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Don’t Let Freight Economy Run off the Rails
Julia Kantor and Donna Cooper urge Washington policymakers to support a strong American industry where small public investments become major economic gains.
Buy America Works
Sam Ungar and Donna Cooper explore how a new website used by the highway agency makes it easier to ensure that recovery funds flow almost entirely to American companies and workers—and urge other Department of Transportation offices to follow the FHWA’s lead.
The Tax Gap
This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts and targeted investments that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.
Employment Weakness Calls for Stronger Transportation Bill
Donna Cooper explains how a current proposal to reduce federal spending on badly needed roads improvement will also be a drag on employment—at the worst possible time.
Energy
This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts and targeted investments that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.
Tax Ex-Spend-Itures
Seth Hanlon explains how the debt limit debate underway in Washington isn’t really about spending versus taxes, as conservatives claim—it’s about whether conservative lawmakers are willing to put wasteful tax code spending on the chopping block.
Health Care
The latest in a weekly series from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency, not gut essential services.
Good News on Deficit Reduction
Seth Hanlon and Michael Linden are delighted conservatives in Congress may agree that $1 trillion in tax subsidies can be cut to reduce federal spending.
Access to Evidence
Report
New practices can help millions of Americans access the legal assistance they need.
Grounds for Objection
Report
A significant number of people are unable to afford legal assistance, a serious problem for both litigants and courts, writes Joy Moses.
When Second Best Is the Best We Can Do
Report
We must keep pressing for more lawyers while doing everything we can to make the courts less impenetrable for people who struggle to use them without legal representation.
The Justice Gap
Report
Congress should help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Legal Services Corporation to better serve civil legal aid programs.
Procurement
This is the latest in a weekly series from CAP's Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency, not gut essential services.
Reviewing What Works
The Center for American Progress has developed a performance review process that helps the government undertake a systematic review of spending programs and tax expenditures.
Don’t Close Open-Government Sites
Pratap Chatterjee reports on how slashed funding for important transparency initiatives risks harming government efficiency.