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Deregulation deferred—not defeated—by the Big Beautiful Bill

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Deregulation deferred—not defeated—by the Big Beautiful Bill

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/28/2025

In my latest Forbes column, I detail how the House-passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) had the potential to revolutionize federal regulatory policy. But…

Deregulation

What the DOGE debates really reveal

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What the DOGE debates really reveal

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/12/2025

Last week I took part in a point/counterpoint on the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), making a brief case for its mission and…

Deregulation

Commencing deconstruction of the administrative state – Trump’s next 100 days

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Commencing deconstruction of the administrative state – Trump’s next 100 days

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/28/2025

Federal regulation costs trillions of dollars each year. Call it the “costberg”—a vast, submerged amalgam of rules, guidance, and paperwork reshaping the economy without a…

Regulatory Reform

Earth Day is broken—only private conservation can fix it

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Earth Day is broken—only private conservation can fix it

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/23/2025

With this week’s 2025 Earth Day came the usual media and progressive lawmaker fanfare lauding government programs and regulatory solutions to environmental concerns. But…

Climate

Don’t let the next crisis grow the government—again

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Don’t let the next crisis grow the government—again

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/21/2025

“Now, I’m going to sign this, and it’s a great honor — $6.2 trillion.  I’ve never signed anything with a “T”…

Regulatory Reform

The executive order that could kill trillion-dollar bailouts

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The executive order that could kill trillion-dollar bailouts

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/14/2025

The federal government doesn’t just spend—it also regulates through spending. That’s one reason crises so often inflate Washington’s role in American life. But as I…

Deregulation

Trump’s deregulation push: Several steps forward—and some sideways

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Trump’s deregulation push: Several steps forward—and some sideways

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/02/2025

As I cover in a new column at Forbes, Trump 2.0 has brought a flurry of executive orders aimed at deregulation—one-in, ten-out rules,…

Deregulation

Let the deconstruction commence

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Let the deconstruction commence

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/18/2025

Congress’s actionable hierarchy for administrative state burial & constitutional resurrection Alongside restoring fiscal sanity, Congress must establish a hierarchy of actions to make Donald Trump’s…

Deregulation

14 priorities in slashing spending and regulation before ‘America 250’—#7 will shock you!

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14 priorities in slashing spending and regulation before ‘America 250’—#7 will shock you!

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/17/2025

This past week, the House and Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) that preserves Biden-era spending levels while largely turning a blind eye to…

Regulatory Reform

Shutdowns are fake, but government growth is very real

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Shutdowns are fake, but government growth is very real

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/12/2025

With a government funding deadline looming on March 14, the House passed a continuing resolution (CR) to freeze non-defense spending at Fiscal Year 2024…

Deregulation

DOGE’s first cut at bureaucracy: A target inventory

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DOGE’s first cut at bureaucracy: A target inventory

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/04/2025

Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14219, “Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Regulatory Initiative,” has set the stage for a major…

Deregulation

The FROGs are back: Will White House hop to it on guidance documents?

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The FROGs are back: Will White House hop to it on guidance documents?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/25/2025

Donald Trump’s 2019’s Executive Order 13891, “Promoting the Rule of Law through Improved Agency Guidance Documents,” established online portals and inventories at…

Deregulation

The SCRUB Act: Washing away Washington’s regulatory grime

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The SCRUB Act: Washing away Washington’s regulatory grime

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/21/2025

The Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act, introduced today by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), is a key step …

Deregulation

Trump executive order puts independent agencies on a leash

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Trump executive order puts independent agencies on a leash

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/20/2025

President Trump’s new executive order, “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies,” marks a major shift in regulatory oversight by bringing independent agencies…

Deregulation

Goodbye to the roaring twenties of regulation? A cost roundup

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Goodbye to the roaring twenties of regulation? A cost roundup

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/12/2025

The final Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations from the Biden administration appeared January 15. Here at the middle…

Financial Regulation

Zero to prosperity? New Trump executive order is a good start

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Zero to prosperity? New Trump executive order is a good start

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/03/2025

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has brought a wave of executive orders, including his new “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation” directive. Building on…

Deregulation

A game-changing Trump executive order could nuke regulatory dark matter

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A game-changing Trump executive order could nuke regulatory dark matter

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/29/2025

In the wake of Donald Trump’s flurry of executive actions—including implementing a regulatory freeze, eradicating Biden’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and staffing, and…

Deregulation

Trump executive orders target Biden’s regulatory big bang

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Trump executive orders target Biden’s regulatory big bang

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/21/2025

Joe Biden wrapped up his term with a parting regulatory surge, epitomized by today’s 872-page Federal Register—marking the apex of his aggressive midnight-rule push.

Deregulation

Safeguarding innovation from bureaucracy: The techno-libertarian pivot

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Safeguarding innovation from bureaucracy: The techno-libertarian pivot

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/13/2025

The just-concluded 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) highlighted the relentless pace of technological innovation—from robotics and AI to rollable laptops and transparent TVs. Yet, amid…

Tech and Telecom

Is Congress even trying? 3,248 new rules vs. 175 laws

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Is Congress even trying? 3,248 new rules vs. 175 laws

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/10/2025

In 2024, federal agencies issued 3,248 rules and regulations, while Congress enacted only 175 laws. I refer to the simple ratio—19 rules for…

Regulatory Reform

Biden’s regulatory landscape: A year-end analysis

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Biden’s regulatory landscape: A year-end analysis

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/02/2025

As we ring in 2025, the Federal Register reveals a noteworthy chapter in regulatory history under the Joe Biden administration. We take our traditional year-end look at it here. The 2024 Federal Register closed…

Deregulation

Charting a glide path to overturn Biden regulations in the 119th Congress

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Charting a glide path to overturn Biden regulations in the 119th Congress

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/30/2024

As the 119th Congress and incoming Trump administration prepare to govern, one key weapon in their arsenal will be the Congressional Review Act (CRA) of…

Deregulation

Biden’s Fall 2024 Unified Agenda of regulations: The numbers, trends, and what’s next

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Biden’s Fall 2024 Unified Agenda of regulations: The numbers, trends, and what’s next

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/16/2024

The Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) dropped the Fall 2024 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions this past weekend.

Deregulation

Can Trump’s DOGE team outmaneuver regulatory dark matter?

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Can Trump’s DOGE team outmaneuver regulatory dark matter?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/10/2024

As Donald Trump prepares for a second term, his administration inherits a far more expansive regulatory state than it did in 2017. As explored today…

Deregulation

Biden breaks Federal Register record

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Biden breaks Federal Register record

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/03/2024

Joe Biden’s administration has set a new Federal Register record with 96,088 pages as of December 3, 2024, surpassing the Obama administration’s 95,894 pages in…

Deregulation

Fred Smith and the Hourglass of Market Evolution

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Fred Smith and the Hourglass of Market Evolution

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/02/2024

Our much–loved CEI founder Fred L. Smith Jr. would often insist that we not refer merely to antitrust or antitrust policy, but…

Antitrust

From cuts to costs: Why federal paperwork keeps piling up

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From cuts to costs: Why federal paperwork keeps piling up

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/20/2024

The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) release of the 2023 Information Collection Budget (ICB) paints a troubling picture of not just of growing federal…

Regulatory Reform

Swamp things: Why DOGE moving Beltway agencies to states isn’t deregulation

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Swamp things: Why DOGE moving Beltway agencies to states isn’t deregulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/19/2024

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), expected to be established by president-elect Trump and led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aims to slash regulations,…

Deregulation

Biden’s regulatory report is in, but key costs remain in the shadows

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Biden’s regulatory report is in, but key costs remain in the shadows

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/11/2024

The election is over and among much else, federal regulations are emerging front and center for the incoming administration. While the federal debt sits…

Deregulation

Biden’s 2024 Federal Register page count already second highest ever

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Biden’s 2024 Federal Register page count already second highest ever

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/11/2024

We’ve not closed the Book of Regulation for 2024, Biden’s final calendar year in office, but we can mark a milestone nonetheless. The Federal Register…

Deregulation

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