple primers
just the facts
- budget basics
- campaign finance
- corporate welfare
- deficits & debts
- earmarks - or "pork"
- taxes
- voting & ballot initiatives
issues in brief
- 527s & campaign finance reform
- budget reform
- estate tax (aka death tax)
- filibusters
- line item veto
- lobby & earmark reform
- national debt
- redistricting
bills in brief
On Capitol Hill
The Week of June 30
Congress takes the week off for July 4th. Lawmaking gets started up again next week.
The Rest of '08
With election season being the ultimate drag on legislative action (who wants to pass a law that could hurt a campaign?), Congress will have little on its plate for the rest of '08 - except for going through the motions of passing a budget for '09.
