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Policy: Laws, Rules and Impact

Assessment of what governments spend, tax and regulate, measured against the objectives stated when each measure was introduced. Sources include budget offices, program evaluations and comparable schemes abroad. For officials, evaluators and analysts who need the counterfactual as well as the reported outcome.

Assessment of what governments spend, tax and regulate, measured against the objectives stated when each measure was introduced. Sources include budget offices, program evaluations and comparable schemes abroad. For officials, evaluators and analysts who need the counterfactual as well as the reported outcome.

Policy

How State Preemption Laws Override City Rules

When a city ordinance collides with state statute, the state wins under the supremacy clause of state constitutions — and legislatures have used that lever aggressively.

Valentina Sokolov · September 17, 2026
City council members voting during a crowded public hearing
Policy

The Budget Reconciliation Process, Explained

Reconciliation lets a simple Senate majority rewrite taxes and entitlement spending with limited debate and no filibuster — through a gate the Byrd rule guards.

Valentina Sokolov · June 18, 2026
Senate chamber voting board during a late-night amendment session
Policy

How Federal Rulemaking Actually Works, Step by Step

Every major U.S. regulation travels the same legal assembly line set out in the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946, and each station on that line is public record.

Valentina Sokolov · June 10, 2026
Citizens reading and drafting public comments at a library computer terminal