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The Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 105th Congress (1997)

Contents
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Cato Handbook for Congress
  1. Introduction (10 pp, 98Kb)


  2. Restoring Civil Society (10 pp, 183Kb)


  3. Congress, the Courts, and the Constitution (28 pp, 366Kb)


  4. The Delegation of Legislative Powers (14 pp, 145Kb)


  5. Term Limits and the Need for a Citizen Legislature (10 pp, 942Kb)



Controlling the Budget

  1. Downsize the Domestic Budget and Cut Taxes (10 pp, 448Kb)


  2. The 1998 Defense Budget (8 pp, 215Kb)


  3. Pentagon Pork (8 pp, 204Kb)


  4. Corporate Welfare (8 pp, 119Kb)


  5. Replace the Tax System (8 pp, 194Kb)


Federal Agencies: The Abolition Agenda

  1. Department of Education (10 pp, 132Kb)


  2. Special-Interest Departments: Commerce and Labor (8 pp, 96Kb)


  3. Department of Energy (8 pp, 170Kb)


  4. Cultural Agencies (10 pp, 126Kb)


  5. Costly Agencies (16 pp, 176Kb)


The Growing Threats to Civil Liberties

  1. Civil Liberties in America (14 pp, 158Kb)


  2. The Expanding Federal Police Power (12 pp, 117Kb)


  3. Restrictions on Political Speech (8 pp, 114Kb)


  4. Freedom on the Internet and Other Computer Networks (14 pp, 105Kb)


  5. Broadcasting (14 pp, 94Kb)


  6. Terrorism (12 pp, 113Kb)


  7. The Omnibus Powers of Federal Law Enforcement (8 pp, 134Kb)


Domestic Policy

  1. Social Security (10 pp, 111Kb)


  2. Health Care (10 pp, 139Kb)


  3. Welfare Reform (8 pp, 107Kb)


  4. Urban Policy (14 pp, 337Kb)


  5. A Federal Privatization Agenda (10 pp, 138Kb)


  6. Crime (8 pp, 97Kb)


  7. Immigration (6 pp, 193Kb)


Regulation

  1. Regulatory Reform: No Silver Bullet (8 pp, 93Kb)


  2. Financial Services (8 pp, 123Kb)


  3. Food and Drug Administration (6 pp, 139Kb)


  4. Telecommunications (8 pp, 93Kb)


  5. Postal Service (20 pp, 99Kb)


  6. Labor Relations Law (12 pp, 142Kb)


  7. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (8 pp, 160Kb)


  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (8 pp, 137Kb)


  9. Transportation (8 pp, 158Kb)


  10. Antitrust (10 pp, 192Kb)


Energy and Environment

  1. Electricity Deregulation (10 pp, 158Kb)


  2. Environmental Protection (8 pp, 195Kb)


  3. Environmental Health Risks (14 pp, 101Kb)


Foreign and Defense Policy

  1. NATO Expansion (20 pp, 137Kb)


  2. The Balkan Thicket (12 pp, 84Kb)


  3. Reducing the Risk of Terrorism (14 pp, 115Kb)


  4. Persian Gulf Policy (8 pp, 82Kb)


  5. Toward a New Relationship with Japan (10 pp, 118Kb)


  6. Dealing with a Resurgent China (6 pp, 158Kb)


  7. Weaning South Korea (10 pp,130Kb)


  8. Cuba (8 pp, 125Kb)


  9. The United Nations (8 pp, 119Kb)


International Economic Policy

  1. Trade (10 pp, 109Kb)


  2. Unilateral Sanctions (12 pp, 108Kb)


  3. Trade and Human Rights (10 pp, 95Kb)


  4. Rethinking the International Drug War (8 pp, 137Kb)


  5. Foriegn Aid and Current Lending Fads (10 pp, 126Kb)


  6. Miltilateral Lending Agencies (10 pp, 123Kb)


  • Contributors (4 pp, [an error occurred while processing this directive]b)