![Biden Mocks Republicans as “Socialists;” Don’t Prove Him Right on the 2023 Omnibus](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Government-spending-GettyImages-998509394-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Biden Mocks Republicans as “Socialists;” Don’t Prove Him Right on the 2023 Omnibus
Several times in recent months, President Joe Biden mocked Republicans who had called his legislative agenda “socialist,” but afterward worked to channel some of the…
![This Week in Ridiculous Regulations](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Airport-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
CEI released its latest Agenda for Congress. Inflation slowed down in November, though there is still a ways to go before it’s…
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What Republicans Can Do about the Federal Budget Now
When the new 2023 fiscal year began October 1, Washington had been running a series of trillion-dollar deficits. This year’s Christmastime budget showdown, and the adventures…
![Agenda for Congress: Inflation](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Inflation-GettyImages-1281724540-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Agenda for Congress: Inflation
CEI’s Agenda for Congress is out now. This post summarizes its recommendations for inflation. Since inflation is mostly a monetary phenomenon, it is…
![Bailout Suggests It’s Time to Rethink Multiemployer Pensions](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pension-jar-GettyImages-1223778752-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Bailout Suggests It’s Time to Rethink Multiemployer Pensions
President Biden announced last Thursday that the government would give $36 billion to bail out the multiemployer Teamsters Central States Pension Fund. It is…
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DOE’s Press Release on Federal Building Energy Standards Is Inaccurate, Misleading, and Unserious
The Department of Energy (DOE) last week released the pre-publication version of a proposed rule to “establish energy performance standards for the construction of…