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- 1From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsFederal regional commissions and authorities (hereinafter regional commissions) are congressionally-chartered, federal-state partnerships that seek to address economic distress in their designated regions. The regional...
- 2From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsThe U.S. Constitution establishes a system of dual sovereignty between the states and the federal government. Although the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution designates federal law as supreme to state law, other...
- 3From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsThe line between federal and state authority plays a central role in modern communications law. Rather than fully displacing state law, the Communications Act of 1934 (Communications Act or Act) sets up a dual system of...
- 4From:AEI Paper & StudiesIn 2008, AEI released a comprehensive Public Opinion Study on attitudes about the federal government from the earliest days of polling. This new study updates some of the major trends that appeared in the 2008 report....
- 5From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsFebruary 2, 2021 States and local governments traditionally lead U.S. economic development efforts, with the federal government selectively intervening to address significant need. However, the 2019 Coronavirus Disease...
- 6From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsJune 3, 2020 The field of fiscal federalism studies how to divide responsibilities (including finances) among federal, state, and local governments to improve economic efficiency and achieve various public policy...
- 7From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsThe U.S. Constitution establishes a system of dual sovereignty between the states and the federal government, with each state having its own government, endowed with all the functions essential to separate and...
- 8From:AEI Paper & StudiesEconomic volatility varies substantially across democracies. We study how the difference between federal and unitary systems of government can contribute to such variation. We show empirically that a higher degree of...
- 9From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsOn October 2, 2017, the Supreme Court is to begin its new term. While the Court issued a number of notable decisions during its last full term, Court watchers have largely agreed that, at least compared to recent terms,...
- 10From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsPuerto Rico's financial circumstances, including uncertainty about its ability to service its large public debt, have drawn attention in recent months. As Congress examines Puerto Rico's finances, questions have arisen...
- 11From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsSummary On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Arizona v. United States, ruling that some aspects of an Arizona statute intended to deter unlawfully present aliens from remaining in...
- 12From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsJuly 6, 2007 One of the central, if implicit, themes that runs throughout this report is federalism. That is, while fusion centers were largely established by states, if the federal intent is to create a network of...
- 13From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsSummary The power to prescribe rules as to which aliens may enter the United States and which aliens may be removed resides solely with the federal government, and primarily with Congress. Concomitant to its exclusive...
- 14From:AEI Paper & StudiesKEY POINTS * When it comes to the fight against terrorism, the tip of the spear is America's local government and law enforcement community. Yet the current national security apparatus gives states and localities...
- 15From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsFor most disasters across the nation, the affected local, state, or tribal governments have sufficient capabilities to respond to the incident. However, for disasters with consequences that require unique capabilities or...
- 16From:The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (3rd ed.)Rights guaranteed to the states under the principle of federalism. Under the Constitution, states have considerable autonomy to pass, enforce, and interpret their own laws and to pursue their own public policy programs....
- 17From:AEI Paper & StudiesExecutive Summary Aconsent decree is a judge's order, entered after a voluntary agreement between parties to a law-suit. Unlike an ordinary judgment, which awards relief or dismisses a case and then ends the court's...
- 18From:AEI Paper & StudiesIn most AEI monthly Political Reports, we focus on national issues. But a poll in the Heartland Monitor series from Allstate and National Journal about people's views of their local communities caught our attention, and...
- 19From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964), thirty-first president of the United States, could not halt the severest economic depression in American history because his governmental theories prevented him...
- 20From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsP.L. 114-94, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, was signed by President Obama on December 4, 2015. The act reauthorizes federal highway and mass transit programs through the end of FY2020. It also...