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Feb. 1, 2012

Meeting the Challenge: Stopping the Clock


This is BPC’s fourth report on the most immediate national security challenge facing our nation: Iran’s continued progress towards nuclear weapons capability.

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Transforming Health Care: The Role of Health IT

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Jan. 27, 2012
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Despite the introduction of IT to nearly every other aspect of modern life, the U.S. health care system remains largely paper-based.

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Shale Gas: New Opportunities, New Challenges

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Jan. 19, 2012
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Reaping the full economic and environmental benefits of an expanded U.S. gas resource base requires building public confidence that shale gas resources will be developed in a safe and environmentally sound manner.

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Letter to the Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction from Debt Reduction Task Force Co-Chairs Domenici and Rivlin

"As was stated in the hearing, all of the witnesses, and indeed all of the members of the BPC Debt Reduction Task Force, concluded that both increased revenues and outlay cuts will be necessary to contain the nation’s rising public debt. Because the Task Force recognized that fact, we spent considerable time developing a fundamental tax reform package, which we believe would meet three essential criteria: increase revenue, stimulate economic growth, and distribute the additional burden according to the ability to pay.

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Letter to Senators Barbara Boxer and James Inhofe, Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

"Over the last three years, the National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP) of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has urged that Congress, in developing legislation to authorize the nation’s surface transportation programs, establish the basis for a true performance-based program, implementing principles of national goals, outcomes, and accountability.

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