Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
by Alex Engler “I expect we’re either going to see a bit of an acceleration of payroll jobs, or we’re going to see the unemployment rate go back up.” That is former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Keith Hall, who would not be surprised to see a rise in the unemployment rate resulting from […]
by Alex Engler Last month, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced an updated version of the DISCLOSE Act, legislation aimed at improving transparency in campaign-related spending. Senator Whitehouse’s attention is certainly warranted. Right now, corporations and labor unions can unload their treasuries into independent expenditures. Super PACs and traditional PACs are operating under the same roof. […]