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Ten Thousand Commandments 2013

By Clyde Wayne Crews

The scope of federal government spending and deficits is sobering. Yet the government's reach extends well beyond taxation and spending. Federal regulations cost hundreds of billions—perhaps trillions—of dollars every year over and above the costs of the official federal outlays that dominate the policy debate.
A Big Day for Transparency on Capitol Hill

By CEI Staff

Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee took a brave and principled stand for transparency on Thursday when they boycotted a vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to be EPA Administrator.
Small Business Owners Sue Over IRS Obamacare Power Grab

By Christine Hall, Sam Kazman

A group of small business owners in six states today are suing the federal government over an IRS regulation imposed under the Affordable Care Act that could force them to pay exorbitant fines or cut back employees’ hours.
E-Verify Mandate Is Costly for Businesses and Workers

By David Bier

As Congress revisits immigration reform, one aspect deserves close attention: electronic employment verification. Both the White House’s leaked draft legislation and the Senate’s proposed bill would make E-Verify mandatory for most newly hired employees.
Facts on the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743, formerly S. 336)

By Jessica Melugin

As the Marketplace Fairness Act winds its way through Congress, lawmakers should, at the very least, take into consideration concerns raised by opponents. That is only prudent, especially since Congress has never held a hearing on the bill or markup of its previous incarnations.

Daily Update

- Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne wrote in a recent column that if true small-government, libertarian policies are the best way to organize society, then why doesn’t a single country on Earth embrace this framework.

- CEI is pleased to announce that Deidre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the recipient of CEI’s prestigious Julian L. Simon Memorial Award.

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