According to a comprehensive report just released by Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee, 1.8 million hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages will reset within the next two years.

FORBES: Subprime Foreclosures On The Rise?

Indeed, the minority staff of Congress' Joint Economic Committee has a study underway, and academics are already churning out papers on the proper tax treatment of pretend online worlds with their own economies and commerce.

FORBES: Taxing Virtual Worlds

About half of American businesses have no terrorism insurance, a shortfall which is a threat to economic growth, according to a report by Congress's Joint Economic Committee, published in May.

ECONOMIST: Is a federal backstop for terrorist insurance necessary?