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FDA Approves Device To Help Doctors Detect Skin Cancer
There's an unusual bit of good news out of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In March 2010 and again last November, the…
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Quantifying Capital Bikeshare’s Supposed “Success”
Last week, D.C.'s Capital Bikeshare program celebrated its millionth trip and one-year anniversary. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood celebrated the milestone with a…
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Congress is Killing the Postal Service
Openmarket.org The United States Postal Service has lost over $8 billion in the past two years and going for a third year in the red.
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Congress is Killing the Postal Service
The United States Postal Service has lost over $8 billion in the past two years and going for a third year in the red. Labor…
News Release
Coalition Urges D.C. Council to Reject Anti-Consumer Taxicab Medallion System
Washington, D.C, September 27, 2011 — D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh, Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Works, and Transportation, is holding a…
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CEI Labor Policy Expert Vincent Vernuccio Wins Prestigious “Buckley Award”
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2011 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to announce that CEI Labor Policy Attorney F. Vincent Vernuccio is…
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Beat the Clock: Government Union ‘Cadillac’ Health Plans Preserved Before Tighter Controls Take Effect
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Not Without A Warrant
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Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) Regulation Tends to Serve Interests of Lawyers, Not Consumers
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Lawyers Use Ban on Unauthorized Practice of Law to Restrict Speech & Competition
For Construction Pros
NRMCA: President’s Jobs Plan At Odds With Administration Regulatory Action
For Construction Pros discusses Wayne Crews's report on the size of the federal regulatory burden. Highlighting the magnitude of numerous new regulations, this…
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Today’s Links: September 26, 2011
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Pull Out of Basel III: The Moral Hazard of Government Ratings
Recently and for different reasons, two high-profile players from different parts of the financial sector -- JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon and respected banking analyst…
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Obama Administration Attacks Religious Freedom and Separation of Church and State
The Obama administration is attacking religious freedom in court, even as Obama depicts his policies as ordained by God. At a Congressional Black Caucus…
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Obamacare and the Constitution
The American Spectator
Jersey Public Sector Unions: Still a Problem
The American Spectator
White House Wants Bailout Tax
The American Spectator
D.C. Summit Focuses on Consumer Credit
Mackinac Center
200-Proof Readings to Accompany Ken Burns’ ‘Prohibition’
Mackinac Center
Debate Surrounding E-Verify Reignited
News Release
CEI Labor Expert to Present New Special Report on Public Sector Unions at Trenton News Conference
Washington, D.C., September 26, 2011—- F. Vincent Vernuccio, Labor Policy Counsel for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, will present his new report on New Jersey’s…
Salisbury Post
Coble Gets Praise From Enterprise Institute
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Obamacare Will Increase Health Insurance Premiums by 55 to 85 Percent in Ohio, Study Says
The Charleston Daily Mail’s Don Surber points to a recent study “that shows that 790,000 Ohioans will lose their private health insurance and premiums…
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The Constitution May Not Be Perfect — But it is Much Better than What We Have Now!
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Blame Congress and Pork, Not NASA
Over at National Review today, I have a lengthy but necessary rebuttal of a misbegotten post at…
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Regulation Roundup
In Seattle, Washington, the maximum length allowed for concealed weapons is 6 feet, plus more.
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Flushing Oral Oncology Drugs Down the Toilet?
An interesting article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (via yesterday's Jerusalem Post) argues that the U.S. Food and…
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CEI Submits Supplemental Comments on SEC’s Proposed Conflict Minerals Rules
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has submitted supplemental comments regarding Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a provision that would…
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Dodd-Frank Financial Law Uses Regulations to Outsource American Jobs
American jobs will soon be outsourced due to the Dodd-Frank financial "reform" law passed in 2010 with strong support from the Obama administration. That law…
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Today’s Links: September 23, 2011
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CEI Submits Comments on Conflict Minerals Rules of Dodd-Frank
The Competitive Enterprise has submitted comments regarding the implementation of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which attempts to…
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$16 Muffins a Hoax?
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CEI Weekly: CEI Thanks Pro-Worker Congressmen at Awards Ceremony
Cafe Hayek
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E-Verify E-Viscerates Labor Market
On Wednesday, September 21, the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to send Rep. Lamar Smith’s (R-TX) Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2885)…
One News Now
Solyndra-Related FOIA Won’t Be Ignored
The Dispatch
Coble Receives Perfect Grade on Free Market Issues
The Dispatch
Shine a Light on Solyndra Dealings
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Obama Wants a GM Bailout Tax on Bank and Insurance Customers
For all the talk about fairness and equity with the so-called Buffett Rule, there is one sneaky loophole in the Obama revenue proposal that…
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Class Warfare and the Regulation of the Day
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CEI Podcast for September 22, 2011: E-Verify
E-Verify is a program that checks the immigration status of new hires. The House is expected to vote on legislation that would make E-Verify mandatory…
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Not Easy to Disentangle the Legal and Value Aspects of Marriage — But it is Important!
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U.S. Government Responsible for So-Called Gambling Ponzi Scheme
This week U.S. investigators accused Full Tilt, the online gambling website, which was shut down during the black Friday raids of being a “Ponzi scheme.”…
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Senator Hatch: Good Reasons Not to Extend TAA
With Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) scheduled for a vote today, in debate on the measure yesterday, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) gave a spirited speech outlining…
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Government Fines Businessman for Creating Jobs
A CEO recently told Congress about how he was fined for hiring too many people: “I incurred more than $500,000 in legal bills to…
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It Gets Better: Sears Catalog Edition
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Testimony of William Yeatman Before House Water and Power Subcommittee
Full Document Available in PDF Chairman McClintock, Ranking Member Napolitano, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify before…
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Obama: More Class Warfare, More Corporate Welfare, More Unemployment and Political Division
President Obama has implied that his critics don't understand math, which is odd given his inability to balance a budget (he's run up the…
Paul C. Broun
Broun Earns Perfect Pro-Worker Score
Paul C. Broun