The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. CONGRESS

A House committee approves changes to federal fuel economy standards.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: General Counsel Sakm Kazman on how fuel economy regulations cost lives on the road.

2. HEALTH

ABC hypes the broadcast of its avian flu disaster film, Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Former Journalism Fellow Michael Fumento on why we shouldn’t panic about a bird flu pandemic.

3. BUSINESS

Boeing hires federal judge J. Michael Luttig as its head lawyer.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Journalism Fellow Timothy Carney on Boeing’s continuing fight for government subsidies.

4. ENERGY

The House Appropriations Committee approves an amendment calling on the government to implement a mandatory cap on greenhouse gas emissions.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellows Iain Murray and Marlo Lewis, Jr. on the problem with capping emissions.

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