Legislative Watch

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

The Babies We’re Not Having

Newdatafrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what demographers have been watching with growing alarm: American women are having fewer children than ever before. The U.S. fertili...

2026-04-16

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

China’s Dual-Use Ambitions Could Severely Threaten America’s Force Posture

While the world’s attention has been elsewhere, Beijing appears to be quietly weaponizing critical infrastructure across the South Pacific.Under the guise of commercial development, Chinese state-owne...

2026-04-15

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

They Were Supposed To Leave the Church. Instead, Gen Z Is Packing It

Was your church packed on Sunday? Well, of course it was. It was Easter, and the world is full of C&E Christians: people who flock to services on Christmas and Easter, but sleep in late most Sundays.A...

2026-04-15

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Defense Primer: U.S. Space Force

March 11, 2024 – April 17, 2026IF12610 The U.S. Space Force is the sixth branch of the Armed Forces, established under the Department of the Air Force (DAF) with the enactment of the National Defe...

2026-04-17

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

China’s Naval Buildup Exposes U.S. Shipbuilding Gaps and Fleet Weakness

China has unleashed a decades-long naval-building program unlike any in modern times. Beijing has done this on the back of a commercial shipbuilding industry, nurtured and rapidly expanded after its e...

2026-04-15

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

The Security Environment in the Middle East

Middle EastRegional OverviewThe Middle East has long been an important focus of U.S. foreign and security policy. U.S. security relationships in this strategically important region at the intersection...

2026-04-15

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How Sudan’s Economic Collapse Creates an Opening for China

Sudan’s prolongedcivil waris a humanitarian disaster that’s left 400,000 people dead and11 milliondisplaced. The conflict has crippled the country’s economy, leaving some questioning the long-term via...

2026-04-15

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Social Security Administration (SSA) Staffing Levels by State or Area: Data Brief

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency in the executive branch headed by the commissioner of Social Security. It is responsible for administering Social Security and Supplem...

2026-04-17

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Social Security Nears the Cliff. Will Americans Be Thrown Over?

The long-promised bankruptcy of Social Security is coming into view, with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warning checks could be automatically cut by 20% in just six years.Will we spend our gol...

2026-04-15

Claremont Institute CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Chimping Out

For the second time in recorded primatology, a civil war has been observed between chimpanzees.

2026-04-15

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: FY2026

September 3, 2025 – April 17, 2026R48694 The U.S. government supports a broad range of scientific and engineering research and development (R&D). Most of the R&D funded by the federal government i...

2026-04-17

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

NIH Grants Policy Under the Second Trump Administration

December 11, 2025 – April 17, 2026IF13131 Since President Trump took office on January 20, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—...

2026-04-17

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

S. 3527, Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 4, 2026

2026-04-16

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

H.R. 7632, Strategic Hybrid Activities Defense and Operations for the West Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 26, 2026

2026-04-16

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

H.R. 7677, Closing the Provider Fraud Gap Act of 2026

As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 6, 2026

2026-04-16

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Legislation considered under suspension of the Rules of the House of Representatives during the week of April 20, 2026

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives announces bills that will be considered under suspension of the rules in that chamber. CBO estimates the effects of those bills on direct spending a...

2026-04-16

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China’s 15th Five-Year Plan: S&T and Economic Priorities

On March 12, 2026, the legislature of the People's Republic of China (PRC or China) approved China's 15thFive-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (FYP) (2025-2030) and the Outline o...

2026-04-16

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U.S.-Mexico Trade Relations

April 9, 2019 – April 16, 2026IF11175 The 119thCongress is engaged in a range of legislative and oversight activities related to trade policy toward Mexico, which in 2025 was the largest U.S. trad...

2026-04-16

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Coins and Medals Celebrating the Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

September 15, 2021 – April 16, 2026IF11926 On July 4, the United States celebrates the anniversary of the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence with a federal holiday called Independence...

2026-04-16

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Biometric Technologies and Global Security

March 8, 2021 – April 16, 2026IF11783 Biometric technologies use unique biological or behavioral attributes—such as DNA, fingerprints, cardiac signatures, voice or gait patterns, and facial or o...

2026-04-16