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Barack Obama as FCC Chairman

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/01/2016

The saga of executive branch overreach continues, and we got a twofer today. The House Judiciary Task Force on Executive Overreach held a hearing this…

Regulatory Reform

The One Year Anniversary of Net Neutrality

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The One Year Anniversary of Net Neutrality

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/26/2016

In the pen and phone era, one of the many examples of the descent into arbitrary lawmaking influencing an entire sector of the economy is…

Tech and Telecom

Presidential Candidates Neglect Regulatory Bureaucracy

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Presidential Candidates Neglect Regulatory Bureaucracy

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/16/2016

Allowing a $19 trillion federal debt when it was obvious that interest rates couldn’t remain zero forever is Exhibit A that legislatures rarely control spending.

Regulatory Reform

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The 2016 Unconstitutionality Index: 39 Federal Rules for Every Law Congress Passes

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/04/2016

The New Year brought news of yet more executive action by President Obama, most prominently this time on tweaking the Second Amendment and access to…

Regulatory Reform

Bureaucracy Unbound: 2015 Is Another Record Year For The Federal Register

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Bureaucracy Unbound: 2015 Is Another Record Year For The Federal Register

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/30/2015

With one day to go in 2015, the Federal Register tops off at 81,611 pages. That’s higher than last year at 77,687 pages and higher than it’s…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Says Merry Christmas With 80,000 Pages Of Regulation

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Washington Says Merry Christmas With 80,000 Pages Of Regulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/23/2015

There may be a federal war on coal in the ground, but Washington has plenty of coal for your Christmas stocking. The Federal Register—where federal…

Regulatory Reform

Obama Cements Status as King of Regulatory Bloat

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Obama Cements Status as King of Regulatory Bloat

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/16/2015

Today marks a milestone for the one brandishing the Mighty Pen and Phone.   The Federal Register hit 78,648 pages today. The Register is where the federal…

Regulatory Reform

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Washington’s Thanksgiving Turkeys: Here’s Your Chance to Fill Up on the White House’s 218 Economically Significant Rules

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/24/2015

​The president will pardon a couple turkeys again this year for Thanksgiving. The birds will take a carbon-intensive cross country flight from San Francisco International…

Regulatory Reform

Less than 1 Percent of Federal Regulations Get Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Less than 1 Percent of Federal Regulations Get Cost-Benefit Analysis

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/17/2015

The Obama administration likes to assert that all the rules and regulations pouring out of Washington have positive net-benefits. Billions of dollars in postulated net…

Regulatory Reform

Net Neutrality Questions FCC Commissioners Need to Answer

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Net Neutrality Questions FCC Commissioners Need to Answer

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/16/2015

In a House Energy & Commerce Committee oversight hearing on Tuesday, November 17, all five Federal Communications Commissioners will testify. Net neutrality, the FCC’s broad push…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

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Don’t Spare the ROD: An Inventory of Resolutions of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/04/2015

Before Thanksgiving Day, both chambers of Congress are likely to consider so-called “Resolutions of Disapproval” to attempt to reject major, cripplingly expensive Environmental Protection Agency regulations…

Regulatory Reform

Agency Overload: Meet the Federal Bureaucracy One-Page Word Cloud

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Agency Overload: Meet the Federal Bureaucracy One-Page Word Cloud

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/06/2015

There exist various counts of agencies in the federal bureaucracy, but no particular tally is regarded authoritative. The “Agency List” page maintained at FederalRegister.gov probably…

Regulatory Reform

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You Won’t Believe All the Ways Federal Agencies Issue Rules

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/23/2015

Recently, I’d pointed out that we don’t really know how many federal agencies there are. That implies we don’t know how many rules and regulations…

Regulatory Reform

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Nobody Knows How Many Federal Agencies Exist

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/26/2015

As bureaucracy sprawls, nobody can say with complete authority exactly how many federal agencies exist. The twice-annual Unified Agenda of Federal Deregulatory and Regulatory Actions, which…

Regulatory Reform

Regulations Endanger Democracy

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Regulations Endanger Democracy

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/11/2015

The House has passed some key regulatory reform measures this year, including the REINS Act most recently (which stands for “Regulations from the Executive In Need…

Regulatory Reform

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Obama’s 2015 Report to Congress on Federal Regulations Is MIA

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/22/2015

The federal government’s only report that discloses overall costs and benefits of federal regulations is overdue. This is 2015, and it’s almost August. Where is…

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Sunsetting Federal Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/15/2015

An average of around 70 rules and regulations are issued every week. There were 3,554 in 2015, and have been 1,693 in 2015 as of…

Regulatory Reform

Independence Day? Yeah, Right: A Fourth of July Roundup of Federal Regulation

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Independence Day? Yeah, Right: A Fourth of July Roundup of Federal Regulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/01/2015

Congress is in recess and can’t do any more damage as the Fourth of July approaches, but federal agencies remain in business until they enjoy…

Regulatory Reform

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One Nation, Ungovernable? Confronting the Modern Regulatory State

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/22/2015

(Note: What follows is a hyperlinked version of the introductory paragraphs to the chapter of the same name in the new Fraser Institute/Mercatus…

Regulatory Reform

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How Many Significant Regulations Escape Congress’ Notice?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/11/2015

The Spring 2015 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was released in late May, presenting recently completed actions and ongoing priorities of the federal…

Regulatory Reform

Obama Has Issued More “Economically Significant” Rules in 6.5 Years than Bush Did in Eight

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Obama Has Issued More “Economically Significant” Rules in 6.5 Years than Bush Did in Eight

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/04/2015

It happens to be the case that, in terms of overall counts of rules and regulations published in the Federal Register as final rules, the George W.

Regulatory Reform

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Here Are All 205 “Economically Significant” Rules in the Spring 2015 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/02/2015

The Spring 2015 Unified Agenda of Federal Deregulatory and Regulatory Actions was released by the Obama administration just before Memorial Day weekend. It’s less of a…

Regulatory Reform

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Ten Thousand Commandments 2015: A Fact Sheet

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/12/2015

Ten Thousand Commandments is the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s annual survey of the size, scope and cost of federal regulations, and how they affect American…

Regulatory Reform

Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Derailed

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Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Derailed

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/23/2015

Today we’ve learned again that bureaucrats and their enormous kingdoms come before consumer welfare.  The collapse of the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger merely because of the interference of government,…

Antitrust

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Balanced Budgets and Regulatory Budgets

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/22/2015

The Joint House-Senate Conference Meeting on the federal budget has begun. Chairman Tom Price of Georgia remarked: Completing a budget is one of…

Regulatory Reform

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California Drought 2.0, or Is it 3.0?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/06/2015

California’s water woes are back in the headlines after Gov. Jerry Brown commanded a 25 percent cut in consumption last week after extended drought. Pricing matters…

Energy and Environment

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The Republican Budget and Middle Class Economics

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/18/2015

Yesterday the House Republicans released their “Balanced Budget for a Stronger America” and the Senate Republicans will release their budget proposal today. House Republicans…

Regulatory Reform

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Net Neutrality Vote Shows Congress Must Rein In and Replace the FCC

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/26/2015

The separation of powers doctrine demands that Congress not tolerate unelected federal agencies going it alone and making binding law.  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC),…

Tech and Telecom

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President Obama Says We’ve “Turned the Page” – Really?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/23/2015

In previewing his 2015 State of the Union Address, President Obama said … "2014 was the fastest year for job growth since the 1990s.

Regulatory Reform

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CEI’s 2015 Unconstitutionality Index: 27 Regulations for Every Law

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/04/2015

There’s this idea floating around about America’s do-nothing Congress, that laws aren’t being passed. The Los Angeles Times called Congress “ineffective,” in 2013 since it passed…

Law and Litigation

2014 Ends with a 78,978-Page Federal Register; 3,541 Rules and Regulations

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2014 Ends with a 78,978-Page Federal Register; 3,541 Rules and Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/31/2014

At year-end 2014, the Federal Register stands at 78,978 pages, the fifth-highest count ever. (The published version contains 79,066 pages, but I net out blank and skipped…

Regulatory Reform

Deteriorating White House Regulatory Disclosure Needs Active Congressional Review

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Deteriorating White House Regulatory Disclosure Needs Active Congressional Review

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/11/2014

Recently we’ve spent time reviewing Washington’s “Unified Agenda” of federal regulations, which came out just before Thanksgiving. It purports to tell what the alphabet soup…

Regulatory Reform

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Small Business Regulations: Obama Red Tape Exceeds Bush Level

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/08/2014

As we noted last week, President Obama has issued nearly half again as many “major,” $100-million regulations during his six years as President as George…

Regulatory Reform

Obama’s Major Regulations 50 Percent Higher than Bush

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Obama’s Major Regulations 50 Percent Higher than Bush

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/05/2014

Back in 2012, President Obama emphasized that he had issued fewer rules in his first three years as president than his predecessor President George W. Bush.

Regulatory Reform

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Washington’s Thanksgiving Turkeys: Here Are All of the White House’s 200 Economically Significant Rules

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/26/2014

As usual, the president will pardon a turkey again this year for Thanksgiving; For us turkey eaters, though, our federal holiday treat is lots and lots…

Regulatory Reform

The Federal Register Topped 70,000 Pages Today

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The Federal Register Topped 70,000 Pages Today

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/24/2014

The Federal Register, where federal agencies’ daily rules, regulations, notices, “guidance,” bulletins and other material accumulate each day, just topped 70,000 pages for 2014.  70,052…

Regulatory Reform

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President Obama’s Executive Overreach Compounded by Regulatory Dark Matter

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/20/2014

In recent years the Federal Register has topped out at well over 70,000 pages, two times at more than 80,000. Each year over 3,500 rules issue from…

Regulatory Reform

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What Will the SpaceShipTwo Crash Mean for Commercial Space Flight Regulation?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/31/2014

The crash of a test flight of billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, which cost the life of one, riveted many around the globe on Friday afternoon.

Aviation

How Federal Paperwork and Red Tape Has Grown since President Clinton

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How Federal Paperwork and Red Tape Has Grown since President Clinton

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/29/2014

In recent five-part series called The 2014 Federal Paperwork and Red Tape Roundup, I took a look at hours of paperwork for various departments and…

Regulatory Reform

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The 2014 Federal Paperwork and Red Tape Roundup, Part 5: Executive Agency Regulatory Costs

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/24/2014

In Parts 1 through 4 of The 2014 Federal Paperwork and Red Tape Roundup we compiled a basic picture of federal paperwork costs with respect to…

Regulatory Reform

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The 2014 Federal Paperwork and Red Tape Roundup, Part 4: Independent Agency Paperwork Costs

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/22/2014

A recent post here at OpenMarket noted the Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings and presented an annual cost placeholder of $6.14 billion annually stemming from compliance with…

Regulatory Reform

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The Great Unknown – Federal Independent Agencies’ Regulatory Costs

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/21/2014

Let’s be independent together! —Herbie the Dentist Elf to Rudolph in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Independent agencies are not subject to Office of Management and Budget…

Regulatory Reform

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The 2014 Federal Paperwork and Red Tape Roundup, Part 2: Billions of Dollars and 13,000 Lifetimes Annually

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/09/2014

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and…

Regulatory Reform

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The 2014 Federal Paperwork and Red Tape Roundup, Part 1: Big Bucks for Pencil Pushers

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/08/2014

The more restrictions and prohibitions are in the Empire, the poorer grow the people. —Lao-Tzu When it comes to red tape and federal paperwork,…

Regulatory Reform

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Western Water and California Drought, Part 2: No Need for Malthusian Despair

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/09/2014

Well, some good news—it’s raining in Los Angeles. Western droughts combined with questionable water access policies spawn water crises that unfortunately are not unique…

Energy and Environment

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Strengthening Executive Branch Review of Federal Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/03/2014

This week marks the due date of public comments on the 2014 edition of the Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Are Environmental Protection Agency Regulations Declining? Don’t Bet on It

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Are Environmental Protection Agency Regulations Declining? Don’t Bet on It

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/19/2014

This is Part 26 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal…

Energy and Environment

Red Tapeworm 2014: The Government Accountability Office Reports More Regulations in Obama Era

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Red Tapeworm 2014: The Government Accountability Office Reports More Regulations in Obama Era

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/15/2014

This is Part 25 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal…

Blog

Red Tapeworm 2014: Tell Us — Which Regulations Hurt Your Business as You Grow?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/12/2014

This is Part 24 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Small Businesses Beaten Down by Recordbreaking Federal Regulations

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Small Businesses Beaten Down by Recordbreaking Federal Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/07/2014

This is Part 23 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Completed Economically Significant Rules at Record Levels

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Completed Economically Significant Rules at Record Levels

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/06/2014

This is Part 21 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Big Dollar Federal Regulations in the Pipeline Highest under Obama

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Big Dollar Federal Regulations in the Pipeline Highest under Obama

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/04/2014

This is Part 21 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Here Are the Federal Agencies that Issue the Most Regulations

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Here Are the Federal Agencies that Issue the Most Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/29/2014

This is Part 20 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2014…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Federal Regulatory Agenda Consistently Tops 3,000 Rules

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Federal Regulatory Agenda Consistently Tops 3,000 Rules

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/21/2014

This is Part 19 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal…

Regulatory Reform

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Federal Regulatory Disclosure Becomes More Confused

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/17/2014

“The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions” normally appears in the Federal Register each fall and (minus the Regulatory Plan) each…

Red Tapeworm 2014: When Regulations Get Delayed

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Red Tapeworm 2014: When Regulations Get Delayed

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/14/2014

I tend to think bureaucratic regulation often creates tremendous harm, so it’s interesting when those who disagree decide to hold off on regulation when it…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Over 24,000 Pen and Phone “Public Notices” Annually

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Over 24,000 Pen and Phone “Public Notices” Annually

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/07/2014

This is Part 16 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: A Fourth of July Reflection on Presidental Executive Orders and Loss of Liberty

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Red Tapeworm 2014: A Fourth of July Reflection on Presidental Executive Orders and Loss of Liberty

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/03/2014

In other countries, similar edicts may be known as decrees, orders in council, or fiat. -Wikipedia This is a special July Fourth Edition…

Law and Litigation

Red Tapeworm 2014: The Expanding Code of Federal Regulations

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Red Tapeworm 2014: The Expanding Code of Federal Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/02/2014

This is Part 14 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2014…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Cumulative Final Rules in the Federal Register

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Cumulative Final Rules in the Federal Register

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/01/2014

This is Part 13 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2014 Edition)…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Number of Proposed and Final Rules in the Federal Register

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Number of Proposed and Final Rules in the Federal Register

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/27/2014

This is Part 12 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2014…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Federal Register Pages Per Decade

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Federal Register Pages Per Decade

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/26/2014

This is Part 11 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2014…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: A Record Number of Federal Register Final Rule Pages

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Red Tapeworm 2014: A Record Number of Federal Register Final Rule Pages

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/25/2014

This is Part 10 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2014…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: Thousands of Federal Register Pages

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Thousands of Federal Register Pages

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/23/2014

This is Part 9 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2014…

Regulatory Reform

Red Tapeworm 2014: The High Cost of Overcriminalization

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Red Tapeworm 2014: The High Cost of Overcriminalization

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/17/2014

This is Part 8 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2014…

Regulatory Reform

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The Funnel of Gov — OMB’s 2014 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/02/2014

Over the weekend the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the 2014 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and…

Regulatory Reform

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Are My Ten Thousand Command “Mints” to Be Regulated?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/30/2014

The Food and Drug Administration FDA wants to regulate serving size of breath mints. That's right. This rule was issued March 2014:…

Consumer Freedom

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Obama’s New Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations Shows Big Rules Are Growing

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/29/2014

In the just-released Spring 2014 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations, published twice a year by the Office of Management and Budget,…

Regulatory Reform

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Red Tapeworm 2014: U.S. Regulation Compared to the World’s Largest Economies

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/27/2014

This is Part 7 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual…

Regulatory Reform

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Red Tapeworm 2014: The Federal Government “Eats” 31 Percent Of The U.S. Economy

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/21/2014

This is Part 6 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual…

Consumer Freedom

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The Premises of Net Neutrality

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/19/2014

In the electric power industry, if you run an extension cord across the street to serve another, you go to jail. The local utility has…

Intellectual Property

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Regulations Cost More than Federal Income Taxes

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/16/2014

This is Part 5 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual…

Consumer Freedom

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Regulations Catching Up to Government Spending?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/14/2014

This is Part 4 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual…

Consumer Freedom

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Reckoning the Dollar Cost of Federal Regulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/13/2014

This is Part 3 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual…

Regulatory Reform

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Tardy Bureaucrats Gone Wild

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/12/2014

This is Part 2 of a series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual…

Consumer Freedom

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Red Tapeworm 2014: Guess Which Is the Largest Government on Earth?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/11/2014

This is Part 1 of a new series taking a walk through some sections of Ten Thousand Commandments: An…

Consumer Freedom

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FCC’s Internet Fast Lanes Should Outrun Net Neutrality Bias

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/25/2014

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will issue proposed rules May 15, rules expected expected to allow premium pricing for Internet fast lanes alongside the lane…

Property Rights

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Why Is Obama’s Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulation Delayed?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/01/2014

In April 2013, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued its Draft 2013 Report to Congress on the…

Regulatory Reform

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Sneaky Regulation? Federal Agencies Issue over 24,000 “Public Notices” Annually

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/26/2014

A mixed economy like ours does not remain static. Economic activity increasingly shifts toward government outright (health care, retirement, education) or exists under "Mother-May-I" constraints…

Regulatory Reform

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New Data: Code of Federal Regulations Expanding, Faster Pace under Obama

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/17/2014

The annual Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the "codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register…

Regulatory Reform

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 11: Sunset Regulations and Implement a “One In, One Out” Procedure

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/11/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his…

Regulatory Reform

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 10: Congress Should Create an Annual Regulatory Reduction Commission

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/06/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his…

Regulatory Reform

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 9: Congress Must Affirm Final Agency Rules before They Are Law

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/26/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his…

Regulatory Reform

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 8: Create a Culture of Repealing Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/24/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his…

Regulatory Reform

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Here Are the Obama Administration’s 191 Big-Dollar “Economically Significant” Rules and Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/18/2014

If you pay any attention to the debate over federal regulation (there are at least three or four of you), you inevitably hear about "economically…

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Obama Major Regulations 29 Percent Higher Than Bush

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/11/2014

The 1996 Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires agencies to submit reports to Congress on their major rules — frequently defined as those costing $100 million…

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 7: Recognize and Reduce Indirect Costs of Regulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/10/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his…

Consumer Freedom

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 6: Deal with the Deadweight Cost of Regulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/06/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his…

Regulatory Reform

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 5: Categorize Regulations by Impact

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/30/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his…

Regulatory Reform

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 4: Put a Spotlight on Economically Significant Rules

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/28/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his…

Regulatory Reform

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 3: Make Regulations Transparent Like the Budget

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/27/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his…

Regulatory Reform

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 2: Regulatory Benefits? Maybe Not

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/22/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated “Energy in the Executive.” But President Obama’s 2014 agenda framed by his State of…

Consumer Freedom

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Reining in the Executive Branch Bureaucracy, Part 1: Measure Regulatory Costs

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/21/2014

Since the Federalist Papers, America has debated "Energy in the Executive." But President Obama's 2014 agenda framed by his State of…

Consumer Freedom

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Budget Deal Agreement and State of the Union Address Continue to Neglect Debt and Economy

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/15/2014

In the lead-up to the State of the Union...a briefing theme was that President Barack Obama has little appetite for a debt reduction deal and…

Regulatory Reform

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Is FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler for or against Net Neutrality? Yes

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/11/2014

In what the Washington Post referred to as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler's strongest endorsement yet of net neutrality, he said: Public policy…

Property Rights

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CEI’s 2014 Unconstitutionality Index: 56 Regulations for Every Law

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/07/2014

Every now and then one sees a cute article like this Los Angeles Times piece lamenting that Congress is "ineffective" because…

Regulatory Reform

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Cataloging Washington’s Hidden Costs, Part 5: When Regulation Tramples Health and Safety

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/02/2014

Act surprised...Show concern...Deny...Deny...Deny. —Anonymous What if anybody in power ever actually paid attention to the body count of federal regulation? We just finished another year…

Consumer Freedom

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2013 Ends with an 80,330-Page Federal Register and 3,659 Final Rules and Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/31/2013

The Federal Register wrapped up 2013 with a third-highest count ever, of 80,330 pages. (The published version contains 80,462 pages but I net out blank…

Regulatory Reform

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A New Year of Regulation: Obama’s Record-Setting Federal Register

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/29/2013

[caption id="attachment_72593" align="alignleft" width="168"] Duly Enacted Laws vs. Unaccountable Regulation. The Federal Register runs wild. The federal government spends heavily; it also regulates heavily.[/caption] The Federal…

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Cataloging Washington’s Hidden Costs, Part 4: The Costs of Poor Regulatory Sausage Making

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/18/2013

In the first installment of “Cataloging Washington’s Hidden Costs,” the focus was the loss of liberty in…

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