WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following Monthly Budget Review for August 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. That amount is $6 billion less than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year. Revenues rose by $154 billion (or 3 percent), and outlays increased by $147 billion (or 2 percent). That comparison is affected by shifts in the timing of certai more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13311) by legislative attorney Hannah-Alise Rogers and health care financing analyst Laura A. Wreschnig: * * * Overview of the 340B Drug Discount Program Congress established the 340B Drug Discount Program in Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sec.256b) through the Veteran's Health Care Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-585) to enable certain safety net health care providers ("covered entities") that serve low-incom more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11480) by legislative attorney Jay B. Sykes: * * * SEC Proposes "Regulation Crypto Assets" On August 18, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a proposed rule that would create a tailored offering and disclosure framework for certain types of crypto assets. In announcing the proposal - titled Regulation Crypto Assets (Reg CA) - SEC Chairman Paul Atkins described it as "the most historic step yet to m more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11479) by legislative attorney Alejandra Aramayo: * * * The Sixth Amendment's Right to Assistance of Counsel and the Risk of Denaturalization: Federal Circuit Courts Are Split Until the Supreme Court decided Padilla v. Kentucky in 2010, immigration consequences of guilty pleas were generally treated by reviewing courts as exempted from the Sixth Amendment's requirement to provide effective assistance of counsel. In Padi more PR