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Five Canards About Job-Killing Regulations ArticleOct 21, 2011

Among the regulations that conservatives claim are killing jobs are those on the interstate transportation of invasive foreign snakes, like the Burmese python, shown here. (Flickr/<a href=

Five Canards About Job-Killing Regulations

Kristina Costa and Michael Linden point out the absurdities in conservative arguments that regulations are holding back our economy, not lack of demand.

Oct 21, 2011

Kristina Costa, Michael Linden

Infographic: House Appropriations Bill Ignores the Other 99 Percent ArticleOct 13, 2011

Infographic: House Appropriations Bill Ignores the Other 99 Percent

New appropriations bill eliminates funding for programs that struggling families need, write Donna Cooper and Melissa Boteach.

Oct 13, 2011

Donna Cooper, Melissa Boteach

Administration Should Seize Momentum on U.S. Open Government “Action Plan” ArticleSep 21, 2011

President Barack Obama addresses the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly on September 21, 2011. The president pushed for nations to embrace open government. (AP/Richard Drew)

Administration Should Seize Momentum on U.S. Open Government “Action Plan”

Gadi Dechter recommends that the Obama administration move on its recent initiatives after urging the U.N. General Assembly to "harness the power of open societies."

Sep 21, 2011

Gadi Dechter

Conservative Health and Safety Bull’s Eyes by the Numbers ArticleSep 12, 2011

PPL's Brunner Island, a three-unit coal-fired power plant, is seen in York Haven, Pennsylvania. Seven out of the 10 regulations on the GOP’s hit list are intended to fulfill the requirements of the Clean Air Act. In addition to preventing 2 million premature deaths between 1990 and 2010 alone, the Clean Air Act gives all Americans the luxury of breathing without smog masks. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Conservative Health and Safety Bull’s Eyes by the Numbers

House conservatives’ claim that 10 rules are preventing job growth falls apart when you look at the numbers, writes Kristina Costa. But the consequences are clear.

Sep 12, 2011

Kristina Costa

Destroying Our Infrastructure and Our Construction Industry ArticleAug 31, 2011

Construction crews work on building a runway as part of the O'Hare International Airport expansion plan in Chicago. (AP/Jim Prisching)

Destroying Our Infrastructure and Our Construction Industry

Donna Cooper details why legislation to fund airport construction and safety as well as federal highway repairs and construction face unconscionable elimination in Congress.

Aug 31, 2011

Donna Cooper

The Choices Still to Be Made in the New Debt Deal ArticleAug 10, 2011

El Presidente Barack Obama, con el Presidente de la Cámara de Representantes John Boehner de Ohio, toman parte en una reunión con el liderazgo del Congreso en la Casa Blanca en Washington. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Choices Still to Be Made in the New Debt Deal

Donna Cooper and Seth Hanlon detail what millionaires will gain and what many other Americans will lose if the recent debt deal is concluded without addressing revenues.

Aug 10, 2011

Donna Cooper, Seth Hanlon

Making More, Contributing Less ArticleAug 4, 2011

The final budget deal struck this week won't ask America’s millionaires to contribute a single dime. That’s unfortunate because they certainly can afford it. Not only have their incomes been skyrocketing but their tax rates have plunged over the last two decades. As a percentage of their incomes, millionaires are now paying about one-quarter less of their income to federal taxes than they did in the mid-1990s. (iStockphoto)

Making More, Contributing Less

Seth Hanlon mines IRS data to show how millionaires, entirely spared by this week’s debt limit deal, are also enjoying 26 percent lower tax rates than in 1995.

Aug 4, 2011

Seth Hanlon

Increasing the Impact of Federal and State Funds for Water Infrastructure ArticleAug 2, 2011

The EPA estimates that over the next 20 years, more than $600 billion in water system infrastructure improvements will be necessary. But state drinking and clean water revolving loan funds subsidize a portion of the project costs by offering low-interest loans to water authorities and water companies for these improvements. (iStockphoto)

Increasing the Impact of Federal and State Funds for Water Infrastructure

Donna Cooper and Jordan Eizenga offer a three-step blueprint for state revolving loan funds for maximizing clean and safe water infrastructure investment.

Aug 2, 2011

Donna Cooper, Jordan Eizenga

Let It Flow ArticleAug 2, 2011

Funding model and investment strategy innovations pioneered by New York and Connecticut provide a roadmap for the country as it faces a critical and growing safe drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funding gap. (iStockphoto)

Let It Flow

Donna Cooper and Jordan Eizenga urge policymakers to encourage other states to follow New York’s lead in applying modern portfolio management strategies to their revolving loan funds—which could mean more badly needed water infrastructure improvements.

Aug 2, 2011

Donna Cooper, Jordan Eizenga

Agricultural Subsidies ArticleJul 27, 2011

In this October 6, 2010 file photo, corn is harvested near Union, Nebraska. (AP/Nati Harnik)

Agricultural Subsidies

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 that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.

Jul 27, 2011

Gadi Dechter

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