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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 20157min
Why a Popular, Bipartisan Email Privacy Plan Stalled in Congress
A House bill that would require warrants for government access to personal and business emails attracted more than 300 co-sponsors as well as support from technology giants like Google. But the measur...
14 Dec 20156min
Deal-Cutting to Fund the Government Keeps Congress Working Overtime
The House and Senate couldn't finish their legislative year by a self-imposed Dec. 11 deadline. That means a handful of lawmakers will have to make crucial decisions about spending and taxes while a t...
11 Dec 20158min
Why the Paris Climate Talks Resulted in Few Binding Agreements
A two-week United Nations conference in Paris on climate change is coming to a close, and while the agreements that emerge carry moral and political weight, they won’t be legally binding. That’s just ...
10 Dec 20158min
A Tempest Over Biofuel Use
The Environmental Protection Agency tried to strike a compromise setting mandates for the use of ethanol and other renewable fuels next year. But the balancing act has instead angered both supporters ...
4 Dec 201510min
Year-End Government Spending Battle Ripens
The days are ticking down on the legislative calendar and the big unresolved business in Congress is a giant spending bill that’s supposed to keep government agencies running in 2016. Republicans and ...
4 Dec 20157min
