CRS reports, or a break from elections

Despite the fact that much of the country is considering the vote to cast for the nominees for President, there still is other stuff going on in politics. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress's request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern. This week brings us CRS reports on the China, economic stimulus, elections, and much more. While these reports are in the public domain there is no central database available to the public. To get a copy of a CRS report you can request it from your Senator or Representative. This list is compiled from CRS reports discovered by Secrecy News and OpenCRS:

• China's Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy
• Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
• Future of the Balkans and U.S. Policy Concerns
• Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy
• Pakistan-U.S. Relations
• North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
• Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe
• Freedom of Information Act Amendments: 110th Congress
• The U.N. Population Fund: Background and the U.S. Funding Debate
• Does the Army Need a Full-Spectrum Force or Specialized Units? Background and Issues for Congress
• Comparison of the House and Senate 2007 Farm Bills
• America COMPETES Act: Programs, Funding, and Selected Issues
• The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications
• Engineered Nanoscale Materials and Derivative Products: Regulatory Challenges
• China's Sovereign Wealth Fund
• Tax Cuts for Short-Run Economic Stimulus: Recent Experiences
• Taiwan's Legislative Elections, January 2008: Implications for U.S. Policy
• What is a Recession, Who Decides When It Starts, and When Do They Decide?
• Pakistan's Scheduled 2008 Election: Background
• Georgia's January 2008 Presidential Election: Outcome and Implications
• Sovereign Wealth Funds: Background and Policy Issues for Congress

Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports back to 1916.

Not on campus, but still want access to additional reports? The library has a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.