What Will The US Congres Do Next?
Documents produced by the private think-tank working for the United States Congress might help answer that question. Many of the reports produced by this private think tank can be accessed free online at the “Open CRS Network”.
Revealing Future Trends:
These reports can reveal what Congress is thinking about months before the subject hits the news stands. Seeing these reports also helps explain why our elected representatives occasionally appear so well versed on current legislative topics.
From the Las Vegas Review Journal, Feb 20, 2007:
“Deep inside the Library of Congress labor the 500 researchers of the Congressional Research Service, established in 1914 as Congress’ supplier of nonpartisan research and analysis. At an annual cost to taxpayers of about $100 million, those staffers generate some 6,000 reports per year at the request of members of Congress.
Our elected delegates seek the research to aid them either in drafting or in deciding how to vote on pending legislation. And they can ask about virtually anything, from weapons systems to farm subsidies.”
Recent Reports:
Just viewing the titles of recent reports available at Open CRS is revealing, the actual reports themselves reveal even more of the future trends in the US Congress!
March 20, 2007
Congressional Redistricting:
The Constitutionality of Creating an At-Large District
March 20, 2007
Who Are the “Middle Class”?
March 19, 2007
Recent Changes to the Section 8
Voucher Renewal Funding Formula
March 19, 2007
Subprime Mortgages: Primer on Current
Lending and Foreclosure Issues
March 19, 2007
The Corporation for National and Community Service:
Overview of Programs and FY2008 Funding
March 16, 2007
An Overview of Recent U.S. Supreme
Court Jurisprudence in Patent Law
March 16, 2007
Ethanol and Biofuels: Agriculture,
Infrastructure, and Market Constraints
Related to Expanded Production
