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Lessons from the Gas Price Spike
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Labor Day weekend marked the end of summer and its high seasonal demand…
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Soso Whaley Interviewed in Brazil
Soso Whaley interview in O Estado de Sao Paulo, August 20, 2004 Soso Whaley followed the same…
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Vol. VIII, No. 18
Politics Media, Environmentalists Pounce on New Administration Report The “annual” report of the U. S. Climate Change Science Program…
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Biz-War and the Out-Of-Power Elites: The Progressive-Left Attack on the Corporation
Biz-War and the Out-Of-Power Elites: The Progressive-Left Attack on the Corporation by Prof. Jarol B. Manheim, George Washington University (Lawrence…
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Ratification without Representation?
Full Document Available in PDF In 2001, the Bush Administration signed the United Nations Environment…
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“Frankenfood Myth” Debunks Biotech Scare
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Ratification Without Representation: Making a Joke out of the Constitution
“Why don't we just give them ours?” Jay Leno asked last summer as the Bush administration was helping <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =…
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Nauseating Cases of Product Liability
Morning sickness –the nausea and vomiting that afflict more than half of pregnant women –can be debilitating. There once was…
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July Was Coldest Month in Four Years
The data show that the global temperature was 0.21°C (about 0.38°F) below the 20-year average for July. This followed on from a June…
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International Atomic Agency Regrets Lack of Progress on Kyoto
The relevant section reads, “From the viewpoint of the IAEA, ‘no progress was made in 2003 on the Kyoto Protocol, which would help…
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State Attorneys General Sue Utilities over Global Warming
The attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Wisconsin, and the corporation counsel of New York City, filed…
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The Truth About Marcia Angell
I never knew my maternal grandparents. During the nineteen-teens, my maternal grandmother died of a wound infection following a routine gall-bladder operation. A…
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CEI Planet: September 2004
Full document available as a pdf. Tort Law “to Make Law,” by Ivan Osorio and Elizabeth Jones …
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Nanotech’s Choice: Pork or Innovation?
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Conflicting with Reality: Or, Scientists are Human, Too
Full Document Available in PDF Former New England Journal of…
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Q&A with Don D’Cruz
Full Document Available in PDF CEI recently interviewed Don D’Cruz, a Research Fellow…
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Successful Philanthropy for Liberty
Full Document Available in PDF Every donor who creates a foundation must answer some…
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Tort Law “to Make Law”
Full Document Available in PDF A recent little-noticed New York Times story says…
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Conflicting with Reality
Former New England Journal of Medicine editor Jerome Kassirer, in an August 1 Washington Post op-ed, argues that conflicts of interest in medical…
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Fear Factor
Environmental activists seeking to halt the worldwide spread of the advanced technologies they fear see <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />China…
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Obesity: a Sign We’re Doing Things Right
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson recently designated obesity a disease, with all the negative implications that entails. Our society, crippled, it seems,…
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Gaming the World’s Poor
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Upon returning from a United Nations-sponsored conclave in 1954, philanthropist Preston Hotchkis warned…
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US Report, in Shift, Turns Focus to Greenhouse Gases
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Bookshelf: Fighting Disease Is Only Half the Battle
As a fresh-faced medical intern, a colleague of mine once greeted a new patient with a breezy, “So what’s your problem?” “Oh, just a touch…
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Spitzer’s ‘Obligations’
Darren Dopp claims that his boss, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, was right to sue Dick Grasso for collecting $190 million in pay during…
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Global Taxation
Your article “U.N. development goals fall short” (World, yesterday) explores the United Nations' “millennium development goals,” another in a series of efforts to…
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The Frankenfood Myth: How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution
Announcing a timely and incisive<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =…
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Hot Flash: Japan vs. the NGOs
If environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were to keep a list of their “most favored nations,” one would expect <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns…
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Vol VIII, No 17
Wallstrom Replaced as EU Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrom of Sweden has been promoted in…
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California Wine vs. Two-Legged Pests
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />California is under attack by parasites, of both the six-legged and two-legged variety. The former are…
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INDUCING Bad Law
Computer users know some downloads are more trouble than they are worth. The proposed INDUCE Act (S. 2560), currently in the Senate Judiciary…
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There’s a Cure for Frivolous Drug Lawsuits
Morning sickness—the nausea and vomiting that afflicts more than half of all pregnant women—can be debilitating. There used to be an excellent prescription medication to…
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We’re Lucky to Have Clean Air, but it’s not all Due to Luck
Summer is more than half over, and, thus far, it has been a very good one for air quality in the Chicago metropolitan area. By…
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Climate Alarmist Alert!
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Are Specialized Gasoline Blends Obsolete
As recently as the early 1990s, the nation's gasoline supply was fungible. The same regular, mid-grade, and premium fuel was…
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Climate Consensus: Scarce resources should be spent where they’ll do the most good.
There's a scientific consensus, we're often told, that global warming is a problem—despite the opinion of qualified experts ranging from the <?xml:namespace prefix =…
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Finding the Truth about Kyoto in a Lie by Bill Clinton
The old joke goes, “How can you tell a politician is lying?” to which the answer is, “His lips are moving.” At this…
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Tort Law ‘to Make Law’
A recent little-noticed New York Times story says a great deal about <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America's current legal climate:…
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Costly New Climate Rules for California Cars
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Marlo Lewis, 202.669.6693 Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252…
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Smog Shrinkage
Summer is more than half over, and thus far it has been a very good one for air quality in theWashington, D.C. metropolitan area. By…
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MCI’s Layered Approach: A Horizontal Leap Nowhere
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New Kids on the (Tax-Exempt) Block: The Rise of the “527”s
History will remember the 2004 election for many things, most notably for its effect on the political futures of George W. Bush and Iraq. But…
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For Unions, Protecting Jobs Means Protectionism
On June 7, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Mexican trucks can enter the U.S. without a government agency review of their impact on…
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Tort Law ‘to Make Law’
A recent little-noticed New York Times story says a great deal about <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America's current legal climate:…
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No-Second-Thoughts “Science”: A Noticeable Difference
Two recent findings, one right next to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., the other as far away as is possible…
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Vol. VIII, No 16
Politics <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Kerry Campaign Issues Energy Plan …
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DEBUNK THE JUNK – July 26, 2004
“Statements of alarm by newscasters and glorification of wannabe experts are two telltale tricks of the fear mongers trade………..others [include]: the use of…
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RFID Tags and Privacy
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology promises many consumer benefits. With RFID, goods on trucks, in trains, and in warehouses can be inventoried without unloading…
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CEI Planet: July 2004
Full Document Available in PDF “Who’s Afraid of RFID?” by Jim Harper…
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McCain-Lieberman: A Regulatory Pandora’s Box
Full Document Available in PDF Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) recently compared his push…
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The Greening of the Balance Sheets
Full Document Available in PDF In June, the United Nations’ Global…
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Who’s Afraid of RFID?
Full Document Available in PDF Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are small radio communicators…
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Visions of “Ecodemics”
In Six modern plagues, veterinarian and journalist Mark Jerome Walters, like many modern-day greens, deems humankind the source of many of the world’s problems. He…
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Celluloid Bolshies
Actor Charles Grodin, in his book “I Like It Better When You're Funny,” recalls a particularly devastating put-down from a critic: “If you…
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Calculating Kyoto’s Costs
Your Sunday edition cites politicians on both sides of the Atlantic weighing in on the U.S. presidential election by complaining of President Bush's…
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CEI Welcomes Report on Biotech Food Safety
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /> Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison,…
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Wave of Regulations Will Follow Tsunami of Federal Spending
On top of the $2 trillion in tax revenues the government now collects, agencies issue more than 4,000 yearly regulations. Costing some $800 billion annually, regulations…
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Trade Wars and the Silver Screen
Op-ed pages, political Web sites, and call-in radio shows were abuzz last spring with rants against the “outsourcing” of “U.S. jobs.” Most of those critiques…
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Green Grow the Pressies
In 1995 they told us that Yucca Mountain was going to explode in a nuclear firestorm. It won’t. In 1998 they told us that nuclear-weapons…
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`Businesses Don’t Have Social Responsibilities; People Do’
Calvin Coolidge once said that the business of America is business. He might have added that the business of business everywhere is to pursue profits. …
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DEBUNK THE JUNK – July 25, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “What we did in making nutrition labeling mandatory did not help obesity.
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Game of Show and Don’t Tell
In case you missed it, Morgan Spurlock brought his “Super Size Me” sideshow to Capitol Hill yesterday. Sharing the stage was the animal rights-supported Physicians…
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States to Sue Power Companies Over Gases Linked to Warming
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Send Me No Files: Senate INDUCEs a Threat to the Future of Information Technology
Please copy and share this article, download some music files, and photocopy your favorite chapters from Bill Clinton’s new book. It’s fun: Just do it!…
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Vol. VIII, No. 15
Politics Attorneys General Sue Five Big Electric Utilities The Attorneys General of California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and…
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Canada and China Versus America
Riots, vandalism, raucous protests we’re all familiar with hard-edged displays of anti-Americanism abroad these days. But this pernicious envy also takes other forms. Not all…
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State AGs Attempt to Hijack Climate Policy
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 …
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Scientists and Scholars Denounce Position of the Catholic Institute for International Relations on GM Crops
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Milan, Italy: July 17, 2004 — An international group of scientists and scholars released a statement…
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Precaution and Labeling: What Do They Mean for International Regulation
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AB 1493 Draft Proposal Comments
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Reformers Are too Willing to Turn a Blind Eye to Liberal Fixes for our Economic Problems
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Sirs, Your edition of July 6 features two distinct columns that demonstrate…
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Reformers are too Willing to Turn a Blind Eye to Liberal Fixes for our Economic Problems
Sirs, Your edition of July 6 features two distinct columns that demonstrate a persistent neglect of economic liberalisation as a way of resolving societal…
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Guess Your Liability
In these days of corporate scandal, who can argue against full disclosure on financial statements? But now comes one cockeyed movement that pushes the concept…
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Spitzer Strains out Grasso While Swallowing Camels
Full Document Available in PDF Recently, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer…
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Fred Smith’s Remarks at the 33rd Annual Fourth of July Conservative Family Soiree
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Can You Overhear Me Now?
The Justice Department has asked the Senate for help in extending hidebound, phone-company style wiretap capability into new Internet-based phone calls (called “VoIP” for…
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Vol. VIII, No 14
Politics Second Senate Vote on Kyoto-Lite Bill is Delayed Again The attempt by Senators Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Az.)…
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Statement of Ben Lieberman Before Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, House Committee on G
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Greens’ New Menace: Shrimp
H.L. Mencken famously defined puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” Yesterday’s puritans worried about their neighbors enjoying alcohol or gambling…
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A More Creative and Productive World
Full Document Available in PDF I’m grateful to all of you for…
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Q&A with Soso Whaley
Full Document Available in PDF CEI recently interviewed Soso Whaley, who…
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Ronald Reagan, Freedom’s Champion
Full Document Available in PDF Former President Ronald Reagan’s passing has prompted innumerable words about…
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June Edition of CEI’s Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF “A More Creative and Productive…
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Split Decision at the SEC
Nobel Prize economist Ronald Coase long ago warned of a political risk—that of wishing to be an “economic statesman,” which he defined as a person…
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Vol. VIII, No 13
Politics California Regulators Roll Out CO2 Plan for Automobiles The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on June 14 released its draft…
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Testimony of Robert J. Smith on On S. 2543, the National Heritage Partnership Act
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SEC Set To Over-Regulate Mutual Fund Industry With Vote on June 23
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More Regulations Do Not Inspire More Trust (Letter to the Editor)
It is not surprising for regulators to seize upon business failures to argue for more regulation, touting regulations alleged benefits while minimizing its downside. But…
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The FDA Poses Threat to Our Health, Liberty
An unusual and powerful coalition of special interests is lobbying Congress for a new tobacco deal: Put the Food and DrugAdministration in charge of…
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Energy Saving Light Bulbs Initially Dim Enthusiasm
I recently bought my first energy-saving compact fluorescent bulb. According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, if every household in America used one of these…
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Energy-saving Light Bulbs Initially Dim Enthusiasm
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Commercial Tracking Chips Spark Privacy Debate
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1…
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Ad Schemes Bring Retailers Bad Publicity
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RFID Tags and Privacy
Full document available in PDF Radio frequency identification (RFID)…
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A Sign of Things to Come
There’s a war raging across the world. Not the war on terror—but a war against corporations, waged by anti-globalization activists and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
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Junk Law: The CO2 Litigation of the State Attorneys General
On October 23, 2003, 12 states, three cities, and 14 advocacy groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for rejecting an…
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No Growthers’ ‘Green Line’ Shouldn’t Deter Bank Loans
America’s top banks are routinely asked to support all sorts of charitable causes. Yet not all causes deserve support. One such unworthy cause is the tax-exempt…
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Keeping Busy: Federal Regulators Issued Over 4,000 Rules in 2003
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, DC, June 16, 2004—While Washington rule makers made 19 fewer regulations in 2003 than they…
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Feds Added 4,148 Rules in ’03
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