![Conair Class Action Settlement Sets Our Hair on Fire](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-621358858-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Conair Class Action Settlement Sets Our Hair on Fire
If you bought a Conair Infiniti Pro hair dryer before August 31, 2016 in New York or California, then you are probably part of a…
![Deregulate to Grow the Economy Faster](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-483627867-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Deregulate to Grow the Economy Faster
Congress and the new administration have a real chance to make the economy grow faster, and to raise the labor force participation rate above its…
![Five Regulatory Heartbreaks on Valentine’s Day](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-76766046-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Five Regulatory Heartbreaks on Valentine’s Day
Tomorrow we celebrate our significant other by showering them with affection and chocolate—but is government regulation getting in the way of your date night?…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The White House regulatory freeze continues, and a wide range of recent rules, big and small, have been delayed until late March.
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Trump May Suspend Obama-era Rules on Conflict Minerals
The Dodd-Frank Act’s conflict-minerals rules backfired, and caused malnutrition, misery, and violence in the eastern Congo.
![Celebrate Hans Rosling’s Fact-Based Optimism about Our World](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/10rosling-obit-1-master768-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Celebrate Hans Rosling’s Fact-Based Optimism about Our World
Fans of free markets and limited government were often especially disposed admire Hans Rosling, given his relentless debunking of scare stories that are often used…
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Free the Fishermen: Cause of Action Defends Small Business at Sea
Cause of Action is defending New Hampshire fisherman David Goethel, and others like him, from extraordinarily expensive government regulations.
![Sen. Elizabeth Warren Tries to Silence Fiduciary Rule Critics](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/elizabethwarren_1688x1668-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Tries to Silence Fiduciary Rule Critics
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has frequently resorted to intimidation to effectively silence those with views which she disagrees. This is particularly true for critics of the…
![States Should Resist Pressure to Implement REAL ID Act](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-516728947-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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States Should Resist Pressure to Implement REAL ID Act
National requirements for state ID cards are an abuse of the constitutional division of power between the states and the federal government.
![Response to Mercatus Center’s Dan Griswold on Trade Policy](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ThinkstockPhotos-509671666-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Response to Mercatus Center’s Dan Griswold on Trade Policy
Fred Smith and Marc Scribner respond to the Mercatus Center's Dan Griswold on the free market approach to trade policy.
![Companies Make a Play for Hearts and Minds with Super Bowl Ads](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sbtrain-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Companies Make a Play for Hearts and Minds with Super Bowl Ads
Corporations are in trouble – people see more bad than good in corporate America, even though they may like and enjoy their products.
![GOP Beltway Veterans Pitch Trump on Carbon Tax](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/read-my-lips_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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GOP Beltway Veterans Pitch Trump on Carbon Tax
A group of former Republican White House and cabinet officials advocated a carbon tax in a meeting with Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn, Ivanka Trump,…
![Deregulate to Speed Recovery from ‘Creative Destruction’ of Trade and Innovation](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-178536404-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Deregulate to Speed Recovery from ‘Creative Destruction’ of Trade and Innovation
Government regulation limits the ability of individuals and businesses to recover from normal economic setbacks.
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Hans Rosling, Antidote to Pessimism, Dies at 68
Hans Rosling, the Swedish doctor and professor who saved countless lives in the world’s poorest countries (and gave TED talks), has died of pancreatic cancer.
![Responding to More Distortions of Air Traffic Control Reform](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-505695890-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Responding to More Distortions of Air Traffic Control Reform
Free-market transportation researchers strongly support the air traffic control reform.
![Financial Regulation Executive Order a Step in the Right Direction](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-636830788-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Financial Regulation Executive Order a Step in the Right Direction
A new White House executive order aims to redesign how financial institutions are regulated by the federal government.
![Attorney General and Trial Lawyer Collaboration Creates Revolting Blend](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-591429586-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Attorney General and Trial Lawyer Collaboration Creates Revolting Blend
A new study documents unconstitutional collusion between state attorneys general and trial lawyers.
![FCC Chairman Pai Ends Obama-era Investigation of ‘Zero-rating’ Data Plans](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-623982946_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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FCC Chairman Pai Ends Obama-era Investigation of ‘Zero-rating’ Data Plans
Newly promoted FCC chairman Ajit Pai signals a reversal of policy on Obama-era net neutrality rules.
![Worker Freedom Extends to Missouri](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ThinkstockPhotos-530203054-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Worker Freedom Extends to Missouri
Today, Missouri became the 28th state to enact right-to-work legislation, which prohibits forced payment of union dues as a condition of employment.
![This Week in Ridiculous Regulations](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-171571532-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
With the new administration’s regulatory freeze now in full effect, there were just 8 proposed new regulations published last week. This was the lowest figure…
![The Super Bowl: Not Just for Football Fans](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Super_Bowl_LI_logo.svg_-578x324-c-default.png)
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The Super Bowl: Not Just for Football Fans
The Super Bowl is perennially one of the most-watched TV events around the world, so it’s no surprise that millions of people find reasons to…
![False Claim about Nominee Gorsuch Highlights Need for Rigorous Fact-Checking](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Neil_Gorsuch_10th_Circuit_2448x2448-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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False Claim about Nominee Gorsuch Highlights Need for Rigorous Fact-Checking
People will believe silly things when it fits their ideological preconceptions, as in the case this week of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
![Pence Shows Interest in Scott Walker-Style Collective Bargaining Reform](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Gov_Walker-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Pence Shows Interest in Scott Walker-Style Collective Bargaining Reform
Recent conversations between Vice President Pence and Wisconsin governor Scott Walker signal interest in collective bargaining reform for federal employees.
![Encouraging Job Report Suggests Deregulation Will Get America Back to Work](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/workers_construction_rs_ThinkstockPhotos-598703838-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Encouraging Job Report Suggests Deregulation Will Get America Back to Work
New employment numbers suggest that employers are starting to respond to the promise of substantial deregulation by the new administration.
![Susette Kelo Eminent Domain Battle Hits Big Screen in ‘Little Pink House’](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/susette_kelo_lph-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Susette Kelo Eminent Domain Battle Hits Big Screen in ‘Little Pink House’
The film Little Pink House, a dramatization of Connecticut homeowner Susette Kelo’s fight against eminent domain abuse, had its world premiere last night at the…
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Trump Not Bound by Obama Volkswagen Settlement with EPA
The judicial settlement which was reached between Volkswagen and the U.S. Department of Justice last October infringes on President Trump’s Article II authority.
![Smart Move for White House to Push Back on Fiduciary Rule, Dodd-Frank](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-599911460-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Smart Move for White House to Push Back on Fiduciary Rule, Dodd-Frank
President Trump’s forthcoming executive actions—expected to halt the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule and call for review of Dodd-Frank regulations—will greatly benefit middle-class investors, entrepreneurs,…
![Nestlé, Other Businesses Flee California](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/SealofCaliforniaStateSeal-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Nestlé, Other Businesses Flee California
Poor economic policy is negatively impacting job prospects in the Golden State.
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Assessing Prospects for Bipartisan Consensus on Regulatory Reform
The federal government doesn’t merely spend $4 trillion a year, it directs the private sector to spend and otherwise re-purposes enormous resources.
![Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. Employees Set Record Straight on Working for Andy Puzder](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/burger_AllNatural_w_H_logo-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. Employees Set Record Straight on Working for Andy Puzder
This week employees of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. described their experiences working for CKE Restaurants, where Secretary of Labor-designate Andrew Puzder is CEO.
![Congress Should Nullify Obama’s Unlawful and Wasteful Methane Rule](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/naturalgas_methane_ThinkstockPhotos-585313902-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Congress Should Nullify Obama’s Unlawful and Wasteful Methane Rule
This week, the U.S. House will consider a Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s methane capture rule.
![Public Interest Groups Urge Update of Email Privacy Protections](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-544123592_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Public Interest Groups Urge Update of Email Privacy Protections
This week, CEI joined dozens of public interest groups, trade associations, and companies in sending a letter to Congress in support of the…
![Congress Puts Dept. of Labor’s Blacklisting Rule in Crosshairs](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ThinkstockPhotos-601014302-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Congress Puts Dept. of Labor’s Blacklisting Rule in Crosshairs
Congress is taking a first step in rolling back parts of the Obama administration’s costly red-tape put out by the Department of Labor.
![Congress Should Eliminate SEC Rule that Discloses Company Information to Foreign Governments](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img1-578x324-c-default.png)
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Congress Should Eliminate SEC Rule that Discloses Company Information to Foreign Governments
Congress should pass a joint resolution of disapproval and block the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rule relating to ‘‘Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers.”…
![Congress Should Eliminate Obama’s Stream Protection Rule](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ThinkstockPhotos-rbbw_63-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Congress Should Eliminate Obama’s Stream Protection Rule
Congress should eliminate the Department of Interior’s harmful Stream Protection Rule. …
![Scrap Proposition 65, California’s Unscientific Chemical Safety Law](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pesticides_ThinkstockPhotos-518678830-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Scrap Proposition 65, California’s Unscientific Chemical Safety Law
California lawmakers should oppose the effort to list glyphosate as a carcinogen under the state's chemical safety and risk law, originally adopted by voters as…
![White House Should Revisit Volkswagen Settlement with EPA](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vwflag_786cf3b591562939e0f7d768610af5a4.nbcnews-fp-1200-800-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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White House Should Revisit Volkswagen Settlement with EPA
A coalition of free-market groups ask President Trump to investigate the VW emissions settlement with the EPA.
![Trump ‘2-for-1’ Executive Order Could Save Lives](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ThinkstockPhotos-512543170-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Trump ‘2-for-1’ Executive Order Could Save Lives
Many federal regulations harm health and safety, so President Trump’s executive order requiring “agencies to revoke two regulations for every new rule they want to issue”…
![Senate Should Disregard Spurious Public Health Charges against EPA Nominee Pruitt](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ScottPruitt_hedshot-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Senate Should Disregard Spurious Public Health Charges against EPA Nominee Pruitt
The Senate should disregard accusations that EPA Administrator-designate Scott Pruitt is somehow responsible for asthma rates in his home state of Oklahoma.
![‘One In, Two Out’: Trump’s Executive Order on New Regulations](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mark_Warner_nomination-scaled-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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‘One In, Two Out’: Trump’s Executive Order on New Regulations
President Trump's latest executive order on regulatory reform could be an important step in the right direction for reining in government red tape.
![Free-Market Groups Urge Senate to Confirm Labor Nominee Puzder](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Puzder-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Free-Market Groups Urge Senate to Confirm Labor Nominee Puzder
A coalition of 17 free-market groups is urging the Senate to confirm Andrew Puzder as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
![This Week in Ridiculous Regulations](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ThinkstockPhotos-498490432-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
For the next few weeks, the Federal Register will likely have fewer pages and regulations than usual.
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Update on Pruitt Recusal Kerfuffle
During the January 18 Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing on Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be Environmental Protection Agency…
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CEI Salt Study Leaves a Bad Taste in Anti-Salt Advocates’ Mouths
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Harry Potter and the City Council Chambers
The MacIver Institute documents the temptation of local governments to spend taxpayer money on “economic development” projects and tourist events.
![Blockchain Business Council to Help Secure Property Rights for World’s Poor](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ThinkstockPhotos-497286034-scaled-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Blockchain Business Council to Help Secure Property Rights for World’s Poor
The launch of the Global Blockchain Business Council at the 2017 World Economic Forum is good news for the world’s venture capitalists and poor alike.
![Union Membership Hits Rock Bottom](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/working-1056583_1280-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Union Membership Hits Rock Bottom
Union membership is on the decline, in part, because many labor unions have become reliant on government to ease union organizing rather than providing value…
![Climate Scientist Judith Curry Files Legal Brief Supporting CEI’s Free Speech Rights](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ThinkstockPhotos-104383981_2-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Climate Scientist Judith Curry Files Legal Brief Supporting CEI’s Free Speech Rights
Climate scientist Judith Curry today filed an amicus brief with the D.C. Court of Appeals supporting the petitions for full-court review of a three-judge panel’s…
![Senate Democrats Cite Bogus Jobs Figures on ‘Infrastructure’ Plan](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/infrastructure_ThinkstockPhotos-525834735-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Senate Democrats Cite Bogus Jobs Figures on ‘Infrastructure’ Plan
Senate Democrats unveiled a $1 trillion infrastructure blueprint, claiming the eventual legislation would create 15 million jobs over 10 years. The plan stretches the meaning…
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Burns Night Cheers
Tonight, friends at home and abroad gather both for Burns Night and the International I, Whiskey Watch Party to salute the individuals— freedom fighters, innovators,…
![Minimum Prices Have Consumer Benefits: Contact Lens Case Study](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/contactlens_ThinkstockPhotos-521014706-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Minimum Prices Have Consumer Benefits: Contact Lens Case Study
Allowing competing manufacturers to decide for themselves how to influence how their products are sold at retail is the best way to promote innovation and,…
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Trump Reverses Obama Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline
President Trump today signed executive orders aimed at reviving the Keystone XL Pipeline and rescuing the Dakota Access Pipeline from death by regulatory delay.
![Time to Shake up Salt-Only Approach to Hypertension](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ThinkstockPhotos-516450576_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Time to Shake up Salt-Only Approach to Hypertension
What you’ve heard about salt and hypertension may not be right. If we truly hope to conquer this disease, we must pay attention to all…
![Pruitt Cool under Fire at Senate Confirmation Hearing](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ScottPruitt_hedshot-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Pruitt Cool under Fire at Senate Confirmation Hearing
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
![Trump Moves on Trade: TPP and NAFTA](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dock-441989_960_720-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Trump Moves on Trade: TPP and NAFTA
The decisions to end the failed TPP experiment and perhaps pull the plug on NAFTA may not be the disaster for free trade they seem…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The final pre-inauguration Federal Register was 1,464 pages long. A normal day’s edition is roughly 300 pages. Since there is a lag time of a…
![Federal Officials Should Reopen Investigations of Union Activist ‘Worker Centers’](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/restaurant-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Federal Officials Should Reopen Investigations of Union Activist ‘Worker Centers’
It is certainly time to reinvestigate the issue of “worker centers,” which operate outside of the traditional boundaries of labor law.
![Obama Highway Administration Released Troubling Vehicle Communications Guidance](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cv-services-table-578x324-c-default.gif)
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Obama Highway Administration Released Troubling Vehicle Communications Guidance
Last Thursday, the outgoing Obama Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released its long-awaited guidance document on the deployment of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications.
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Learn Liberty Asks: Are Millennials Actually Lazy?
Jared Meyer, discusses his book "Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America’s Young" with Learn Liberty’s Evan Swarztrauber.
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Struggling Fishermen Sue over Cost of Harvest Monitoring
It can be difficult to make one’s living off of the land – or the sea – these days. Federal and state regulations on natural resource…
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DeVos Hearing Generates Misleading Attacks on Civil Liberties Group FIRE
Betsy DeVos, who was recently nominated to be the next Secretary of Education, has been attacked because she and her husband reportedly made donations to a civil-liberties…
![Where Have All the Startups Gone? New Research from eBay and EIG](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2017-01-12_ebay_event_photo_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Where Have All the Startups Gone? New Research from eBay and EIG
Recently eBay’s public policy team here in Washington, D.C. presented a fascinating program on economic growth and new business start-ups.
![Wasteful Spending, Minimum Wage Hike Fuel California Budget Deficit](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ThinkstockPhotos-76755511-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Wasteful Spending, Minimum Wage Hike Fuel California Budget Deficit
California’s projected budget deficit is rising, but that could have been avoided by curtailing wasteful spending.
![Wyoming Considers Disastrous Sales Tax Proposal](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cybermonday_ThinkstockPhotos-512349742_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Wyoming Considers Disastrous Sales Tax Proposal
The U.S. Supreme Court made clear in the case of Quill v. North Dakota (1992) that Congress, not the individual states, has the authority to regulate…
![Obama’s Labor Legacy: Overreach and Overregulation](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DOL_labor_seal_0-578x324-c-default.png)
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Obama’s Labor Legacy: Overreach and Overregulation
In the past eight years, the Department of Labor has consistently pushed the boundaries of its authority. The agency’s overreach greatly restricted how people work,…
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Vox Begs the Question on Climate Change ‘Lukewarmers’
The key insight of the "lukewarmer" position on climate change is that policy has costs and that these costs can harm human beings just as…
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Overturning FDA’s Vape Ban Could Save Millions of Lives
If confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price could help save millions of American lives by stopping the Food and Drug Administration’s…
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Tom Price Should Focus on Reversing ‘Mission Creep’ at HHS
If confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Rep. Tom Price should reverse decades of mission creep and refocus federal health agencies on their…
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Transportation Inspector General: FAA Not Prepared for Major Airspace Disruptions
The Federal Aviation Administration’s airspace modernization efforts, known as NextGen, are woefully lacking.
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‘Corporate Campaign’ Deployed against Labor Secretary Nominee Puzder
Democrats, labor unions, and their allies have deployed a coordinated attack against President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Labor nominee, Andrew Puzder.
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Advice for EPA, Part 3: How to Restore Cooperative Federalism
The Environmental Protection Agency can achieve bipartisan environmental improvement by restoring harmony between itself and state governments. …
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‘I, Whiskey’ Honored at Southern Shorts Film Festival
At the Southern Shorts Awards in Roswell, Georgia last weekend, I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit made its big screen debut as one of the top…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
In a mere nine working days, the 2017 Federal Register has nearly reached 5,000 pages; the midnight hour approaches.
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Coalition Defends Reform of Credit Union Lending Rules
A dozen conservative and free-market groups have signed onto a coalition letter to preserve deregulation of credit union lending.
![Union Front Groups Deploy Dishonest Tactics against Nominee Puzder](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Puzder-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Union Front Groups Deploy Dishonest Tactics against Nominee Puzder
Pro-union activist groups are pulling out all the stops to derail the nomination of Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, to head the Department of…
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Misleading New Republic Hit on EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Demonstrates Ignorance of Subject Matter
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Key Omission Undercuts Attempted New York Times Exposé of EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt
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Can Trump, Congress Undo EPA’s Midnight Fuel Economy Regulation?
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Reaction to Reported EPA Fuel Efficiency Rule, Part 1: The Politics of the Matter
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“I, Whiskey” on the Festival Circuit
This weekend the producers of the CEI film "I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit" will be in Roswell, Georgia for the Southern Shorts Film Festival and Awards Presentation…
![New York Times Highlights Minimum Wage Tradeoffs](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/American-Economic-Association-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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New York Times Highlights Minimum Wage Tradeoffs
Minimum wage increases have obvious winners, which is why they are so popular. Their tradeoffs are less obvious.
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Free Market Coalition Supports Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator
Today more than 20 organizations, in a public letter to members of the Senate, urged confirmation of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the next…
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Iain Murray Addresses Political Fragmentation in the EU
This afternoon our friends at the Heritage Foundation hosted a fascinating discussion of European politics with CEI Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray.
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Crash Course in Gambling Law for Would-be Attorney General Sessions
Federal law does not ban all online gambling, despite what U.S. Attorney General-designate Jeff Sessions has suggested.
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Chamber of Commerce CEO Lays Out 2017 Agenda
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue gave his annual “State of American Business Address” to a packed hall at the Chamber’s H…
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Endangered Species Bee Listing Could Harm Bees, Butterflies, other Pollinators
In the interest of both pollinators and landowners, the incoming Trump Administration needs to advocate and pass serious reforms to the Endangered Species Act.
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Scrutinizing Sen. Carper’s Questions for EPA Nominee Pruitt
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) is unwilling to hold a confirmation hearing on President-elect Trump’s choice for Environmental Protection Agency administrator until the nominee, Oklahoma Attorney…
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A Federal Gift Clause Could Help ‘Drain the Swamp’
If President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are serious about coming through on the campaign promise to “drain the swamp,” it would serve them…
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Questions Senators Should Ask Rex Tillerson
Tillerson is probably the only influential person President-elect Trump would ever nominate as Secretary of State who supports both a carbon tax and the Paris…
![Activist Criticism Again Misses Mark on EPA Nominee Pruitt](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ScottPruitt_hedshot-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Activist Criticism Again Misses Mark on EPA Nominee Pruitt
It’s implausible to argue that Pruitt’s past acceptance of PAC donations are “unprecedented” for someone overseeing the…
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Regulatory Accountability Act Poised to Bring Dramatic Improvement to Government Rulemaking
If signed into law by the next president, the Regulatory Accountability Act will have a dramatically positive effect on jobs, productivity, innovation, and overall economic…
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13,953 Human Lifetimes Spent Annually on Federal Paperwork (2017 Edition)
The burden of federal government paperwork now takes up 9.778 billion hours a year.
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Environmental Litigation Strategies and Defenses for Trump Era
Environmental litigation groups like the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Center for Biological Diversity will pursue three types of lawsuits over the…
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New York Times Misleads on U.S.-China Renewable Energy Trade
The source of demand for Chinese renewable energy exports are countries, like the U.S. and Europe, that have mandated and subsidized green energy.
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The midnight regulatory rush continues, with more than 2,100 Federal Register pages, despite a four-day work week, along with 51 proposed regulations and 52 final…
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Energy & Environmental Policy News: Multimedia Roundup
Observations and analysis on recent energy and environment news by senior fellow William Yeatman.
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Join the ‘I, Whiskey’ International Watch Party
After a successful Virtual Watch Party campaign focused on fans in the United States, we’ve now launched an International Watch Party for our friends around…
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Regulatory Reform in 2017: How Much Do Existing Regulations Cost?
The Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act (RREA), sponsored by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), would help fix basic transparency problems with federal regulations.
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Second Round of Advice for EPA: People Are Policy
The incoming Administration should fill lower ranking political appointees at the EPA with officials across a broad spectrum of state environmental programs and legal officers.
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Utah Keeping Amazon Sales Tax Deal Secret
The Utah State Tax Commission refuses to make public the details of the deal reached with Amazon due to what’s been reported as a “confidentiality…