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Grants: Congressional Research Awards

December 14, 2009
DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than February 1, 2010.
Tags: Democracy, Legislative bodies, United States

Calderon and Congress Reach Agreement on 2010 Budget

November 18, 2009
Mexican President Calderon received a boost for his 2010 budget on November 15, with the lower house of Congress approving a 3.18 trillion pesos (US$243.9 billion) government spending package, according to Bloomberg Press. The Congressional finance committee approved a budget bill that shifted 96.6 billion pesos from Calderon's original proposal to education, infrastructure, agriculture, health and social programs. The bill received 437 votes in favour and 25 opposed.
Tags: Budget, Economics, Finance, Legislative bodies, Mexico, Taxation

Investing in a Smart Grid and Cap-and-Trade

November 2, 2009
President Obama's recently announced Smart Grid Investment Grant awards will provide $3.4 billion for clean energy reform through the $787 billion stimulus act. "We are building a smarter, stronger and more secure electric grid," Mr. Obama said. According to The New York Times, when combined with other private and public investments, it is estimated that "the program will invest more than $8 billion into modernizing the nation's power grid."
Tags: Climate, Competitiveness, Energy, Environment, Executive bodies, Legislative bodies, Regionalism, States, Taxation, Technology and Development, Trade, United States

Parliament and Government: Partners and Adversaries

October 15, 2009 9:00 am - October 17, 2009 5:00 pm at Osgoode Hall Law School, 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Canada M3J 1P3
Event sponsored by the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law
Tags: Canada, Democracy, Elections, Executive bodies, Judicial bodies, Legislative bodies, Politics

Mexico's stability at risk

July 15, 2009
The Economist, The Gazette Over the past decade Mexico might not have enjoyed explosive economic growth, but it has achieved something equally valuable. As it has transited rather painlessly from seven decades of rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party to a competitive democracy, the country has discovered a new stability. Read the full story From: Newscan: For July 10 to July 16, 2009
Tags: Corruption, Democracy, Economics, Legislative bodies, Mexico

Mexico’s Midterm Elections and the Future of Democracy

July 10, 2009 12:00 pm - July 10, 2009 2:00 pm at Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Event Details The Mexico Institute is pleased to invite you to a discussion on Mexico's midterm elections and its implications for the nature and future of Mexican democracy. Featuring: José Antonio Crespo, Professor and Researcher, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE), Mexico CityJeffrey Weldon, Professor, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico City On July 5, Mexicans elected the five hundred members of the Chamber of Deputies, six governors, and hundreds of mayors and local legislators throughout the country
Tags: Civil Society, Democracy, Elections, Legislative bodies, Mexico

Health Care Reform: Should We Expand Our Public Plan?

July 9, 2009 10:00 am - July 9, 2009 11:30 am at Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC
Event Summary*This event is now closed to further registration. Media may contact Gladys Arrisueño for additional information at 202.797.6477.* With high health care costs and the large number of uninsured, many Americans are ready for fundamental changes. Congress has already appropriated money for health information technology designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the current system.
Tags: Economics, Health, Legislative bodies, Technology and Development, United States

Mexico's Elections and the Deepening Crisis of Political Legitimacy

July 6, 2009
By Kent Paterson On July 5, nearly 77.5 million Mexicans will be eligible to cast ballots for a new federal Congress and local governments in some states. The big issue hanging over this year's election is whether many people will even bother to vote, and how many of those who do turn out will cross out their ballots or opt for write-in candidates. See the article online at http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6233
Tags: Civil Society, Democracy, Elections, Executive bodies, Legislative bodies, Mexico

Cleaner Energy, At What Cost?

July 3, 2009
The cap-and-trade bill introduced by House Democrats Waxman and Markey, formally known as "The American Clean Energy and Security Act", passed the House last Friday by a 219-212 vote. The bill, a priority for President Obama, faced many hurdles from both the Democrats and Republicans and will face greater scrutiny in the Senate. If the Senate rejects the bill, it will not bode well for the upcoming Kyoto talks in Copenhagen.
Tags: Agriculture, Climate, Competitiveness, Corporations, Environment, Executive bodies, Legislative bodies, Taxation, United States