![Through the Looking Glass: Washington Gets Curiouser and Curiouser](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dinner-invite_240x187-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Through the Looking Glass: Washington Gets Curiouser and Curiouser
The following remarks were delivered by CEI President Kent Lassman at CEI’s Annual Dinner and Reception held on June 7, 2017. Thank you. Despite her…
![Capitalism for the Little Guy](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_2558_cr-scaled-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Capitalism for the Little Guy
One of the single greatest achievements in human history has been playing out almost unnoticed over the past few decades.
![Let Private Markets Finance Aircraft Sales](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Export-Import-Bank-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Let Private Markets Finance Aircraft Sales
There is no good reason to keep the Export-Import Bank —or its international brethren—around.
![The Clear Case for Restructuring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cfpb-logo_0-578x324-c-default.png)
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The Clear Case for Restructuring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Financial CHOICE Act would go a long way towards righting the wrongs inflicted on American financial consumers by this erroneously-named agency.
![Vox.com Snookered by Debunked 2016 CBO Score of Air Traffic Control Reform](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/airtrafficcontrol_ThinkstockPhotos-505695890-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Vox.com Snookered by Debunked 2016 CBO Score of Air Traffic Control Reform
The Trump administration released its “legislative principles” for reforming U.S. air traffic control, which closely mirror a reform proposal introduced in 2016 by House Transportation…
![Will Paris Exit Harm U.S. ‘Clean Tech’ Firms?](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SolarEnergy400x300-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Will Paris Exit Harm U.S. ‘Clean Tech’ Firms?
We’ve heard it for months. If President Trump pulls out of the Paris Agreement, America will be “hobbled in the global race for clean energy…
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Janus v. AFSCME Could End Forced Union Dues in Public-Sector
Today, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and the Liberty Justice Center asked the United States Supreme Court to hear a case…
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A Short & Concrete Defense of the Legal Risk Rationale behind the Paris Exit
The agreement could have been used to muck up the Trump administration’s planned rollback of Obama-era climate rules, including the Clean Power Plan…
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Five Things You’ll Encounter at the CEI Dinner
This week, almost a thousand of Washington’s finest liberty lovers will travel through the rabbit hole to CEI’s Annual Dinner and Reception.
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
After a lengthy delay, several Obama-era rules are starting to come into effect, especially energy-use rules ranging from refrigerators to ceiling fans.
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Laptop Bans Harm Tourism and Airlines
Banning laptop computers from airplane cabins could not only harm safety, but also the tourism industry.
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Paris Exit Enjoys Electoral Legitimacy Agreement Itself Lacked
Trump’s Paris exit fulfills a 2016 campaign pledge.
![Roundup of Recent D.C. Telecom Events](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FSF_FCC_600x356-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Roundup of Recent D.C. Telecom Events
Recent events aimed at restoring Internet freedom.
![Federal Trade Commission Eyes Costly New Contact Lens Rules](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ThinkstockPhotos-122400713-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Federal Trade Commission Eyes Costly New Contact Lens Rules
Despite a decent track-record when it comes to promoting an open and competitive market for eyeglasses and contact lenses, the FTC recently made a notable…
![Remembering Aaron Wildavsky](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Aaron_Wildavsky_1930-1993-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Remembering Aaron Wildavsky
Aaron Wildavsky, born on this day in 1930, died tragically and all too young in 1993, but left behind an incredible legacy in the public policy…
![Trump’s Reported Decision to Withdraw from Paris Agreement Right Choice for America and the World](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/paris-stock-photo_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Trump’s Reported Decision to Withdraw from Paris Agreement Right Choice for America and the World
It is now widely reported that President Trump has decided to keep his campaign promise to “cancel” America’s participation in the Paris Climate Agreement.
![TSA Delays Transatlantic Laptop Ban, Which CEI Questioned in Petition](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/airplane-laptop-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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TSA Delays Transatlantic Laptop Ban, Which CEI Questioned in Petition
On May 31, the Secretary of Homeland Security said the TSA “might” still impose a ban on transatlantic flights in the future.
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New York City Passes Automation-Inducing Labor Laws
In the ongoing battle between New York City and San Francisco to enact the nation’s costliest labor laws, the Big Apple may have just pulled…
![Top Stats from ‘10,000 Commandments’ for 2017](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/10KC_2017_sq-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Top Stats from ‘10,000 Commandments’ for 2017
The 2017 report is unique and will serve as a benchmark to measure President Trump’s efforts to cut red tape against those of his predecessors.
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Canada’s Air Traffic Provider Announces Lowered Fees; U.S. Should Embrace Same Model
Since the Canadian government decided 20 years ago to spin off air traffic control from the nation’s transportation department, Nav Canada has seen its inflation-adjusted…
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Dog Bites Man (Climate Science Establishment Attacks EPA Administrator Pruitt)
This week the journal Nature: Scientific Reports published an article by Ben Santer and eight other climate science establishmentarians rebutting a comment made by…
![Gottlieb Tells Congress FDA Will Base E-Cig Regulations on Science](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FDA-post-chart-578x324-c-default.png)
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Gottlieb Tells Congress FDA Will Base E-Cig Regulations on Science
Democrats like to portray their party as the “party of science.” Yet, when it comes to harm-reducing tobacco alternatives that offer millions of smokers a…
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Paid Parental Leave Proposal Increases Cost of Employment and Burdens States
President Trump’s first budget proposal includes an unfunded mandate that likely will lead to tax hikes. This comes in the form of a paid family…
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Sports Gambling Bill Might Unite Groups in Opposition
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Why Not a “Nuclear Option” for Legislative Vetoes?
For the sake of clarity, I start with questions presented in this blog, which serve as a useful guide: Is it constitutional for one Congress…
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Rep. Meadows Introduces Transportation Performance-based Regulatory Reform Bill
Today, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) introduced the Revamping American Infrastructure Act of 2017 (H.R. 2714), which aims to “facilitate the use of outcome-based performance…
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Breaking: Gambling Bill Could Restore Freedom to States
Congress may soon consider a bill that would repeal outdated federal gambling prohibitions, and thus allow states to legalize and regulate any form of gambling,…
![Congress Should Repeal Overbroad College Harassment Rules](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ThinkstockPhotos-636199580-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Congress Should Repeal Overbroad College Harassment Rules
The Clinton/Obama demands completely ignored the very purpose of a university, which is to follow wherever the truth may lead, even when that offends people.
![Paris Agreement: Is the State Department Running Its Own Game?](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/paris-stock-photo_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Paris Agreement: Is the State Department Running Its Own Game?
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson caused a stir when, on May 11, he signed the Fairbanks Declaration at the Tenth Ministerial Meeting of…
![New York Times Again Misses Mark with Pruitt Hit](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/epa-seal-578x324-c-default.png)
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New York Times Again Misses Mark with Pruitt Hit
The truth is a lot blander then what the journalists would have you believe.
![Two GOP Governors Support Paris Agreement, But President Trump Shouldn’t Be Impressed](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ThinkstockPhotos-imsis570-076-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Two GOP Governors Support Paris Agreement, But President Trump Shouldn’t Be Impressed
So, if the Governors’ stated reasons don’t explain their support for the Paris Agreement, what does? Perhaps cheap environmental virtue combined with a belief that…
![Olive Oil Settlement Uses Slippery Tactics to Reward Attorneys at Consumers’ Expense](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ThinkstockPhotos-499133170-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Olive Oil Settlement Uses Slippery Tactics to Reward Attorneys at Consumers’ Expense
When companies deceive consumers, the class action device provides a way to compensate those harmed.
![Top Five Reasons the U.S. Must Cancel the Paris Climate Treaty](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Five-Reasons-Paris-Treaty-Infographic_0-578x324-c-default.png)
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Top Five Reasons the U.S. Must Cancel the Paris Climate Treaty
Abundant, affordable, and reliable energy is critical to modern-day life powering everything from our stoves to our cars.
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Confusing EPA Budget Process Calculated to Resist Meaningful Oversight
Congress can’t exercise the power of the purse to rein in an administrative agency when lawmakers have no idea how the money is spent.
![Update on Paris Climate Treaty](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/paris-stock-photo_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Update on Paris Climate Treaty
In last week’s report on developments in the debate over the Paris Climate Treaty, we focus on activities by those of us who support the…
![Cheers to Whiskey, the ‘Oil of Conversation’](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/iwhiskey_bluetruck_straight-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Cheers to Whiskey, the ‘Oil of Conversation’
Whiskey culture is characteristically welcoming, with whiskey makers and aficionados ever eager to share a dram and a story.
![President Trump Should Ignore Advice of Obama Administration Officials on Paris Agreement](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/paris-stock-photo_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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President Trump Should Ignore Advice of Obama Administration Officials on Paris Agreement
Trump’s greatest contribution to American democracy and international energy policy would be to repudiate the politics of plunder, starting with its most grandiose embodiment—the Paris…
![Center for American Progress’ Make-Work Scheme Needs Details](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Unemployment400x300-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Center for American Progress’ Make-Work Scheme Needs Details
A debate over income inequality and job growth is worth having.
![Powerful Officials, Like the Director of the CFPB, Should Be Democratically Accountable](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cfpb-logo_0-578x324-c-default.png)
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Powerful Officials, Like the Director of the CFPB, Should Be Democratically Accountable
While a three-judge panel of the appeals court ruled against the CFPB’s constitutionality, the full appeals court will re-hear arguments in the case on May…
![The Community Reinvestment Act’s Absurd Unintended Consequences](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fairhousing_ThinkstockPhotos-186285961-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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The Community Reinvestment Act’s Absurd Unintended Consequences
Many neighborhoods designated as poor under the federal Community Reinvestment Act are among the wealthiest in the nation.
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Drone Hobbyist Defeats FAA’s Illegal Model Aircraft Registration Rule
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of Maryland attorney John Taylor, a drone hobbyist who challenged the…
![Supreme Court Should Overturn Congress’ Sports Betting Ban](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DFS_ThinkstockPhotos-497616662_onlinesports-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Supreme Court Should Overturn Congress’ Sports Betting Ban
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is blatantly unconstitutional and ought to be struck down in full.
![Biggest Study Yet Shows the Dangers of War on Salt](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/salt_ThinkstockPhotos-506814856-1-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Biggest Study Yet Shows the Dangers of War on Salt
History, and consumers, will not look kindly on organizations that continue to cling to their unjustified war on salt.
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Greater Government Economic Intervention Isn’t the Only Way for Workers to Receive More Paid Leave
President Trump, along with his daughter Ivanka, have frequently advocated for mandated paid family leave. Most recently, on Mother’s Day, Trump touted his desire…
![Center for Class Action Fairness Changes Landscape of ‘Cy Pres’ Settlements](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ThinkstockPhotos-586718274_0-scaled-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Center for Class Action Fairness Changes Landscape of ‘Cy Pres’ Settlements
The CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) has long opposed abusive “cy pres” settlements that benefit third-party beneficiaries instead of compensating class members…
![Industrial Energy Consumers to White House: “No Benefit” to Paris Agreement](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/paris-stock-photo_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Industrial Energy Consumers to White House: “No Benefit” to Paris Agreement
There is “no benefit” to U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement, the Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) argues in a letter sent to President…
![CEI Leads Coalition Supporting DeFazio-Massie PFC Uncap Bill](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/airport-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting DeFazio-Massie PFC Uncap Bill
Today, a coalition of free market groups sent a joint letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership urging them to support the “Investing…
![Trump Must Show Energy Companies He Will Fight Politics of Plunder](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/paris-stock-photo_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Trump Must Show Energy Companies He Will Fight Politics of Plunder
Energy producers will stand up for themselves only if Trump shows, by his actions, that he will fight for them.
![A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell Just as Sweet, but These Flower-Delivery Settlement Coupons Are Noisome Even When You Call Them “E-Credits”](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ThinkstockPhotos-81859873-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell Just as Sweet, but These Flower-Delivery Settlement Coupons Are Noisome Even When You Call Them “E-Credits”
Of the actual $12.5 million of real money changing hands in this settlement, somehow only $225,000 is making its way to the class members for…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The number of new final regulations this year passed the one-thousand mark. While many of the new rules are delays or repeals of older rules,…
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Trump DOJ Nominee Unlikely to Bend to Anti-Gamblers’ Will
Steven Engel—Trump’s nominee to head this powerful office—indicated during his confirmation hearing that would not be swayed by political pressure or convenience.
![How Flying Dog Brewery Fought Government Censors and Won](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Beer_map-01_600x576-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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How Flying Dog Brewery Fought Government Censors and Won
Jim Caruso, CEO of Flying Dog Brewery, sits down with Reason TV’s Nick Gillespie to discuss the brewing business, marketplace diversity, evolving consumer taste, and…
![How FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Can Save E-Cigarettes and Lives](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Vapes-2-ThinkstockPhotos_412x320-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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How FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Can Save E-Cigarettes and Lives
Now that he has triumphed over the confirmation process, Gottlieb’s real challenge—streamlining the FDA for the benefit of consumers—begins.
![Paris Agreement: Carbon Tax Elders Offer More Bad Advice](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/paris-stock-photo_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Paris Agreement: Carbon Tax Elders Offer More Bad Advice
The same GOP elders who have been pushing what American Enterprise Institute economist Ben Zycher charitably calls “The Deeply Flawed Case for a Carbon Tax”…
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There is No Consumer – or Small Business – Case for the Durbin Amendment
Two new studies demonstrate that there is no consumer case for keeping the Durbin Amendment, and neither is there a small business case for doing…
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Attorneys Targeting Holographic Weapon Sight Owners For Excessive Fees
Attorneys can create the illusion of relief to rationalize excessive attorneys’ fees that ultimately come at the expense of consumers.
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Another droll week on the regulatory front, with new rules ranging from UHF television to restaurant menus.
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The Paris Agreement and the Imperial Presidency: My Response to David Bookbinder
The Paris Agreement thus casts a long dark shadow not only on U.S. energy producers but our future as a self-governing polity.
![Misdirected Paris Agreement Debate Fixates on Meaning of ‘May’](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dictionary_shutterstock_45765181-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Misdirected Paris Agreement Debate Fixates on Meaning of ‘May’
This being Washington, D.C., the world capital of misdirection, debate on whether President Trump should keep his campaign promise to “cancel” America’s participation in the…
![The Politics of Children’s Literature](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/communismforkids_cover_200x311-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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The Politics of Children’s Literature
Liberty-loving individuals with children in their lives should take a second look at what’s on the shelf.
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Learn Liberty on Capitalism and Liberation
Learn Liberty’s recent video, featuring historian Thaddeus Russell, highlights how capitalism created an environment where women were increasingly free to make their own decisions and…
![Financial Choice Act Advances National Small Business Week](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ThinkstockPhotos-508857266-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Financial Choice Act Advances National Small Business Week
As National Small Business Week is unfolding, the House Financial Services Committee is now marking up a bill to lend small businesses a helping hand.
![Paris Agreement: Why Trump Should Ignore Obama Officials’ Legal Counsel](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/paris-stock-photo_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Paris Agreement: Why Trump Should Ignore Obama Officials’ Legal Counsel
President Trump is expected to decide soon whether he will keep his campaign promise to “cancel” America’s participation in the Paris Agreement.
![European Populism Is Nationalist Conservatism](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ThinkstockPhotos-590175046-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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European Populism Is Nationalist Conservatism
As European conservative governments deploy authority and ignore economic forces, it is likely that the problems facing their nations will intensify rather than decrease.
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Celebrate National Small Business Week
There is no better way to celebrate National Small Business Week than for the Trump administration to rollback red tape that discourages business formation and…
![Democrats Kill Vape Amendment, Possibly Thousands of Americans](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/congress-resized-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Democrats Kill Vape Amendment, Possibly Thousands of Americans
It is a dark day for science-based regulation. In the early hours of Monday morning, Congress finally rolled out its $1 trillion budget deal in…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
While most of the week’s new final regulations are either routine or procedural, they still range from rural phone calls to airplane batteries.
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Trump Issues Executive Order on ‘America-First Offshore Energy Strategy’
President Trump issued an executive order on Friday directing the Departments of Interior and Commerce to “encourage energy innovation, exploration, and production” in U.S. offshore areas including…
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Double Dose of Good News from D.C. Circuit Court
In a double dose of good news, the D.C. Circuit Court this week put on hold litigation surrounding two major Obama-era EPA rules for existing…
![White House Debate on Paris Climate Treaty Heats Up](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/White-House-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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White House Debate on Paris Climate Treaty Heats Up
Senior members of the Trump Administration met on Thursday afternoon to try to agree on a recommendation to President Trump on whether and how to…
![Technology and Process Failures at TSA](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TSA-site.gov_-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Technology and Process Failures at TSA
The Transportation Security Administration has a history of tripping over itself to rush out technologies that are ill-considered and invasive.
![March for Climate Another Demonstration of Groupthink](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/protest_ThinkstockPhotos-637789014_notxt-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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March for Climate Another Demonstration of Groupthink
Trump threatens the climate industrial complex by questioning its certitudes, demoting its policy priorities, and proposing to cut its budget.
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People’s Climate March: Recycled Humor for a Sustainable Society
We're recycling our March for Science jokes from last week for tomorrow’s People’s Climate March, with a few additions.
![The Future of Liberty and Democracy in Europe](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/KentLassmanERB20170422-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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The Future of Liberty and Democracy in Europe
The classical liberal tradition calls for respecting the liberty of individuals and of conscience, the freedom to trade goods and services, and even the mobility…
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Reason TV Interviews Ajit Pai on the Future of the Internet
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Time to Repeal Special Interest ‘Prevailing Wage’ Laws
If Congress passes a massive infrastructure spending plan, it is imperative to ensure the best rate of return for tax dollars spent on these projects.
![Five Reasons President Trump Should Withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1200px-Seal_of_the_Executive_Office_of_the_President_of_the_United_States_2014.svg_-578x324-c-default.png)
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Five Reasons President Trump Should Withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement
President Trump should keep his campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty and submit it to the Senate with a recommendation against ratification.
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Reviewing Trump’s First 100 Days
This Saturday, April 29th, marks President Trump’s 100th day in office, which offers us the opportunity to reflect on what his administration has accomplished so…
![Activist Attorneys General Urge Trump to Stay in Paris Agreement](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/paris_ThinkstockPhotos-504382204-scaled-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Activist Attorneys General Urge Trump to Stay in Paris Agreement
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday, Schneiderman and 13 other Democratic attorneys general urged President…
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An Overdue Review of the Antiquated Antiquities Act
Kudos to President Trump for signing the Antiquities Act executive order today directing Interior Secretary Zinke to undertake the long overdue review of the misuses and…
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VIDEO: CEI Releases Second Digital Ad Urging Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement (April 26, 2017)
White House senior advisers continue to meet about the future of U.S. involvement in the Paris Climate Treaty, even though President Trump made a campaign…
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Left-wing Groups Attack Civil Rights Official for Enforcing Civil Rights Act
Civil rights laws do not contain exceptions for particular races, much less countenance segregation.
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CFPB Delays Prepaid Card Rule
Earlier today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it will delay its 1,700-page prepaid spending cards rule until April 1, 2018. This follows…
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California’s Proposed Automated Vehicle Regulations under Fire
Unless they cease attempting to involve their state in matters of federal responsibility, California’s politicians and bureaucrats will have blood on their hands.
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Energy Policy in Trump’s First 100 Days
President Trump’s energy and climate record is one of solid achievement so far. However, until Trump cancels America’s participation in it, the Paris Agreement will…
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Senate Moves to Confirm Acosta as Labor Secretary
There is much work to do at the Department of Labor. The Obama administration’s DOL spent eight years imposing huge costs on the economy and…
![Bipartisan Attorney General Letter Opposes Electric Vehicle Industrial Policy in EPA-VW Settlement](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vwflag_786cf3b591562939e0f7d768610af5a4.nbcnews-fp-1200-800-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Bipartisan Attorney General Letter Opposes Electric Vehicle Industrial Policy in EPA-VW Settlement
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general has released of a letter opposing the electrical vehicle infrastructure plan that the EPA negotiated with Volkswagen over…
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Big Changes to Banking and Finance Regulation on the Horizon
Major reform of banking and finance regulation could be coming soon to Washington, D.C.
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Labor and Employment in Trump’s First 100 Days
The White House should fill key personnel positions at labor agencies so that they can get to work on repealing numerous roadblocks erected by the…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The Federal Register continues its slow march to the 20,000-page mark, but is still on pace for lowest page total since 1993.
![Class Action Lawyers in Target Case Hoard the Settlement Pie](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pie_ThinkstockPhotos-584465076-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Class Action Lawyers in Target Case Hoard the Settlement Pie
It’s time to restore justice and fairness in our nation’s legal system, and the Target case would be a valuable step in the right direction.
![Justice Department Disability Demands Raise Serious Free Speech Issues](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1024px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Justice.svg_-578x324-c-default.png)
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Justice Department Disability Demands Raise Serious Free Speech Issues
The Justice Department’s demands exceeded its authority under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Darcy’s Story: The Need for Donor Privacy Protections
When the government forces nonprofit groups to disclose their supporters to the public, they threaten the free speech and free association rights of those involved.
![African Development Requires Economic and Legal Reforms, Affordable Energy](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ThinkstockPhotos-542096870-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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African Development Requires Economic and Legal Reforms, Affordable Energy
If the African continent is to achieve the prosperity it deserves, then African policy makers and non-governmental organizations alike should strive to implement pro-growth policies.
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Archbridge Institute Releases Optimistic New Research on Economic Mobility
The best way to encourage more economic mobility is to foster a cultural and regulatory environment where innovation, openness, and change are encouraged.
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The Science March: No Laughing Matter? Says Who?
Using street protests to handle scientific controversies like climate change is only a few steps above using animal sacrifice.
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Separating Financial Interest from Clients Backfires for Class Action Attorneys
If class action lawyers tie their fate to their clients’, there will be ups and downs. But if they jump ship, few people will be…
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Healthy Kids Can Coexist with Flavored E-cigarettes for Adults
Research indicates that flavored e-cigarettes help smokers switch to vaping and not go back to their deadly traditional cigarette habit.
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Stop Paying Federal Employees to Perform Union Business
There are an estimated 1,000 federal employees who spend 100 percent of their work hours on labor union business instead of actual government work.
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VIDEO: CEI Digital Ad Urges Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement (April 18, 2017)
White House senior advisers continue to meet about the future of U.S. involvement in the Paris Climate Treaty, even though President Trump made a campaign…