Washington Examiner
The Wire Act was Already Restored
In his April 24 op-ed, lobbyist Jon Bruning presented several alternative facts about our nation’s gambling laws and history. The most egregious error was…
News Release
CEI’s John Berlau Warns Trump Against Return to Glass-Steagall Banking Restrictions
President Trump said on Monday in a Bloomberg News interview that he was considering breaking up America’s biggest banks. “I’m looking at that right now,”…
Litigation
Kumar v. Salov North America Corp., et al.
On May 2, 2017, CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an objection on behalf of a class member to the proposed settlement in Kumar v.
New York Times
Fact-Checking President Trump Through His First 100 Days
The New York Times reports on President Trump highlighting CEI’s estimated cost of regulation from Wayne Crews’ annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. During…
Reason.com
Trump’s First 100 Days: At Least He Picked Some Good People to Run Things
Reason.com discusses the FCC’s broadband privacy rule with Ryan Radia. Trump and Congress teamed-up to use the Congressional Review Act 13 times during…
Reuters
Environmental Protesters Swarm Outside White House as Trump Hits Milestone
Reuters discusses the impact of the People’s Climate March with Myron Ebell. Since Trump’s inauguration, there have been national protests focused on issues…
Bloomberg BNA
EPA Science Policies Go Under Congressional Microscope
Bloomberg BNA discusses with Marlo Lewis two bills setting limits on the science driving Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Industry advocates, however, say the…
Blog
Democrats Kill Vape Amendment, Possibly Thousands of Americans
It is a dark day for science-based regulation. In the early hours of Monday morning, Congress finally rolled out its $1 trillion budget deal in…
Letters
CEI Leads Coalition Supporting Working Families Flexibility Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write in support of the Working…
Forbes
New Trump Executive Order Seeks To Boost Agriculture And Rural America
“My farmer died.” —Punchline to the old joke about why a USDA employee is weeping at his desk The ratio of number of farmers…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
While most of the week’s new final regulations are either routine or procedural, they still range from rural phone calls to airplane batteries.
Blog
Trump Issues Executive Order on ‘America-First Offshore Energy Strategy’
President Trump issued an executive order on Friday directing the Departments of Interior and Commerce to “encourage energy innovation, exploration, and production” in U.S. offshore areas including…
Blog
Double Dose of Good News from D.C. Circuit Court
In a double dose of good news, the D.C. Circuit Court this week put on hold litigation surrounding two major Obama-era EPA rules for existing…
Blog
White House Debate on Paris Climate Treaty Heats Up
Senior members of the Trump Administration met on Thursday afternoon to try to agree on a recommendation to President Trump on whether and how to…
News Release
CEI Welcomes Court Delay of EPA’s Ozone Rule
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration’s request to delay litigation in a case over an Obama-era ozone rule, while the Environmental…
Blog
Technology and Process Failures at TSA
The Transportation Security Administration has a history of tripping over itself to rush out technologies that are ill-considered and invasive.
Citation
VIDEO: Marlo Lewis Discusses the Paris Climate Treaty on One America News
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Financial CHOICE Act
Blog
March for Climate Another Demonstration of Groupthink
Trump threatens the climate industrial complex by questioning its certitudes, demoting its policy priorities, and proposing to cut its budget.
The Spectator Australia
“Buy Ethical” Will Only Harm the World’s Poorest
For the past four years, Baptist World Aid Australia have been releasing their annual Behind the Barcode report into the working conditions of…
Forbes
Reform Bill Trades Foreign Aid For Corporate Welfare
A new foreign aid bill soon to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives looks to substitute U.S. development assistance in favor of private…
News Release
Another Step in the Right Direction, Court Suspends Clean Power Plan Case
It's time for the Clean Power Plan to be brought within the bounds of the law.
Blog
People’s Climate March: Recycled Humor for a Sustainable Society
We're recycling our March for Science jokes from last week for tomorrow’s People’s Climate March, with a few additions.
Politico
No Obamacare vote this week
Politico’s Morning Money highlights John Berlau’s review of President Trump’s first one hundred days in office. TRUMP IN REVIEW — CEI’s John Berlau:…
Blog
The Future of Liberty and Democracy in Europe
The classical liberal tradition calls for respecting the liberty of individuals and of conscience, the freedom to trade goods and services, and even the mobility…
Investor's Business Daily
World Bank And IMF Get African Development Wrong, Again
It’s springtime in Washington D.C., which, for the uninitiated, means not only cherry blossoms and Nationals’ baseball, but the spectacle of the World Bank’s and…
Townhall
Restoring Archaic Law Bad for States and Taxpayers
Townhall highlights a coalition letter led by CEI opposing a regulation on online gambling. In fact, a coalition of free market groups led…
InsideSources
Senate Confirms Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick
InsideSources highlights CEI’s coalition letter’s estimation of regulatory costs from the Department of Labor. Those opposed to the last administration also hope the…
Washington Free Beacon
Acosta Is New Secretary of Labor
The Washington Free Beacon discusses the confirmation of Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary with John Berlau. Conservative legal experts urged Acosta to act…
Daily Caller
White House Aides Huddle To Discuss Breaking A Trump Campaign Promise
The Daily Caller discusses withdrawing U.S. commitment to the Paris Climate Treaty with Myron Ebell. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) launched a second…
Daily Signal
Congress Asked to Eliminate $270 Million a Year in Solar Subsidies
The Daily Signal discusses the impact of net metering with William Yeatman. “Net metering threatens the stability of electricity grids by depriving them…
National Review
Trump’s 100 Days Have Made a Good Start on Regulation
National Review highlights Wayne Crews’ calculated cost of regulation from his annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. While a regulatory improvement commission would help…
Consumer Reports
How Consumer Financial Protections Could Be Rolled Back
Consumer Reports discusses removing the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with John Berlau. Supporters of the current structure, in which the…
Daily Caller
Congress Asked To Eliminate $270 Million A Year In Solar Subsidies
The Daily Caller discusses the impact of net metering with William Yeatman. “Net metering threatens the stability of electricity grids by depriving them…
NPR
Energy Star Program For Homes And Appliances Is On Trump’s Chopping Block
NPR discusses the EPA’s Energy Star program with Myron Ebell. Another critic is Myron Ebell, a climate change skeptic with the Competitive Enterprise…
Scientific American
One Big Legal Obstacle Keeps Trump from Undoing Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Scientific American discusses removing the EPA’s endangerment finding with Myron Ebell. The rule’s fundamental power is exactly why Pruitt has to remove it,…
Vox
Trump’s FCC Chair Just Declared War on Obama’s Net Neutrality Rules
Vox discusses the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality rules with Ryan Radia. Now, surprisingly, Republicans like Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the chair of…
News Release
CEI Priorities for New Labor Secretary Acosta
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Alexander Acosta to head the U.S. Department of Labor. CEI experts on labor and financial policy, respectively, offered their thoughts…
Blog
Reason TV Interviews Ajit Pai on the Future of the Internet
Blog
Time to Repeal Special Interest ‘Prevailing Wage’ Laws
If Congress passes a massive infrastructure spending plan, it is imperative to ensure the best rate of return for tax dollars spent on these projects.
Forbes
New Trump Executive Orders Spotlight Interior And Education ‘Regulatory Dark Matter’
Executive orders and proclamations expanding the scope of Washington over the nation’s business characterized much of the Barack Obama presidency. The former president himself–not just…
Washington Times
Trump Advisers Propose Declaring Obama’s Climate Deal A ‘Treaty,’ Sending It To Senate To Die
The Washington Times reports on White House advisors meeting on the Paris Climate Treaty and the ideas of CEI’s Christopher Horner and Marlo Lewis discussed. …
Blog
Five Reasons President Trump Should Withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement
President Trump should keep his campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty and submit it to the Senate with a recommendation against ratification.
Blog
Reviewing Trump’s First 100 Days
This Saturday, April 29th, marks President Trump’s 100th day in office, which offers us the opportunity to reflect on what his administration has accomplished so…
Blog
Activist Attorneys General Urge Trump to Stay in Paris Agreement
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday, Schneiderman and 13 other Democratic attorneys general urged President…
Blog
An Overdue Review of the Antiquated Antiquities Act
Kudos to President Trump for signing the Antiquities Act executive order today directing Interior Secretary Zinke to undertake the long overdue review of the misuses and…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Urging Missouri Governor to Champion Public Sector Union Reform
View Full Document as PDF Dear Governor Greitens, In your first month in office, Missouri joined a growing majority of states to…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging for Modernization of Tobacco Control Act
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter to McMorris Rogers Supporting USA Act
Letters