Policy
How a Bill Really Becomes Law, Step by Step
Committees, amendments, two chambers and a signature: the full path a proposal must travel before it is a statute.
Henrik Larsen · April 3, 2026
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.
Policy
California Trade Grows 7.3% as Partners Shift
Tariffs, negotiations and a war in the Persian Gulf have rerouted the state's commerce rather than shrunk it.
Henrik Larsen · March 29, 2026
Policy
How Tariff Revenue Actually Flows Into the Federal Budget
Customs collects the duty at the border, Treasury books it, and Congress spends it — three separate steps that are easy to blur.
Henrik Larsen · March 23, 2026
Policy
How Cost-Benefit Analysis Shapes U.S. Rules
Since 1981, every economically significant federal regulation has carried a price-benefit ledger — and the 2023 rewrite of the government's manual changed how every entry is counted.
Valentina Sokolov · March 17, 2026
Policy
How the Federal Register Turns Rules Into Law
Published every working day since 1936, the Federal Register is the single legal newspaper where every proposed and final federal rule must appear to exist.
Valentina Sokolov · February 25, 2026