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Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 106th Congress (1999)

Contents
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Cato Handbook for Congress
  1. Introduction (9 pp, 32 kb)


  2. Limited Government and the Rule of Law (10 pp, 37 kb)


  3. Congress, the Courts, and the Constitution (25 pp, 82 kb)


Urgent Action Agenda

  1. Social Security (10 pp, 39 kb)


  2. Fundamental Tax Reform (18 pp, 73 kb)


  3. Restrictions on Political Speech (11 pp, 39 kb)


  4. Corporate Welfare (6 pp, 23 kb)


  5. The Year 2000 Bug (8 pp, 30 kb)


Government Reform

  1. The Delegation of Legislative Powers (9 pp, 33 kb)


  2. Term Limits and the Need for a Citizen Legislature (12 pp, 42 kb)


Federal Agencies: The Abolition Agenda

  1. Department of Education (9 pp, 39 kb)


  2. Departments of Commerce and Labor (7 pp, 27 kb)


  3. Department of Energy (11 pp, 41 kb)


  4. Cultural Agencies (8 pp, 30 kb)


  5. Costly Agencies (7 pp, 26 kb)


Threats to Civil Liberties

  1. The Expanding Federal Police Power (5 pp, 21 kb)


  2. The Ominous Powers of Federal Law Enforcement (9 pp, 34 kb)


  3. Privacy and Private-Sector Databases (7 pp, 27 kb)


  4. Encryption and Wiretapping (4 pp, 18 kb)


  5. Electronic Free Speech (6 pp, 25 kb)


  6. Property Rights and Regulatory Takings (17 pp, 60 kb)


  7. Tobacco and the Rule of Law (10 pp, x kb)


  8. The War on Drugs (8 pp, 30 kb)


Domestic Policy

  1. The Federal Budget (37 pp, 144 kb)


  2. Health Care (10 pp, 35 kb)


  3. Welfare (5 pp, 23 kb)


  4. Child Care (6 pp, 25 kb)


  5. Privatization (11 pp, 40 kb)


  6. Tort Reform (7 pp, 27 kb)


Regulation

  1. Regulatory Reform: No Silver Bullet (8 pp, 31 kb)


  2. Banking and Financial Services (7 pp, 27 kb)


  3. Postal Service (8 pp, 30 kb)


  4. Labor Relations Law (10 pp, 37 kb)


  5. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (9 pp, 38 kb)


  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (10 pp, 36 kb)


  7. Transportation (9 pp, 35 kb)


  8. Unemployment Insurance (8 pp, 29 kb)


  9. Third-Party Certification (8 pp, 29 kb)


  10. Antitrust (7 pp, 29 kb)


  11. Telecommunications (8 pp, 32 kb)

Energy and Environment

  1. Electricity Deregulation (7 pp, 26 kb)


  2. Environmental Protection (13 pp, 44 kb)


  3. Environmental Health Risks (9 pp, 33 kb)


  4. Global Warming (12 pp, 160 kb)


Foreign and Defense Policy

  1. U.S. Security Strategy (6 pp, 26 kb)


  2. The Defense Budget (7 pp, 28 kb)


  3. Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction (9 pp, 34 kb)


  4. Problems with the New NATO (7 pp, 27 kb)


  5. The Balkan Thicket (11 pp, 39 kb)


  6. Cuba (8 pp, 32 kb)


  7. Reclaiming the War Power (8 pp, 33 kb)


  8. Adjusting to Nuclear Proliferation (9 pp, 33 kb)


  9. Asian Defense Commitments (8 pp, 32 kb)


  10. Reforming the United Nations (7 pp, 28 kb)


International Economic Policy

  1. Trade (9 pp, 35 kb)


  2. Trade Sanctions (9 pp, 33 kb)


  3. Immigration (11 pp, 41 kb)


  4. International Financial Crises and the IMF (9 pp, 36 kb)


  5. Economic Policy toward China (9 pp, 33 kb)


  6. The International War on Drugs (9 pp, 35 kb)


  7. Foreign Aid and Economic Development (10 pp, 52 kb)