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Financial Regulation and Payments Update: July 31, 2015
Last week saw the fifth anniversary of Dodd-Frank and there was a great deal of commentary from opponents of the act, not least from us…
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A Primer on Expected EPA Climate Rules
In 2010, during the 111th Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid shelved a cap-and-trade bill because too many Democrats opposed the bill during caucus meetings. And during…
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Environmental Disaster: The Renewable Fuel Standard
View PDF here The bipartisan disaster called the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has all the usual characteristics of bureaucratic central planning: It…
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CEI Joins Coalition to Support Right-to-Work Protections in Missouri
No individual should be forced to financially support an organization with which they disagree or risk penalty. However, in Missouri and 24 other states, private-sector…
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CEI Joins Coalition to Support Right-to-Work Protections in Missouri
No individual should be forced to financially support an organization with which they disagree or risk penalty. However, in Missouri and 24 other states, private-sector…
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Missouri Tax Dollars Finance Union Political Activity
As Thomas Jefferson wrote, the constitution created a "wall of separation between church and state." An equally impenetrable wall of separation should be erected to…
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The FTC Targets Apple Music: Part I
When launching a new product, the goal is to create excitement, as any company will tell you. But Apple’s newly launched music streaming service, Apple…
Watchdog.org
San Antonio police, researcher trade shots over ‘release time’
The Watchdog.org cites CEI`a Trey Kovacs on the Texas union “release time” benefits: A critic of union “release time” is sticking by his…
The Boston Herald
Feds go too far
The Herald was right to criticize the Obama administration’s recently imposed “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” rule (“Fed housing overreach,” July 19). It wrongly seeks to…
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EPA’s Clean Power Plan Overreach
Could the Clean Power Plan make the EPA an Electricity Czar? …
News Release
CEI on REINS Act – Fixing Regulation Without Representation
Today the U.S. House of Representatives are voting on the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. For years, Competitive Enterprise Institute’s…
The Heartlander
Heartland Institute Joins Coalition Opposing Internet Sales Tax Bill
The Heartlander cites CEI`s Jessica Melugin on the internet sales tax: Jessica Melugin, an adjunct fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, says RTPA…
The Washington Free Beacon
Clinton Climate Plan Winners Include Supporters’ Clients, Employers
The Washington Free Beacon cites CEI`s William Yeatman on Clinton’s plan to dramatically boost U.S. solar power production: John Podesta, the center’s founder,…
Forbes
The Problem With The White House Threat To Veto The REINS Act
The House this week, and later the Senate, will take up legislation to require that Congress approve all big federal agency regulations, those with $100…
Watchdog.org
Missouri tax dollars subsidize union activism
Taxpayers expect their government to spend tax dollars only on activities that benefit the public. But in Missouri, public employers at nearly every level of…
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Ten Weak Reasons to Support Ex-Im
Rep. Carolyn Maloney supports reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, whose charter lapsed on June 30. She recently took to the Huffington Post to give 10 reasons to…
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Bastiat Society Rallies Business Leaders Together
My venerable colleague Fred Smith and I just returned from the Hoosier State, where we were honored to be guests of the Indianapolis chapter of the …
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
The Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill turned five years old this week (see CEI analysis here, here, and here). Other than that, it was business as…
The Heartlander
Senators Rubio, Graham Propose Online Poker Ban
The Heartlander cites CEI`s Michelle Minton on the proposed ban of online poker and gambling: Michelle Minton, a consumer policy fellow at the Competitive…
The Heartlander
House Transportation Chairman Proposes Privatizing Air Traffic Control
The Heartlander cites CEI`s Marc Scribner on privatisation of air traffic control: Marc Scribner, a transportation policy research fellow with the Competitive Enterprise…
The Southwest Times Record
Analysis: Businesses Getting Steamrolled On Minimum Wage; Here’s Why
The Southwest Times Record cites CEI`s Carrie Sheffield on the minimum wage: “I think it’s complex,” says Carrie Sheffield, who covers the issue…
The Guardian
‘Beepocalypse Not’: Alec lobbyists abuzz in defense of pesticides amid die-offs
The Guaridan cites CEI`s Angela Logomasini on the pesticides having been blamed for the `beepocalypse`: “The term ‘beepocalypse’ was hype and focused on…
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Where Does Sen. Grassley Stand on Online Gambling?
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Democratic Judges Green-Light CEI’s Challenge to Dodd-Frank
Just days after President Obama touted the supposed achievements of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law on its fifth birthday, a unanimous judicial panel—including an Obama…
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Uber: The Best Option for Workers and Consumers
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State National Bank v. Lew
The D.C. Circuit Court handed down a favorable ruling in CEI’s case…
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Time to Enforce Texas Constitution’s Bar on Taxpayer Subsidies to Private Parties
Use of taxpayer funds should be reserved for purely public purposes, not the private benefit of an individual, corporation, or association. Yet, Texas public employee…
News Release
Plaintiffs Comment on State National Bank v. Lew DC Circuit Court Opinion
Today, in a win for the American public, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted standing to challenge in court the constitutionality of provisions of…
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New York State Mulling Minimum Wage Increase
A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran an article asking, “It’s Summer, but Where Are the Teenage Workers?” It’s a good question:…
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Dodd-Frank’s Conflict-Minerals Rule Increases Violence in the Congo
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New York’s Minimum Wage Increase: Severe Trade-Offs
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CEI v. OMB
Full Document Available in PDF This lawsuit challenges the Office of Management and Budget’s contemptuous disregard for the Freedom of Information Act…
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A Remedy for the Lone Star State’s Taxpayer Giveaway to Unions
Full Document Available in PDF Use of taxpayer funds should be reserved for purely public purposes, not the private benefit of an…
ProfessorBainbridge.Com
Reason argues Dodd-Frank conflict minerals rule has made bloodshed in the Congo worse
The ProfessorBrainbridge cites CEI`s Hans Bader on the Dodd-Frank mineral rules: According to a working paper from Dominic P. Parker of the University of Wisconsin…
News Release
Report: Texas Cities Reveal Cost of Labor Union Subsidy
A new report released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) reveals some of the costs associated with a little-known taxpayer giveaway to labor unions in…
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The good, bad, and ugly of the latest Energy & Commerce bill
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Obama’s 2015 Report to Congress on Federal Regulations Is MIA
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Utah’s Contact Lens Law Flouts Constitution’s Commerce Clause
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CEI Comments on Labor Department Fiduciary Rule
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Sir or Madam, On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and FreedomWorks Foundation, we are pleased…
Overlawyered
Yet more on Dodd-Frank conflict minerals rules
The Overlawyered cites CEI`s Hans Bader on Dodd-Frank conflict minerals rules:…
Overlawyered
July 22 Roundup
The Overlawyered cites CEI`s Hans Bader on HUD's "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing:…
Letters
Coalition Letter Supporting Aviation Industry Modernization
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute joined a coalition of free-market organizations in writing a letter to aviation leaders of the…
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Dodd-Frank Is Five Years Old
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Dodd-Frank’s Dire Legacy: The Durbin Amendment
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Happy “No Food is Junk Food” Day!
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Reports of Capitalism’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
British journalist Paul Mason has famously declared that capitalism is dying, and he is in no sniffling state of mourning about it. In advance…
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Not Dodd-Frank, Not Glass-Steagall, But Real Competition to End TBTF
Progressives cheered Hillary Clinton last week when she said policy makers need to “go beyond Dodd-Frank.” She didn’t rule out repeal of some sections, but most…
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HUD’s “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Rule Is about Social Engineering, Not Desegregation
Failure to meet a racial quota is not the same thing as segregation. That basic fact has eluded the federal Department of Housing and Urban…
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
It was a busy week for the Federal Register, which included a 629-page proposed regulation from the EPA for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy for…
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