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$1.02 Trillion in Medicaid Obligations Did Not Disappear. They Moved.
When Washington divests a function, the obligation travels. The Decoupling Record follows it to fifty state balance sheets and the households inside them.
thomas barrett
2 hours ago1 min read
Did Your Member of Congress Pass a Law of Their Own? Most Did Not.
One question, asked of all 535 voting members of the 119th Congress: did anything you wrote become law under your own bill number. No score, no grade, no curve.
thomas barrett
2 hours ago1 min read
Not One of the 46 Committees of the 119th Congress Published a Goal Anyone Can Check
The Capture Index puts four audit questions to every committee of the 119th Congress. On the first one, all 46 fail.
thomas barrett
2 hours ago1 min read
19,249 Bills Were Introduced in the 119th Congress. 113 Became Law Under Their Own Number.
Six-tenths of one percent. The Legislative Accountability Filter maps the thirteen stages where the rest disappear, and who controls each decision.
thomas barrett
2 hours ago1 min read
This Old Auditor: Complete Series Index
Three investigations, nineteen parts. Each one here with its finding and a citation handle, so a reader can quote the exact piece.
thomas barrett
4 hours ago3 min read
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