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Preview of Room to Grow: A Series
A Crisis Of Confidence Americans worry they may not achieve the American Dream and are even more skeptical their children will. The crisis of confidence is understandable. From public K-12 schools that...
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Reforming Student Loan Repayment Programs
The Challenge Rising college costs mean rising student loan debt; in 2013, students at four-year colleges graduated with an average of $28,400 in student loan debt. Recently, concern has grown about...
View ArticleAn End-Of-Summer Solutions Refresher
As the hot summer days wind down and to help you plan for the fall, we thought you may want a quick, refreshing recap of proposals we have published through our Solutions Center. Since the launch of...
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A Practical Approach To Advancing Regulatory Reform
The Challenge Nearly every conservative economic plan includes a proposal to restrain runaway regulations, and for good reasons. Regulatory overreach hurts economic growth, raises costs for families,...
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Encouraging America’s Energy Revolution & Creating High-Paying Jobs
The Challenge Chronic energy scarcity and dependence were once defining features of our politics and economy; now, what’s been called “the energy revolution of the 21st century” promises long-term...
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Cutting Red Tape To Help Build American Infrastructure
The Problem Physical construction projects, like the building of new factories, pipelines, broadband cables, energy plants, etc., are important drivers of American economic growth. These projects shore...
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Requiring Cost-Benefit Analysis For All Regulations
The Challenge Conservatives, with good reason, are quick to note the excessive costs of federal regulations: depressed economic growth, stagnating wages, and higher costs for families. The American...
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Addressing America’s Epidemic Of Opioid Addiction
The Challenge The United States is suffering an epidemic of opioid addiction. Prescription drug abuse and heroin addiction are tearing apart families and communities, and the staggering statistics are...
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Helping Seniors And Our Nation
The Challenge The retirement of the baby boom generation creates a number of challenges for our nation. From an economic perspective, skilled workers who contribute to our nation’s economic growth are...
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Modernizing The Unemployment System To Reflect Today’s Workforce
The Challenge There has been much debate about the rise of the so-called “gig economy” where individuals work as freelance employees, often utilizing online platforms and marketplaces, like Uber, to...
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Updating Health Savings Accounts
The Challenge Rising health care costs and changes in the structure of insurance have resulted in American families facing ever-rising out-of-pocket expenses. A recent study by the Kaiser Family...
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Helping Low-Income High School Students Access College-Level Courses
The Challenge Under current federal policy, low-income high school graduates can utilize federal Pell grants to pay for the cost of remedial, high school-level courses at a college or university....
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Ensuring Impartial Application Of The Law
The Challenge If you are one of the approximately 50,000 veterans in the last year who appealed a Department of Veterans Affairs decision before a Veterans Law Judge, you might have assumed the judge...
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The Appropriations Endgame
How Conservatives Can Influence How Billions of Dollars Will Be Spent and Prevent the Expansion of the Bureaucratic State With the conclusion of the FY 2016 appropriations process pending, many...
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Full Business Expensing To Spur Economic Growth And Raise Wages
Frustrated by the pace of the current economic recovery? Concerned that stagnant wages are just the new normal? Wondering what policymakers can do about it? One contributing factor to the economy’s...
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Protecting Individuals’ Liberty Through Criminal Justice Reform
Did You Unknowingly Commit a Crime Today? The Challenge In 2009, civil-liberties lawyer Harvey Silvergate published “Three Felonies a Day,” a book in which he argues that, because of the proliferation...
View Article23 Questions CRN’s Solutions Center Has Answered
Last year, CRN launched its Solutions Center, a forum in which we highlight challenges confronting America’s families and provide principled, practical policy solutions. From education to health care...
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Encouraging Charitable Giving While Simplifying Tax Season
The Challenge It happens every December: Americans are flooded with last-minute, end-of-year appeals for charitable donations. Donors are urged to give before the end of the year so they can deduct...
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Expanding Apprenticeship Programs
The Challenge Too often discussions regarding education and skills training are boiled down to one of two choices: go thousands of dollars into debt to pursue a four-year college education or stop...
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Ensuring Continued Broadband Innovation
The Challenge Today around 80 percent of Americans live in a household with high-speed Internet, and nearly two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone. The explosion in Internet access has enabled...
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