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 Month of August
Congress takes a summer break, returning September 8.
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.
