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5.25.07: THIS WEEK FROM THE CENTER

Pain in the Gas Pain in the Gas
Summertime Driving Blues

Volatile gasoline prices are wreaking havoc on household finances.
Caught Off Guard Caught Off Guard
Security and the National Guard Report examines overuse and outlines solutions for the Guard's future.
Your Pain, Their Gain Your Pain, Their Gain
Gas Prices Mean Big Profits for Oil

The oil industry turns economics on its head, passing off costs to consumers.
Public Supports Immigration Reform A Necessary First Step
Cassandra Butts on Immigration

The compromise bill is far from perfect, but amendments could do the trick.

THE WEEK AHEAD

HEALTH CARE: Release of a new report showing how health care information technology can play a key role in improving processes of care and quality of care.

ENERGY: Release of a report outlining a regulatory approach for driving new coal technology that can capture and sequester carbon emissions before they are released into the atmosphere.

COLOMBIA: Release of two bilingual reports from The Americas Project: "Colombia at a Crossroads: The U.S. and Colombia Can Break Cycles of Violence and Repression" and "Colombia and the United States at a Crossroads: A Conversation with President Alvaro Uribe."

OPEN GOVERNMENT: Scott Lilly on how wasteful and corrupt federal contracting not only increases the amount that taxpayers fork over, but also compromises the quality of services that we receive.

CAMPUS PROGRESS: Part two in a series on a soldier who went to Afghanistan and came back a conscientious objector and a crib sheet on CAP's new Middle East Initiative.

AND MUCH MORE...

POLICY CORNER

A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half

Fueling a New Farm Economy

A Return to Competitive Contracting

TALKING POINTS
From the Action Fund

The Assault on Reason
May 21

Necessary First Step
May 22

Goodling Testifies
May 24

A Compromised Bill
May 25

UPCOMING EVENTS

Global Warming and the Future of Coal
May 22

America in the World
June 21

CAP IN THE NEWS

Podesta: Change the Rules, Change the Future
Grist.org

Weller: Mortgage Market Troubles May Be Knocking
San Francisco Chronicle

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