Reports
States of Change: Demographic Shifts and the Future of the Trump Coalition
In the 2016 election, an unorthodox candidate put together an unexpected coalition of states to win the Electoral College while losing the popular vote. As the nation’s demographics change, questions remain about whether this coalition can hold together for Republicans in 2020 and beyond.
Evidence Use in Congress
In Evidence Use in Congress, a two-volume report, BPC considers the challenges faced by the legislative branch in using evidence, and offers potential solutions for more readily using evidence to inform key decisions.
Evidence Use in Congress: Options for Charting a New Direction
Through a two-volume report, Evidence Use in Congress, BPC describes the challenges and offers options for improving the use of evidence in the legislative branch. Volume 2 presents 19 options that aim to align the use of evidence in Congress with its institutions, practices, and norms.
Advancing Innovation, Competition, and Access to Therapeutic Antibodies through Patent Policy
Delivering on the promise of therapeutic antibodies requires policies that not only encourage investment in research and development but also ensure these therapies will be accessible to patients.
Evidence Use in Congress: Challenges for Evidence-Based Policymaking
Evidence Use in Congress: Challenges for Evidence-Based Policymaking, the first of a two-volume report, outlines three types of barriers facing congressional use of evidence for designing programs, budgeting, and oversight: perception, institutional, and systemic.
Leading with Nutrition: Leveraging Federal Programs for Better Health
BPC’s 13-member task force to explore strategies for promoting healthy nutrition through public programs and policies related to food and health released specific recommendations focused on strengthening and improving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Digital Counterterrorism: Fighting Jihadists Online
In the battle against jihadist terrorism, the digital world is the new ungoverned territory. To prevail, governments will have to deny jihadists the ability to operate securely in these digital realms.
Evidence in the 2019 Trump Budget
The annual release of the president’s budget provides insight into the administration’s policy priorities, including how the Trump administration might use evidence for policymaking in the upcoming year.
Stabilizing the Individual Insurance Market: What Happened and What Next?
BPC’s Future of Health Care Initiative examines how to stabilize the individual health insurance market in light of major recent changes by the Trump administration and Congress.
Presidential Evidence Initiatives
The evidence initiatives over the past 20 years suggest that future initiatives aimed at improving government’s effectiveness can certainly be better.