Budget Cuts Set Funding Path to Historic Lows | Center for American Progress
Budget Cuts Set Funding Path to Historic Lows | Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/budget/report/2013/01/29/50945/budget-cuts-set-funding-path-to-historic-lows/ SOURCE: AP/Susan Walsh The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington. Under the caps imposed by the Budget Control Act, federal discretionary spending on law enforcement and justice will fall below 0.3 percent of GDP by 2017. This category includes federal […] more…
Why Performance-Based College Funding Doesn’t Work
Why Performance-Based College Funding Doesn’t Work https://tcf.org/content/report/why-performance-based-college-funding-doesnt-work/ For the better part of the past century, elected officials have sought ways to improve the performance of public sector operations, such as fire departments, libraries, health clinics, job training programs, elementary schools, and traffic safety.1 Interest in performance management has only grown over time, to the point […] more…
Russia Rearms for a New Era – The New York Times
Russia Rearms for a New Era – The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/world/asia/100000004109710.mobile.html Russia is reinvesting in its bases in the Arctic: building new ones, expanding old ones and deploying personnel to operate them. Analysts say Russia’s efforts in the Arctic are driven in part by climate change, as the country seeks to exploit and defend […] more…
Los Angeles aims to make Obamacare universal in more than just name | Money | The Guardian
Los Angeles aims to make Obamacare universal in more than just name | Money | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/apr/20/los-angeles-obamacare-immigration-universal-healthcare Los Angeles aims to make Obamacare universal in more than just name On a sunny weekday morning just east of downtown Los Angeles, a crowd of about 75 people rallied outside the LA County/USC Medical Center. They […] more…
World Leaders Press the U.S. on Fiscal Crisis
http://nyti.ms/1gcxfe0 Leaders at World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings on Sunday pleaded, warned and cajoled: the United States must raise its debt ceiling and reopen its government or risk “massive disruption the world over,” as Christine Lagarde, the fund’s managing director, put it. The fiscal problems of the United States overshadowed the official agendas […] more…
Senate Is Set to Vote on Budget Bill as House Weighs Options
http://nyti.ms/191F5Dq WASHINGTON — The Senate will conclude one of its more unpredictable — and stranger — weeks on Friday when it is expected to approve a bill to finance the federal government, including the health care law that Republicans have been trying to kill. Barring any unforeseen twists, which can never be ruled out on […] more…
Protected: Senate Democratic Leader Sets Stage for Budget Showdown
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Obama Administration Helped Kill Transparency Push on Military Aid
http://www.propublica.org/article/obama-administration-pushed-to-keep-military-aid-out-of-transparency-effort Obama Administration Helped Kill Transparency Push on Military Aid The U.S. spent roughly $25 billion last year on what’s loosely known as security assistance—a term that can cover everything from training Afghan security forces to sending Egypt F-16 fighter jets to equipping Mexican port police with radiation scanners. The spending, which has soared in […] more…
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