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The House Appropriations Committee Surveys & Investigations Staff and the Arc of Congressional Competence

open access: yesLegislative Studies Quarterly, Volume 51, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This article follows the arc of congressional competence through the development and decline of the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) Surveys & Investigations (S&I) staff, an enduring oversight unit whose investigations were unobserved by design. S&I was quietly reorganized out of existence in December 2024. Why? What, if anything, is lost?
Matthew Dull
wiley   +1 more source

Putatively Adaptive and Genome‐Wide Genetic Variation Often Rank Populations as Similarly Distinctive

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 15, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Identifying which populations within species to prioritize to maintain genetic diversity is challenging. Due to its direct connection to current patterns of adaptation and presumed connection to adaptive capacity, some researchers advocate prioritizing adaptive variation.
Avneet K. Chhina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 2083-2097, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
wiley   +1 more source

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