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
Legal Brief
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
Legal Brief
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…
Study
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
Comment
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…
Citation
The Bob Zadek Show – Lawson Bader on Curtailing the Regulatory State
WND
The Obama-Clinton Cloward-Piven legacy
The WND cites CEI`s Bill Frezza on Obama`s welfare reforms: In his Forbes article, “Deconstructing Obamanomics: What is the Real Goal?,” Bill Frezza, an MIT…
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EEOC Legislates New Federal Ban on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
When Congress declines to pass a law that would expand an agency’s powers, the agency will sometimes respond by making up the law on its own.
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The Persistent Truth of Income Mobility
There’s a lot being written these days about income (and wealth) inequality, and how a free market economy allegedly exacerbates the divide between the rich and…
Study
How Dodd-Frank Harms Main Street
The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was a drastic shock to the American economy. Now five years after being signed into law, Dodd-Frank was just as powerful…
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After 80 Years, Labor Law Needs Reform
Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) recently penned an op-ed that celebrates the 80th anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act and praises the work of the…
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Slate Exposes Deceitful Heart of the Anti-GMO Movement
Will Saletan has an exhaustively researched and cogently argued piece at Slate on the dishonesty of the anti-biotechnology activists and the harm they have caused.
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What Cartoons Can Teach Us about Capitalism
The Freeman has an excellent article by FEE advisory board member Robert Anthony Peters on economic lessons in popular culture—in this case focusing on the wealthiest…
Fox News
Whisky: A living testament to the human spirit
Overlawyered
EEOC: federal law already bans sexual-orientation bias
The Overlawyered cites CEI`s Hans Bader on EEOC Llgislation banning discrimination based on sexual orientation:…
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CEI Sues TSA for Violating Federal Law and Court Order on Body Scanners
Yesterday, July 15, 2015, CEI filed a petition for writ of mandamus with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Our suit requests the court enforce its…
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More Unintelligible Gibberish on GMO Risks from Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A few months ago, statistician and risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb, known mostly for his intriguing 2007 book The Black Swan, teamed up with a handful…
Study
A Bird in the Hand and No Banks in the Bush
Full Document Available in PDF Radio Shack. Borders Books and Music. Blockbuster Video. Eastman Kodak. These are the names of…