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Report: Obama’s ‘Fiduciary Rule’ Harms Middle Class Investors
The Obama Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule will devastate middle class investors by blocking access to investment choices and guidance for their 401(k)s and IRAs,…
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CEI Responds to TSA’s Final Rule on Airport Body Scanners
Today the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a final rule on the agency’s use of body scanners in direct response to CEI’s court victory…
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CEI Responds to GMU Professor’s Alleged Illegal Funding
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CEI Attacks the DOT Ban on Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes
CEI fellow Marc Scribner said: The Department of Transportation’s decision to ban electronic cigarettes on commercial flights has less substance to it than the…
Blog
Barack Obama as FCC Chairman
The saga of executive branch overreach continues, and we got a twofer today. The House Judiciary Task Force on Executive Overreach held a hearing this…
CapX
Today’s Free Trade: Not Free and Not Trade
This Thursday, the US Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on “Lessons from the past” in implementing free trade deals. There’s a lot to…
Bloomberg BNA
Subway Foot-Long Sandwich Settlement Approved
Bloomberg BNA reports on Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Subway class action lawsuit settlement over measurements of their footlong sandwiches. The…
Federal News Radio
Pressure mounts on official time as bill moves to House floor vote
Federal News Radio discusses with Trey Kovacs a bill that requires Office of Personnel Management to submit reports on official time. Trey Kovacs, policy…
Study
The Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule for Dummies (But Not the Dummies They Think We Are)
Whether you're a portfolio manager or an everyday investor you should learn how the fiduciary rule can affect you.
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RealClear Radio Hour: Millennial Politics & Choice
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DC Streetcar Opens as a Monument to Morally Bankrupt Urban Planning
On Saturday, February 27, the DC Streetcar finally opened its 2.2-mile stretch on H Street and Benning Road N.E. Years delayed and for a cost…
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UnChartered Cronyism: The FCC’s Attempts to Block Cable Merger
When you hear about “crony capitalism,” what comes to mind? The Export-Import Bank? The ethanol mandate? Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Tax credits and loan…
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
As the 2016 Federal Register passed the 10,000-page mark, new regulations cover everything from salmon to wine. On to the data: Last week, 67 new final regulations…
Bloomberg BNA
FLSA Litigation’s Greatest Hits: Taking Care of Business, and Working Overtime
Bloomberg BNA discusses the Department of Labor's proposed overtime rule with Trey Kovacs. Trey Kovacs, a labor policy expert at the Competitive Enterprise…
Daily Caller
Feds: Here’s Another HUGE Problem With Green Energy
The Daily Caller discusses the unreliability of green enery with Myron Ebell. “The intermittency of renewable sources of electricity is already threatening reliability…
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Opening Briefs Filed in Case Challenging EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules for Existing Power Plants
The opening briefs (here and here) for the petitioners in West Virginia et al v. EPA—the lawsuit challenging the EPA’s greenhouse gas rule for existing power…
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Ethanol Mandate Is Immortal Unless Congress Repeals It
In last week’s Texas presidential primary debate, one of the candidates opined that he did not need to call for repeal of the Renewable Fuel…
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Minimum Wage: The End of Teenage Work Experience?
A new report from JP Morgan Chase & Co. finds that the summer employment rate for teenagers is nearing a record low at 34 percent. The…
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The One Year Anniversary of Net Neutrality
In the pen and phone era, one of the many examples of the descent into arbitrary lawmaking influencing an entire sector of the economy is…
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NLRB Undercuts its Own Employees’ Rights
If the NLRB cannot respect the rights of its own employees, is it really capable of governing all private-sector labor relation disputes?…
Daily Caller
Discredited Silent Spring is Still Being Taught in College Classrooms
The Daily Caller discusses with Angela Logomasini the impacts of anti-pesticide alarmism as perpetuated by "Silent Spring." “‘Silent Spring'” had huge cultural and political impacts, so…
Daily Caller
Obama Owes His Success To What Other Dems Are Trying To Destroy
The Daily Caller reports on how raiding minimum wage will decrease work for teenagers and discusses how youth will miss out on important skill learning…
Daily Caller
Utah’s E-Cigarette Tax ‘Boggles The Mind’ And Could Prevent Smokers Quitting
The Daily Caller discusses the potential unintended consequences of Utah's push to raise the tax on e-cigarettes with Michelle Minton Raising the vaping age…
Daily Caller
Dem Lawmaker: Trade In That Mercedes For A Tesla, Your Life Will Improve
The Daily Caller discusses green energy subsidies with William Yeatman. “Cheap gas is inimical to the green energy business (and all other competitors),” William…
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The Supreme Court Should Hear the Appeal of EPA’s Chesapeake Bay TMDL Rule
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether it will hear an appeal to overturn the latest outrageous power grab by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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New Poll Numbers Paint a Fascinating “Portrait of America”
During a presidential campaign, pollsters ride high. Despite perennial criticism, “horse race”–style campaign reporting nevertheless keeps political junkies glued to Twitter, awaiting the latest…
Daily Caller
MIT: Green Energy Can’t Work Unless You Tax Everything
The Daily Caller reports discusses renewable energy with Myron Ebell and William Yeatman. “Windmills, solar panels, and ethanol could not compete with coal,…
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The Speech Sen. McConnell Should Give about Supreme Court Vacancies
In a Washington Post op-ed, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) staked out an early position against…
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Up in the AIRR, Part 2: Unmanned Aircraft Systems
To date, CEI’s analysis of the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act (H.R. 4441) has largely focused on proposed air traffic control reforms, which CEI…
Letters
CEI Joins 20 Organizations Opposing Carbon Tax
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Majority Whip Scalise: We write to collectively voice our support for House Concurrent Resolution 89, expressing…
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Why and How Congress Should Fight the President’s Climate Treaty Power Grab
President Obama claims the recently adopted Paris Agreement on climate change is not a treaty but rather an executive agreement—a pact he can approve…
JD Supra
BakerHostetler 2015 Year-End Review of Class Actions
BakerHostetler cites CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's case in their 2015 Class Action Fairness Year-End Review. Second, in December, the Competitive Enterprise…
Daily Caller
PA School District Spent $1.3M Taxpayer Dollars on Union Salaries
The Daily Caller cites Trey Kovacs study on the costs of "official time" for the federal government and taxpayers. The practice also exists…
Heartland Institute
GAO: Small Banks, Credit Unions Hurt by Dodd-Frank
The Heartland Institute discusses Dodd-Frank with John Berlau. John Berlau, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, says consumers are objectively worse…
Heartland Institute
Critics Say House FOIA Reform Bill Would Reduce Government Secrecy
The Heartland Institute speaks with Sam Kazman on FOIA reform. Dozens of groups across the political spectrum advocating for open-government reforms have called…
News Release
Congress Must Act Now to Stop the Paris Climate Treaty
Contrary to President Obama's assertions, the COP-21 Paris climate agreement is a treaty and should be submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent.
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Big, bloated government
The Pittsburg Trib cites Wayne Crews's study on the federal regulatory state. It gets worse. Clyde Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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Sharing Economy in the AFL-CIO’s Crosshairs
The AFL-CIO is meeting in San Diego to shape its policy initiatives for the upcoming year. One increasingly popular type of work arrangement is…
Study
The Paris Climate Agreement Is a Treaty Requiring Senate Review
Why and How Congress Should Fight President Obama’s Power Grab…
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Utah’s Disastrous War on Electronic Cigarettes
Despite the fact that tobacco products kill nearly half a million Americans each year, it is vaping products—which help people quit smoking—that have become a…
NPR
Revived Streetcars May Be On Track For Disappointment
NPR's All Things Considered discusses the problems with streetcar systems with Marc Scribner. "This isn't really a mobility enhancing technology," says Marc Scribner, a research…
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Up in the AIRR, Part 1: Passenger Facility Charge Modernization
To date, CEI’s analysis of the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act (H.R. 4441) has focused on proposed air traffic control reforms, which CEI strongly…
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RealClear Radio Hour: Ed Latimore & Ted Frank
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OCR’s Evasive Letter to Sen. Lankford about Colleges and Title IX
An agency can disregard logic and jump to conclusions when it imposes legal mandates outside the notice-and-comment rulemaking process, since it never has to address…
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
It was a short work week in Washington due to George Washington’s Birthday, also known as President’s Day. Even so, federal agencies still published new…
Washington Examiner
No Fun in Australia
The Washington Examiner features Michelle Minton's research on the regulatory burden in Australia as a warning to the US. Michelle Minton for the…
Washington Times
Clean Power Plan reset sought after emails show collaboration bewteen EPA, greens
The Washington Times discusses emails obtained through CEI's FOIA request with Chris Horner. The emails, obtained by E&E Legal, the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Washington Times
Obama says he’s not a ‘big government’ liberal
The Washington Times cites CEI's study on the size of the Federal Register. But last year was a record-setting year for the Federal…
National Review
Authority? We Don’t Need No Stinkin Legal Authority!
The National Review discusses Hans Bader's blog post on the Office for Civil Rights's letter to Senator James Lankfrord. Much to the annoyance…
Daily Caller
Here’s How The EPA Could ‘Nationalize’ A Foreign Car Company
The Daily Caller discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's reach into the automobile industry with William Yeatman. “If the report is true, EPA is…