Recovery Not Enough To Put Food on the Table for 17 Million Americans
Despite the rebounding economy, the number of Americans who may not have enough food to eat is higher than pre-recession levels, standing at 6.9 million homes with about 17 million people. That’s prom...
13 Tammi 20169min
Public Angst Dampens Obama's Victory Lap
A State of the Union address can give a lame duck president one last chance to take a nationally televised victory lap. That may not be possible for Barack Obama, who’ll have to temper his rhetoric on...
8 Tammi 20168min
Suspension of Obamacare Taxes Could Bring More Changes
The recent delay of more than $30 billion worth of Obamacare taxes to help fund the law's health insurance expansion could embolden critics to take a run at other pieces of the law. Learn more about y...
6 Tammi 20167min
Energy Legislation Could Get a Jolt in 2016
Congress hasn't passed a major energy bill in more than a decade. But the way the year-end tax and spending deal lifted an oil export ban and extended wind and solar tax credits has some in Washington...
5 Tammi 20167min
Taxes, Guns and Messaging Votes May Occupy Lawmakers in 2016
Congress cleared most pressing issues off its decks by striking a budget deal and passing a huge tax and spending package at the end of 2015. The question is whether the House and Senate in 2016 will ...
29 Joulu 201516min
America’s First Book and Its Impact on Everything from Religion to Press Freedom
CQ Now introduces you to a very special piece of American history at the Library of Congress:the Bay Psalm Book, printed in 1640 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It is the first book printed in what i...
21 Joulu 20157min
2016 Spending Package Reveals Washington's Winners and Losers
A tumultuous and unusually productive year for Congress ended quietly on Dec. 18 with the passage of a $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep the government running and a package of tax breaks for busine...
18 Joulu 20158min
Rail Planners Try to Avoid Tunnel Vision
The 457-mile rail route from Washington to Boston is the busiest in the country, connecting four of the nation's 10 largest metropolitan areas and serving about a fifth of the U.S. economy. It's also ...
16 Joulu 20157min
