Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2011. This week, while the debt ceiling fight remains unresolved and conservatives in Congress ask for more spending cuts without closing tax loopholes, the five Big Oil companies—ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and Shell—posted massive second-quarter profits thanks in no small part to billions in unnecessary subsidies and[Read More…]
Analysis
The Limits of U.S. Assistance to Pakistan
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011. The U.S. decision to defer nearly $800 million in counterterrorism funding to Pakistan in recent weeks was a necessary step, given the ejection of U.S. military trainers from Pakistan, ongoing concerns over the misuse of U.S. aid dollars, and mounting evidence of Pakistani complicity with insurgent[Read More…]
New Data Shows Racial Bias in Police Consent Searches
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2011. An annual report released this month by the Illinois Department of Transportation reveals that Illinois State Police troopers continued to ask motorists of color for permission to search their car without cause at a higher rate than white drivers during 2010. The report documents that the pattern[Read More…]
Republican Budget Plan’s Impact on Medicaid a Threat to Middle Class
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress released a column examining the top 10 reasons why everyday Americans should pay close attention to the House Republican proposal to cut Medicaid. This fact sheet follows a press call and recent report by CAP Senior Fellow Scott Lilly, “The[Read More…]
Racial Disparity in School Funding Is No Myth
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011. This week the Center for American Progress released a new issue brief that debunks a recent backgrounder by Jason Richwine of the Heritage Foundation. Richwine’s report, titled “The Myth of Racial Disparities in Public School Financing,” suggests that public education spending is broadly similar across racial[Read More…]
Historical Defense Cuts and Deficit Reduction
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011. Yesterday, the Center for American Progress released the brief “A Historical Perspective on Defense Budgets: What We Can Learn from Past Presidents About Reducing Spending,” and the accompanying chart comparing topline defense spending by president, demonstrates the ability of past presidents to reduce the deficit while[Read More…]
Supreme Court Ends Pro-Business Term With Important First Amendment Rulings
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. The Supreme Court today ended a 2010 Term marked by big victories for big business with two important free speech decisions reflecting the Court’s expansive view of the First Amendment. Once again wading into the roiled waters of campaign finance reform, the Court struck down Arizona’s[Read More…]
Tax Expenditures Are a Good Choice for Debt Limit Deal’s Deficit Reduction Cuts
Washington, D.C–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2011. Getting rid of the worst tax expenditures as a part of a debt limit deal would improve the efficiency of the tax code while raising much-needed revenue, and could appeal to both sides of the aisle as a useful deficit cutting strategy in the ongoing debt[Read More…]
Decision Time in Afghanistan: Details on Transition Needed
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2011. As Congressional interest in the direction and cost of the war in Afghanistan increases with the impending decision on U.S. troop withdrawal from the White House, the Center for American Progress released the issue brief, “Decision Time in Afghanistan: Obama Administration Needs to Put Details on[Read More…]
Ten Charts that Prove the United States Is a Low-Tax Country
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2011. The United States is a low-tax country. That’s true for individuals and for corporations, and it’s true whether you compare us to other countries or the America of the past. No matter how you slice it the conclusion is the same. Conservatives like to claim that[Read More…]
