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Wayne Crews of CEI Responds to President Trump’s Executive Order on Regulations
“Regulations have compounded for decades with very little rollback ever taking place, so President Trump’s executive order requiring agencies to identify two regulations for elimination,…
Reason.com
Trump’s Executive Order on Regulations Is Welcome, But More Is Needed
Reason.com discusses President Trump’s executive order on new regulations with Wayne Crews. Still, rolling back federal regulations in a meaningful way will require…
Foundation for Economic Education
The Epic Failure of the Government Gas Can
Part of living on Earth is mowing its grass and performing outdoor chores. Last International Earth Day, while the Globe held hands and celebrated Gaia…
Wall Street Journal
How the House Will Roll Back Washington’s Rule by Bureaucrat
The Wall Street Journal highlights Wayne Crews’s annual study on the costs of federal regulations. In President Obama’s final year the Federal Register…
Library of Law and Liberty
Regulatory Reform: A Few (Not So) Easy Pieces
Library of Law and Liberty discusses midnight regulations from the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. Yes: you can dismiss REFORM as starry-eyed. It…
Forbes
Donald Trump’s 100 Day Executive Action Agenda
New presidents emphasize 100-day priorities, but president-elect Donald J. Trump likely has a 100-minute agenda. An early post-election action instructed transition managers to “develop…
Newsmax
Trumponomics Differs From Reaganomics
Newsmax highlights Wayne Crews’s study on the decline of federal regulation during the Reagan administration. Deregulation. Pages within the Federal Register, the official daily…
Forbes
Obama’s Legacy: Here’s A Raft Of Executive Actions Trump May Target
It’s president Barack Obama’s last week. Is the American left ready to consider reining in executive power yet? Coming to terms with the bipartisan stake…
The Hill
It’s time to enact regulatory relief for credit unions and consumers
The Hill quotes Wayne Crews’s research on the cost of federal regulations from his annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. The impact of excessive…
Washington Examiner
9.7 billion hours required to complete 1 year of federal paperwork
Washington Examiner speaks with Clyde Wayne Crews on how many hours it took Americans to fill out and compleate federal paperwork in 2015. …
Blog
13,953 Human Lifetimes Spent Annually on Federal Paperwork (2017 Edition)
The burden of federal government paperwork now takes up 9.778 billion hours a year.
Forbes
A CES Takeaway: Don’t Fear Robots And Artificial Intelligence–Fear Politicians
Maroon 5 keeps popping up on my Pandora stations, so artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning still have a ways to go. Even if AI…
InsideSources
Congress Should Get Ready to ‘SCRUB’ Regulatory Rulebooks
InsideSources highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated cost of federal regulations from his annual study. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the cost of complying with…
Investor's Business Daily
Putting An End To Obama’s Economy-Destroying Regulatory Siege
Investor’s Business Daily highlights Wayne Crews’s research on last-minute federal regulations from the Obama administration. As he heads for the exits, Obama is…
Washington Times
Protective press refuses to call President Obama a ‘lame duck’
The Washington Times reports on Wayne Crews’s research on the number of federal regulations issued in 2016. So how many new regulations did…
Forbes
The U.S. Economy In 2017: Welcome Higher Growth
Forbes highlights Wayne Crews’s study on the number of federal regulations passed under the Obama administration. Today, there is less uncertainty in politics.
Blog
The 2017 Unconstitutionality Index: 18 Federal Rules for Every Law Congress Passes
Federal agencies in 2016 issued 18 rules and regulations for every law Congress passed.
Breitbart
Obama Oversees Year of Mass Regulation, Record 97,000 Pages of Red Tape
Breitbart highlights Wayne Crews’s report on the number of regulations passed during the Obama administration. President Barack Obama’s administration has added record levels…
Washington Times
Obama Sets A Record For Red Tape in 2016
The Washington Times discusses regulation under the Obama administration with Clyde Wayne Crews. Clyde Wayne Crews, CEI’s vice president for policy, said Republicans…
Washington Examiner
Obama unleashes 3,853 regs, 18 for every law, record 97,110 pages of red tape
Washington Examiner discusses regulation under the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. The proof that it was an overwhelming year for rules and regulations…
Daily Caller
Agencies Issued 18 Regs For Every Law Congress Passed In 2016
The Daily Caller discusses Wayne Crews’s report comparing the Obama administrations regulations to laws that Congress passed in 2016. Executive branch agencies under…
The Hill
Pruitt’s confirmation as EPA chief essential to restoring balance of power
The Hill highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated cost of regulations. Regulatory overreach is not a new threat to the constitutional separation of powers and…
The Hill
New President, New (Anti-)Red Tape Agenda
Federal regulators issue thousands of regulations every year. Decrees range from the Environmental Protection Agency’s gargantuan Clean Power Plan and “Waters of the United States”…
Forbes
Obama White House Releases Final Cost Of Regulation Report
The day before Christmas Eve, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the 2016 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits…
Forbes
Coal In The Stocking – Obama Regulatory Rulebook Breaks Record By 13,000 Pages
When I was a kid, Dad always told my sister and me that if Santa Claus caught us awake on Christmas Eve, he’d put pepper…
Reason.com
For Trump And Icahn, Experts Say Regulatory Reform Should Be More Than a Numbers Game
Reason.com discusses regulatory reform under the Trump administration with Wayne Crews and Kent Lassman. To get below the surface, Trump’s team could look…
Washington Times
One Obama executive order that makes sense
The Washington Times discusses regulations from the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. In retrospect, it’s easy to surmise that Mr. Obama’s executive order…
The Hill
Trump plots two-for-one assault on Obama regs
The Hill discusses with Wayne Crews a plan from President-elect Donald Trump that would eliminate two regulations for every new rule issued. It’s unclear…
Brietbart
A Better ‘Pledge’: Congress Shall Make No Law
When I think of a “Pledge” I’m reminded of my fraternity days and being hazed and lightly humiliated. House Republicans are offering their “Pledge to…
Brietbart
The Paul Ryan Vice Presidential Choice And The Other National Debt
No matter Mitt Romney’s running-mate candiate selection, cable news saturation of America for a couple days would have been and will be inevitable. Especially when…
Blog
Federal Register Breaks Record by 10,000 Pages
Today standing at 91,642 pages, the Federal Register is 10,000 pages higher than the prior all-time record.
Washington Examiner
Obama legacy: Most red tape in history, 35 days still left
Washington Examiner speaks with Clyde Wayne Crews on this year's record-breaking Federal Register's page count. According to regulation watcher Clyde Wayne Crews of…
Study
First Steps for the Trump Administration: Rein in the Regulatory State
View full document as PDF President-elect Donald Trump has instructed members of his transition team to “develop a list of executive actions…
CNBC
Get ready for Republican rush of regulation rollback
CNBC discusses the Obama era regulations that the Trump administration could get rid of with Wayne Crews. But now, thanks to the Trump's…
Fox News
VIDEO: Obama focusing on regulatory footprint before end of term
Forbes
Donald Trump Promises To Eliminate Two Regulations For Every One Enacted
President elect Donald Trump, in a new video covering the transition and policy for the first 100 days, promises to get rid of regulation on…
The Washington Times
Republicans prepare to repeal regulations as Obama racks up record
The Washington Times discusses a regulatory record set by the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. The president is piling up the red tape…
Forbes
Obama White House Releases Its Final Regulatory Agenda
The White House has published the Fall 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. It’s appearing the weekend before Thanksgiving — yet…
Investor's Business Daily
What’s Really Doable In Trump’s First 100 Days?
Investor's Business Daily discusses rolling back regulation of the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. In the past eight years, Obama has imposed a…
Blog
Obama’s 2016 Federal Register Just Topped Highest Page Count of All Time
Well that didn’t him take long. President Barack Obama’s Federal Register, the daily depository of rules and regulations, added 572 pages today, and stands at…
Washington Examiner
Obama sets new record for regulations, 527 pages in just one day
Washington Examiner discusses the Obama administration's record breaking regulation year with Wayne Crews. President Obama has just set a new record for rules…
Breitbart
Obama Sets Record, Slams Washington with 527 Pages of Regulations
Breitbart discusses the Obama administration's record breaking regulatory year with Wayne Crews. Obama shattered his old record with the November 17 release, according…
The Washington Free Beacon
Obama Breaks Record for Most Pages of Regulations in Single Year
The Washington Free Beacon discusses Obama's regulatory record breaking year with Wayne Crews. Obama broke his previous 2010 record of 81,405 pages worth…
WND
Obama sets new record for regulations: 527 pages in 1 day
WND speaks with Wayne Crews on President Obama's record-breaking regulatory year. President Obama on Thursday set a record for the most pages of…
Forbes
Obama’s Midnight Regulations To Get Increased Scrutiny From Congress And Trump
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and other Republican leadership members just sent a letter to Obama administration regulatory agency heads telling them to…
Wall Street Journal
Reversing Rule by Regulation
President Obama spent his final six years in office—and especially the last two—governing largely by executive fiat. He issued executive orders, and his administrative…
The Wall Street Journal
Reversing Rule by Regulation
President Obama spent his final six years in office—and especially the last two—governing largely by executive fiat. He issued executive orders, and his administrative state…
Blog
Federal Register Tops 80,000 Pages, 3rd Highest Ever Count
Today’s Federal Register added 572 pages, and stands at 80,562 pages for 2016.
Science Magazine
Trump and next Congress could quickly erase scores of major regulations
Science Magazine speaks with Clyde Wayne Crews on recent significant rules that Congress should consider repealing. One conservative analyst, Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
Forbes
Donald Trump And The 115th Congress Could Get Rid Of These 140 Obama Regulations
Many observers are weighing in on the rules and regulations that a new Trump administration might be inclined to eliminate. The Hill, for example, compiled…