The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's elaborate proposal to update the 30-year-old regulations that govern the fuel economy of U.S. pickups, minivans and SUVs released yesterday may or may not end up make the United States less thirsty for oil.
This paper is an update to an earlier Center analysis entitled, The Bush Administration Rescue Plan for Poland: Shooting Ourselves in the Wallet? and an op. ed. by Roger W. Robinson, Jr. derived from that paper which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on 19 April 1989.
As President Obama prepares to address the nation in his State of the Union address that is expected to include an update on the Affordable Care Act, more Republican leaning states are opting to partner with his administration to provide health insurance benefits to their residents under the health law.