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House Hears Testimony on CAFE Rules
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House Hears Testimony on CAFE Rules
Washington, D.C., March 13, 2007—Tomorrow members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hear testimony from auto company and union representatives on…
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FCC Rules on Cable Franchise Reform
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 The following may be attributed to Wayne Crews, CEI's vice president for policy and director of…
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The Problem with an Oscar for Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’
Washington, D.C., February 23, 2007—Former Vice President Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth is one of five films nominated for an Oscar Award in the “Best Documentary…
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Ethanol as Biofuel “Implausible” for U.S., New Study Says
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Rally to “Free Kareem” and Support Free Speech and Human Rights
Washington, D.C., February 14, 2007—The Bureaucrash Activist Network and allies are urging Egyptian officials to free imprisoned Egyptian blogger Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman and…
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CEI Testimony Reveals Cartel’s Motives
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Stern Review Strikes Out with Professional Economists
Washington, D.C., February 13, 2007—When members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee sit to hear the testimony of Sir Nicholas Stern on the…
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CEI Testimony Reveals Cartel’s Motives
Washington, D.C., February 12, 2007— The president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Fred L. Smith, Jr., will testify tomorrow before the Senate Environment…
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“Shareholder Access” Harmful to Shareholders, Groups Say
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Subverting Democracy with Union Rules
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., February 7, 2007—Congress will consider dramatic changes to union organizing rules this week, when…
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Good News for the Planet = Bad News for Climate Alarmists
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 Washington, D.C., January 31, 2007—Advance details of the United Nations’ latest report on global warming are already sending…
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New Physician Survey Finds FDA Too Slow in Approving New Drugs and Devices
Contacts: Sam Kazman, CEI, 202.331.2265 Kellyanne Conway, the polling company, 202.667.6557 Dr. Robert Nirschl, orthopedic surgeon, 703-525-2200, x102 Washington, D.C.,…
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“Terrible Ten” State Attorneys General Profiled in New Study
Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., January 24, 2007—A new CEI study of abuse of power by state attorneys general singles out…
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Bingaman Global Warming Bill Won’t Come Cheap
Washington, D.C., January 24, 2007—Draft global warming legislation from Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) is being billed as a moderate middle way to control…
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Bush Energy Policy Fails Taxpayers and Consumers
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How Will Congress Respond to the State of the Union?
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House Energy Bill: Lose-Lose for Consumers and Taxpayers
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We oppose negotiations on Medicare Part D drug prices
We are deeply concerned about proposed legislation that would lead to negotiation of pharmaceutical prices by the federal government for the new Medicare Part…
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A Free Market Agenda for the 110th Congress
Washington, D.C., January 10, 2007—Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute releases its policy recommendations for the new leadership on Capitol Hill: This Liberal Congress Went to…
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This Liberal Congress Went to Market: a Bipartisan Policy Agenda for the 110th Congress
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A Free Market Agenda for the 110th Congress
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., January 10, 2007—Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute releases its policy recommendations for the new leadership…
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Assessing the Agenda for Congress’ First 100 Hours
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Assessing…
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Union of Concerned Scientists Issues False, Misleading Report
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District Smoking Ban Threatens Economic Liberty
Contact: Christine Hall, (202) 331-2258 Washington, D.C., January 2, 2007 – The District of Columbia today became the newest city in…
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FDA Makes Right Decision on Cloned Milk and Meat
Contact: Christine Hall, 202-331-2258 Washington, D.C., December 28, 2006—The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauds the Food and Drug Administration for releasing its long-awaited Risk Assessment on…
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U.S. District Court to Hear Landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Case
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Claims by Energy Security Advocates Clash with Consumer Safety Concerns
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Washington, D.C., December 19,…
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U.S. Businesses, Consumers to Feel Effects of Massive European Chemical Regulations
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., December…
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SEC Drops the Ball on Sarbanes-Oxley
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., December 13, 2006—The Competitive Enterprise Institute today criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to provide meaningful…
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House Should Oppose Weak Offshore Energy Bill
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., December 7, 2006—The Competitive Enterprise Institute urges the U.S. House of Representatives to resist…
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The Wall Street Journal: What are Sens. Snowe and Rockefeller Afraid of?
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o /> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Today’s lead editorial in…
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Alarmist Hurricane Predictions Take a Beating
Washington, D.C., November 30, 2006—With the end of the 2006 hurricane season today, residents in storm-prone areas can breathe a sigh of relief.
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Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Federal Preemption Banking Case
Contact: Christine Hall, (202) 331-2258 Washington, D.C., November 28, 2006—Tomorrow the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that will…
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States’ Global Warming Lawsuit Rests on Strained Legal Reasoning
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New Book ECO-FREAKS Reveals Destructive Environmental Agenda
Contacts: Peter Nasaw, (212) 966-4600, Christine Hall, (202) 331-2258 Washington, D.C., November 28, 2006—Rachael Carson’s Silent Spring advice actually killed…
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Gore ‘Inconvenient Truth’ DVD Dogged by Falsehoods
Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” documentary is scheduled for a Tuesday DVD release, but here’s what won’t…
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E.U. Parliamentary Comittee Approves New Chemical Regulations
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UN Global Warming Talks Go Nowhere – As Usual
As the United Nations climate negotiations in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Nairobi, Kenya come to an end, the failure of the path…
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Election Wins for Sarbanes-Oxley Reform
Washington, D.C., November 14, 2006—Reform of the onerous Sarbanes-Oxley accounting mandates was a winning issue for Democratic and Republican candidates in the election of 2006,…
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Are Republicans and Democrats Really That Different?
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Amici Curiae Brief of Economists and Scholars Marcus Cole, Christopher Demuth, Richard Epstein, Robert Litan, Michael Staten, Pe
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Amici Curiae Brief of Climatologists and Scientists Sallie Baliunas, John R. Christy, Chris De Freitas, David Legates, Anthony L
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New ‘Center for Entrepreneurship’ to Examine Financial Regulation
Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., August 24, 2006— The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to announce the launch of a new…
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CEI Planet: July – August 2006
DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE PLANET (PDF) “Two-Point-Eight-Trillion-Anything Is Scary” by P.J. O’Rourke…
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School District Claims Individualism is Racism
Washington, D.C., August 22, 2006—The Competitive Enterprise Institute has filed an amicus brief in support of a challenge to a Seattle school district’s race-based…
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Who is Ripping Off U.S. Consumers?
Washington, D.C., July 11, 2006— When big business gets its way in Washington, the result is higher taxes, stricter regulation, and bigger government all…
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“Who Killed the Electric Car?” – Not the Auto Industry
Contact: Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Washington, D.C., June 30, 2006—A new documentary blames General…
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Joint Letter in Support of OCS Bill
Full Document Available in PDF June 28, 2006 Dear Member of Congress: Rising energy costs…
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“Net Neutrality” Is Bad for the Internet
Full Document Available in PDF Big government, pro-regulation groups like MoveOn.org want the…