Heartland Institute
House Investigates Calls for Prosecutions of Climate Skeptics
The Heartland Institute discusses with Chris Horner, the investigation of the Institute for Global Enviornment and Society which recieved taxpayer funds to conduct partisan activity.
Politico
Drone regs attract a little praise, lots of prodding
Politico reports on the FAA's drone regualtions and quotes Marc Scribner on the final rule. Marc Scribner, a transportation expert at the Competitive…
Reuters
“Too Big to Fail” Policy Failing Small Banks: NCPA
Reuters reports on John Berlau's new study for the National Center for Policy Analysis, that explores the failures of the "to big to fail" docrtine and what Congress should…
Daily Caller
Fed Court Upholds EPA Reg That Costs 1,600 Times More Than It Yields In Benefits
The Daily Caller reports on the federal court's decision to uphold the EPA's regulation on mercury emissions from power plants, even though the costs far…
Watchdog.org
The Internet Grinch Tax Threat
Proposals to expand sales tax collection on Internet purchases just won’t go away. And this holiday shopping season—which kicked off with a $3 billion Cyber…
The Blaze
Is Congress About to Expand Govt Surveillance?
The Blaze cites Ryan Radia's work on the inclusion of CISA in the latest Omnibus: The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which already…
News Release
Mercury Power Plant Rule: EPA is not off the hook yet
CEI’s William Yeatman responded to the DC Circuit’s ruling today on the mercury power plant rule: “While today’s unfortunate decision keeps the rule…
Blog
RealClear Radio Hour: The Miracle of New Zealand
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
It was a comparatively slow week for regulations, though agencies still published new rules ranging from bright lamps to train doors. On to the data:…
The Hill
Critics threaten lawsuit over drone registration rules
The Hill discusses the FAA drone regulations with Marc Scribner. The Washington, D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise Institute said Monday the FAA violated federal requirements…
Heartland Institute
Harassment of Scientists Threatens Independent Research, Science Journal Warns
Heartland Institute discusses criticism of biotechnology scientists with Greg Conko. Greg Conko, executive director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, says the attacks on…
USA Today
FAA begins drone registry Dec. 21
USA Today reports on the FAA drone regulations and quotes Marc Scribner on the final rule. Marc Scribner, a transportation expert at the…
The Wall Street Journal
Help the Small and Nimble Get a Start Going Public
Christopher Mims writes that letting ordinary Americans invest in the early stages of high-growth firms “has long been the dream” of equity crowdfunding advocates (“Startup…
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Route to the Future
The Philadelphia Inquirer discusses the efficiency of trolley systems with Marc Scribner. Marc Scribner, research fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based free-market…
WND
‘Climate criminal’ blows whistle: ‘It’s just about the money!’
WND discusses with Chris Horner the agreement written at the UN Climate Summit in Paris. “They’re talking 70-95 percent reductions in this document,” Horner…
Blog
COP-21 Nears Agreement on New Paris Climate Treaty
A third straight night of all-night negotiations will almost certainly end Saturday morning with a new climate deal at COP-21. The Paris Climate Treaty is…
Blog
Things Get Heated at Senate Hearing on Climate Science
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CCAF Asks Supreme Court to Hear Challenge on Duracell Class Action Settlement
Today, the Center for Class Action Fairness petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging an abusive class action practice where trial lawyers pay themselves…
Blog
5 Reasons the COP-21 Meeting in Paris will Fail
A white paper from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is the first comprehensive report by Congress on international climate negotiations, encompassing the United…
Blog
Congressional Committee Favors State-Based Legalization of Online Gambling
Wednesday’s hearing was not good for those hoping to make a case for a national online gambling prohibition. While the House Oversight Committee hearing was supposed…
News Release
CEI Challenges Duracell Battery Class Action Settlement, Files Cert Petition Before U.S. Supreme Court
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed a cert petition before the U.S. Supreme Court asking for review…
Washington Post
How to Keep Fairfax Teachers in the Classroom
The Fairfax County Public Schools system is facing a massive budget shortfall: $72 million for the 2016 school year. With such a large budget deficit,…
Blog
FAST Act Debrief: A Few Policy Notes on the Latest Highway Bill
Last Friday, December 4, President Obama signed into law the FAST Act, which reauthorizes federal surface transportation programs through Fiscal Year 2020 to the tune…
Blog
Ex-Im Is Back from the Dead, Kind of
On Friday, President Obama signed into law a five-year, $305 billion highway bill. Marc Scribner, CEI’s resident transportation expert, has his thoughts on the…
Fox Business
The Federal Government’s Vegetative Universe
Fox Business reports on Wayne Crews' study on the hard-to-detect regulations created by federal agencies, without Congress' approval, and their economic costs. The rules hit…
Blog
Protecting American Workers and Job Creators with the Omnibus
This week, Congress is working against the clock to avert a government shutdown and pass new spending legislation before the current continuing resolution expires on…
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Regulatory Dark Matter
How do regulations get made? Agencies have to follow specific procedures, first outlined in the 1946 Administrative Procedure Act. The trouble is that many agencies simply…
Washington Examiner
Report: Obama admin winning the new regulations race
The Washington Examiner discusses Wayne Crew's report on the thousands of regulations that agencies pass each year. Federal agencies enacted 16 regulations for every one…
Washington Examiner
Congress should reject crony casino-ism
The Washington Examiner reports on CEI's work to oppose the "Restoration of America's Wire Act" (RAWA). Groups like the FreedomWorks, the Competitive…
The Washington Examiner
Congress can rein in NLRB by withholding funds
Congress is facing a looming deadline. It needs to pass a bill by Dec. 11 to fund the government for the next fiscal year and…
WND
How climate deal could actually kill people
WND discusses with Chris Horner's how the climate deal, which causes energy prices to rise, will mean many will die from the cold this winter. Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow…
The Heartland Institute
State Lawmakers Call Foul on Daily Fantasy Football
Heartland Institute discusses with Michelle Minton the impact of regulating and restricting fantasy sports betting. Michelle Minton, a consumer policy fellow at the…
Investor's Business Daily
The Growing Threat Of “Dark Matter” Regulations
Investor's Business Daily reports on Wayne Crews' study on the growing regulatory burden created by executive orders, which are hard to detect. Author…
News Release
Mapping Washington’s Lawlessness: CEI Releases Inventory of How the Federal Government Interferes in Americans’ Lives
Today, the Competitive Enterprise released the first comprehensive report on how the executive branch goes around Congress, the American people, and the Administrative Procedure…
Blog
Deck Stacked at House Oversight Committee Hearing on Internet Gambling
Tomorrow the House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Casino in Every Smartphone – Law Enforcement Implications,” to discuss…
Study
Mapping Washington’s Lawlessness
Wayne Crews writes a preliminary inventory of “Regulatory Dark Matter.”…
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Deflate Drug Prices by Reforming the FDA
This Wednesday, the Senate Select Committee on Aging will hold a hearing on “sudden price spikes” among certain off-patent drugs. The most widely publicized of these…
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COP21: CEI’s Myron Ebell and Chris Horner Branded as Climate Criminals for Threatening Bogus Consensus
A group calling itself Avaaz (“Voice”) has plastered “wanted” posters of seven “climate criminals” on Paris streets and billboards during the COP21 climate negotiations. Avaaz worries that…
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RealClear Radio Hour: Polarizing Media & Intellectual Safety
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
With most of December still to go, the 2015 Federal Register is already the seventh largest ever, going back to 1936. It remains on pace to set the…
Daily Caller
Activists Try To Silence Global Warming ‘Skeptics’ At UN Summit
The Daily Caller reports on the wanted posters that feature climate sceptics, including CEI's Chris Horner, which are posted on the streets of Paris. These signs are created for…
Huffington Post
Paris Plastered with Wanted Posters for ‘Climate Criminals’
Huffington Post discusses the wanted posters of climate skeptics at the UN Climate Conference, which target CEI's Myron Ebell and Chris Horner. The article quotes Myron's response to…
The Daily Caller
A Paris Climate Conference Dispatch
A hearty and collective Bonjour! from Paris, if I may speak for 10,000 functionaries of various governments, 7,000 NGO representatives (you might know them as…
The Blaze
Cronyism to Take Center Stage as Jason Chaffetz Sells out Constitution to Las Vegas Casino Ownder
The Blaze references Michelle Minton on the Wire Act's application to issues other than sports betting, for which it was intended. In 2011,…
Austin American-Statesman
No sports betting should be a crime
If you have watched any football during the NFL season, you probably saw an advertisement for DraftKings or FanDuel. Part of the rapidly expanding industry…
GoGeomatics
FAA Task Force recommends registration for drones over 9 ounces
GoGeomatics references Marc Scribner on the FAA's plan to regulate drones. However, there is considerable doubt that the FAA will be able to…
Blog
Repealed 82 Years Ago, the Spirit of Prohibition Lives On
Tomorrow, December 5, many of us will raise a glass in celebration of Repeal Day—the anniversary of the end of that disastrous experiment of alcohol prohibition…
Blog
COOL Ruling Puts U.S. in the Hot Seat
In a move intended to avoid harmful retaliatory tariffs from Canada and Mexico, five Democratic senators wrote to both majority and minority Senate leaders,…
News Release
Circuit Split Created Over Injunctive Relief in Class Action Lawsuits
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling in a settlement case against Lexis Nexis, setting an unfortunate…
The Washington Times
How to Keep the Internet Free and Innovative
Unless the courts or Congress rein it in, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) might soon transform itself into the Internet Regulation Commission. On December 4,…