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California High-Speed Rail, Immigration Reform, and Malt Beverages
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CEI’s FOIA to Treasury on Auto Bailout
Full Response Available in PDF Documents released by the U.S. Treasury Department indicate that General Motors and the Obama Administration coordinated PR…
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Morning Media Summary
News Release
Delayed Release of Auto Bailout Documents by Treasury Dept. Reveals Cozy PR Relationship
Washington, DC, June 2, 2011 – Documents released last week by the U.S. Treasury Department indicate that General Motors and the Obama administration coordinated their…
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Obama Admin. Knew GM Lied About Paying Back Taxpayers
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Lawmakers At Odds Over ‘Official Time’
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Barack Obama, Democrats Call the Auto Bailouts A Success, But Did They Work?
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“Official Time” or Unofficial Scam? Your Tax Dollars Are Being Used For Union Business.
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“Official Time” or Unofficial Scam? Your tax dollars are being used for union business
AOL - Jobs
What’s Really to Blame for Air Traffic Control’s Increasing Errors
AOL - Jobs
Due Process Stops at the Campus Gates?
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Sullivan’s Natural Gas Legislation Draws Opposition Outside Congress
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Cash Rewards For Failing Schools, the Lawsuit Way
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Vincent Vernuccio on Official Time
CEI Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio discusses unions using taxpayer money for their own organizational activities.
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Top 3 Myths about Immigration
According to Ben Powell, the three most common immigration myths are that immigrants are a drag on the economy, they steal our jobs, and that…
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Report: Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) Bridge Will Lose $4.5 Billion Over 20 Years
Via Peter Samuel of TOLLROADSnews, a new report from Conway MacKenzie estimates the proposed Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) bridge would lose in…
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Briefing in Cobell v. Salazar Indian trust class action
Details at Point of Law.
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Morning Media Summary
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Use Of ‘Official Time’ For Union Activity Is Scrutinized
Detroit News
Michigan Target of EPA Carbon Diktat
Orange County Register
Green Won’t Glow If Germany Shuts Down Nukes
Yahoo! News
Taxpayer Watchdogs: $14 Trillion U.S. Debt Leaves No Room For Treasury-Backed Loan Guarantees For Energy Projects
Investors.com
Palin: End All Energy Subsidies
Forbes
Appeals Court Approves $21 Million Fee In A.G. Edwards Case
Forbes reports on Ted Frank's objection to the A.G. Edwards coupon settlements that may provide little to no benefits to plaintiffs. Ted Frank’s…
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The Supreme Court and the CEI Podcast
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CEI Podcast for May 31, 2011: FDA Rescinds Approval of Breast Cancer Drug
Conko believes this battle boils down to one question: who decides which treatments patients can use? Will it be the FDA, or doctors and patients?…
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Liberalize High-Skilled Immigration
Over at the Daily Caller, Alex Nowrasteh and I tell the story of Jeffrey Lin. He is a Ph.D student at CalTech who holds three…
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California High-Speed Rail All Strung Out on Stimulus on the Outskirts of Town
Emily Washington of Market Urbanism highlights this Los Angeles Times article on the latest — depending on your outlook: hilarious or pathetic —…
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Fiscal Conservatives Must Turn Policy Debate to General
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New York City Health Officials: No Fun for Adults
Last year we watched as the FDA used its regulatory might to institute a de-facto ban on alcoholic energy drinks like Four Loko, Joose,…
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Morning Media Summary
Forbes
Real Beneficiaries of the ‘Stimulus’
It was depressing but not surprising to read that tax cheats received $24 billion in stimulus money (“Stimulus recipients found to be tax cheats,” Page…
News Release
Vincent Vernuccio to Testify Tomorrow at House Hearing on “Official Time”
Washington, D.C., May 31, 2011—Tomorrow, June 1, CEI Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio will testify at a House Oversight Committee hearing on…
Daily Caller
Immigration Reform Can Jumpstart Economy
Jeffrey is a talented electrical engineering PhD student at CalTech. He already holds three patents. One of his inventions may cure glaucoma. It is…
Wall Street Journal
Not So Cool Rules
The Wall Street Journal cites Wayne Crews's study on the size of the federal regulatory burden. The best measure of the overall regulatory…
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Yet More Proof that the Supreme Court is Not Pro-Business
The Supreme Court has ruled against the Chamber of Commerce's challenge to an Arizona law punishing businesses that hire illegal aliens by taking away…
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Regulation Roundup
Some of the zanier happenings in the world of regulation:…
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CEI Replies to Consumers United for Rail Equity Before the Surface Transportation Board
Full Document Available as a PDF On behalf…
Newsletter
Union Activism, Pork, and Sarbanes-Oxley
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Morning Media Summary
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Shedding Light on Light Bulbs — Don’t Count on the NYT
In its “Home and Garden” section yesterday, The New York Times did it again: in what should have been a straight-forward puff piece about…
Wall Street Journal
Washington Declares War on Debit Cards
Wall Street Journal
Critics: Obama Milk Reg Change ‘Udderly’ Ridiculous
Wall Street Journal
Are Milk Spills Toxic?
CEI’s Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell discusses the extent of federal regulations. The Environmental…
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Barney Frank Used Influence with Fannie Mae, the Failed Mortgage Giant Bailed Out by Taxpayers
Former House Banking Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) tenaciously opposed efforts to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage…
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CEI Podcast for May 26, 2011: President Obama Proposes Deregulation
Cass Sunstein, President Obama's regulatory czar, announced today that the administration intends to repeal regulations from 30 different agencies. CEI Vice President for Strategy Iain…
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Sen. Hatch Questions Illogic of Holding Three Trade Agreements Hostage to TAA
Consideration of the three pending trade pacts -- with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea -- presents a conundrum. The administration is saying that these Free…
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Obama’s Regulatory Reform: The Costs of Benefits
My colleagues commented above on the Cass Sunstein lecture at the American Enterprise Institute called "Regulatory Look-Back: A First Look," about agency's supposed eagerness to…
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Activist Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Law — For Now
Government employee unions and their allies have tried just about everything to stop the efforts by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Republicans in the legislature…
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Avastin and Breast Cancer: The Median is Not the Message
The New York Times ran an op-ed yesterday by oncologist Frederick Tucker urging the Food and Drug Administration to stand by…