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Explaining the Senate Permitting Bill, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act
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The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) aims to modernize the federal permitting process for infrastructure and energy projects, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs. Key reforms include clearer timelines and limited legal challenges, while addressing electricity affordability. Its balance between expedited approvals and environmental protection may raise concerns among advocates.
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Immigrant Population Is Still One Million Below the Pre-Trump Trend
Analysis, CATO Institute, Data, Demographics, Economy, Federal Government, Immigration, News, Population GrowthNew numbers from the Census Bureau’s mini-census, the American Community Survey (ACS), show that the immigrant population is increasing but is still below the Census Bureau’s projections made in 2017 (the year the Trump administration started to radically alter the course of immigration for four years)…
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Analyzing the First Step Act’s impact on criminal justice
Aimed at reducing recividism and reforming federal prison sentences, the act was a rare bipartisan success, bringing together advocates from both sides of the aisle who agreed on the need for criminal justice reform…
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Outcome of election will decide future of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Civil Rights, Climate Change, Commentary, Democracy, Economy, Elections, Federal Government, Jobs, NCSL, News, State Government, VotingThe Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, was signed into law in 2021. This landmark legislation, drafted by a bipartisan group of senators, has helped ease inflation, strengthen supply chains and creates millions of jobs. It’s future and focus is now a big question mark…
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Senators: We Can Still Find Common Ground in Principled Debate
America was founded by extraordinary individuals who engaged in spirited debate and then came together to build a more perfect union. Solution-oriented leaders who are willing to work across the aisle can work through differences through respectful, robust debate.
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Slashing Tax Rates and Cutting Loopholes
Options for Tax Reform in the 119th Congress Congress has an unprecedented opportunity to cut tax rates to their lowest level in almost a century…
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Options for Navigating the 2025 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Expirations
Policymakers should have two priorities in the upcoming economic policy debates: a larger economy and fiscal responsibility. Principled, pro-growth tax policy can help accomplish both…
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House Passes 6 Bipartisan Science Committee Bills
The U.S. House of Representatives passed six bipartisan Science Committee bills, covering a range of issues from energy and environment to research and technology….
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How governors are working on solutions amid intense political polarization
PBS News Hour with Judy Woodruff. Part of her series, America at a Crossroads…
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What We’re Getting Wrong About 2024’s “Moderate” Voters
The voters who could decide 2024 are a complicated bunch. They constitute one of the most valuable, overlooked, and misunderstood chunks of the American electorate: the nation’s mythical moderates…
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Bridging systems: open problems for countering destructive divisiveness across rankings, recommenders, and governance
There is widespread concern about social divisions leading to political violence and a reduced capacity to respond to collective societal challenges. This paper explores how “bridging-based ranking” vs. today’s “engagement-based ranking” in recommender systems may help promote more productive and less volatile debate on social platforms…
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Five things you should know about House Administration’s Subcommittee on Modernization
Influenced by the work and recommendations of sunsetted Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, this subcommittee is working in an evenly bipartisan manner to advance solutions to make the House a more functional, accessible, transparent, and technologically adept institution. Here’s what you should know about it…
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Why America Needs Moderates
The health of our democracy depends on preserving anti-extremism and a sense of humility—both traits that political moderates possess…