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CRS

CRS

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A US agency that gives research and advice to Congress
  • proper noun
translation icon : Servicio de Investigación del Congreso
  • For example, with regard to health care exchanges, the CRS found:
  • the Congressional CRS
  • CRS research
  • CRS report

Examples

  • As the Congressional Research Service (CRS) explained in December:

    Blog text (7)

  • The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has discovered something very curious: the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Congress's research child, has suddenly become very interested in patent trolls.

    Blog text (4)

  • According to the CRS report, "current US military aid grants to Israel represent 18.2% of the overall Israeli defense budget."

    Blog text (11)

  • In a 2010 report, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) found that the US energy industry has been the fastest growing consumer of water in recent years.

    Blog text (4)

  • In response to a request from the Senate Budget Committee, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) reported that federal welfare spending reached three-quarters of a trillion dollars last year.

    Blog text (29)

  • "We find the calculation used in... the NAM study to be flawed, even if the specific sanctions were fairly characterized, which is not always the case," CRS concluded.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Ranking Member Sessions and the minority staff of the Senate Budget Committee requested from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) an overview of cumulative means-tested federal welfare spending in the United States in the most recent year for which data is available (fiscal year 2011).

    Blog text (22)

  • The CRS provides vital information to lawmakers to help them make informed decisions.

  • According to the CRS, the proposed legislation could significantly impact public health.

  • The Congressional Research Service is known for its unbiased analysis of complex issues facing Congress.

Surface Forms

CRS main

Etymology

CRS stands for the Congressional Research Service, formed from the first letters of that name for a U.S. office that gives facts and studies to lawmakers. So the CRS helps members of Congress by providing clear, neutral 'research' to inform decisions.