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“I, Whiskey” Screens at the Oxford Film Festival

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“I, Whiskey” Screens at the Oxford Film Festival

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/21/2017

Richard Morrison and Amanda France recently presented the CEI film "I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit" at the Oxford Film Festival.

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New Bill Could Save Vaping Market and Millions of Lives

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New Bill Could Save Vaping Market and Millions of Lives

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 02/21/2017

If we can’t fully overturn FDA’s authority to regulate vapes, the next best option would be to alter the grandfather date as the Deeming Authority…

Consumer Freedom

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Veterans Affairs Employees Spent 1.1 Million Hours on Union Activities

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/21/2017

Department of Veterans Affairs employees spend over 1 million hours per year performing union activities instead of fulfilling the mission of the agency.

Government Unions

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/21/2017

As with the previous few weeks, many of this week’s regulations were simply delays of previous rules.

Regulatory Reform

Mnuchin Must Bring Transparency to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

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Mnuchin Must Bring Transparency to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

  • By: John Berlau
  • 02/20/2017

Recently-confirmed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin must do everything he can to reverse the extreme secrecy practiced by the Obama Treasury Department.

Banking and Finance

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End Federal Micromanagement of College Discipline Under Title IX

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/17/2017

Vice President Pence said that he and President Trump “believe that education is a state and local function that should be controlled by” states,…

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Unite for Privacy and the First Amendment

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/17/2017

Join the fight for free speech by visiting People United for Privacy on their website or on Facebook.

Free Speech

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Will Trump EPA Challenge California’s De Facto Authority to Regulate Fuel Economy?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 02/17/2017

Former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is now Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Pruitt led the coalition of 27 states, more than…

Climate

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Economic Freedom in the U.S. Fell Last Year Due to Rising Regulatory and Tax Burdens

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/16/2017

The United States recently slipped to its lowest level yet in world rankings of economic freedom compiled by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Congress: Federal Labor Board Must Be Fair to Both Employers and Workers

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Congress: Federal Labor Board Must Be Fair to Both Employers and Workers

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/15/2017

The National Labor Relations Board has become an overly political agency that, as currently constructed, does more harm than good. It is in dire need of reform.

Labor and Employment

AT&T-Time Warner Deal Highlights Need for FCC Reform

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AT&T-Time Warner Deal Highlights Need for FCC Reform

  • By: Ryan Radia
  • 02/15/2017

Interference by Democratic senators in the merger of AT&T and Time Warner is a reminder of the need to reform the FCC’s authority to regulate…

Antitrust

Conair Class Action Settlement Sets Our Hair on Fire

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Conair Class Action Settlement Sets Our Hair on Fire

  • By: Frank Bednarz
  • 02/14/2017

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…

Class Action Fairness

Deregulate to Grow the Economy Faster

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Deregulate to Grow the Economy Faster

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/14/2017

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…

Regulatory Reform

Five Regulatory Heartbreaks on Valentine’s Day

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Five Regulatory Heartbreaks on Valentine’s Day

  • By: Mollie Dreisbach
  • 02/13/2017

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?…

Automobiles and Roads

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/13/2017

The White House regulatory freeze continues, and a wide range of recent rules, big and small, have been delayed until late March.

Regulatory Reform

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Trump May Suspend Obama-era Rules on Conflict Minerals

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/10/2017

The Dodd-Frank Act’s conflict-minerals rules backfired, and caused malnutrition, misery, and violence in the eastern Congo.

Trade and International

Celebrate Hans Rosling’s Fact-Based Optimism about Our World

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Celebrate Hans Rosling’s Fact-Based Optimism about Our World

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/10/2017

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…

Business and Government

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Free the Fishermen: Cause of Action Defends Small Business at Sea

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/10/2017

Cause of Action is defending New Hampshire fisherman David Goethel, and others like him, from extraordinarily expensive government regulations.

Energy and Environment

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Tries to Silence Fiduciary Rule Critics

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Tries to Silence Fiduciary Rule Critics

  • By: John Berlau
  • 02/09/2017

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…

Banking and Finance

States Should Resist Pressure to Implement REAL ID Act

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States Should Resist Pressure to Implement REAL ID Act

  • By: Jim Harper
  • 02/09/2017

National requirements for state ID cards are an abuse of the constitutional division of power between the states and the federal government.

Law and Litigation

Response to Mercatus Center’s Dan Griswold on Trade Policy

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Response to Mercatus Center’s Dan Griswold on Trade Policy

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr., Marc Scribner
  • 02/09/2017

Fred Smith and Marc Scribner respond to the Mercatus Center's Dan Griswold on the free market approach to trade policy.

Trade and International

Companies Make a Play for Hearts and Minds with Super Bowl Ads

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Companies Make a Play for Hearts and Minds with Super Bowl Ads

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 02/09/2017

Corporations are in trouble – people see more bad than good in corporate America, even though they may like and enjoy their products.

Business and Government

GOP Beltway Veterans Pitch Trump on Carbon Tax

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GOP Beltway Veterans Pitch Trump on Carbon Tax

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 02/08/2017

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,…

Climate

Deregulate to Speed Recovery from ‘Creative Destruction’ of Trade and Innovation

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Deregulate to Speed Recovery from ‘Creative Destruction’ of Trade and Innovation

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 02/08/2017

Government regulation limits the ability of individuals and businesses to recover from normal economic setbacks.

Banking and Finance

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Hans Rosling, Antidote to Pessimism, Dies at 68

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/07/2017

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.

Health and Safety

Responding to More Distortions of Air Traffic Control Reform

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Responding to More Distortions of Air Traffic Control Reform

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 02/07/2017

Free-market transportation researchers strongly support the air traffic control reform.

Aviation

Financial Regulation Executive Order a Step in the Right Direction

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Financial Regulation Executive Order a Step in the Right Direction

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 02/07/2017

A new White House executive order aims to redesign how financial institutions are regulated by the federal government.

Banking and Finance

Attorney General and Trial Lawyer Collaboration Creates Revolting Blend

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Attorney General and Trial Lawyer Collaboration Creates Revolting Blend

  • By: Adam Schulman
  • 02/07/2017

A new study documents unconstitutional collusion between state attorneys general and trial lawyers.

CEI Litigation

FCC Chairman Pai Ends Obama-era Investigation of ‘Zero-rating’ Data Plans

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FCC Chairman Pai Ends Obama-era Investigation of ‘Zero-rating’ Data Plans

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 02/07/2017

Newly promoted FCC chairman Ajit Pai signals a reversal of policy on Obama-era net neutrality rules.

Tech and Telecom

Worker Freedom Extends to Missouri

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Worker Freedom Extends to Missouri

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/06/2017

Today, Missouri became the 28th state to enact right-to-work legislation, which prohibits forced payment of union dues as a condition of employment.

Labor and Employment

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/06/2017

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…

Regulatory Reform

The Super Bowl: Not Just for Football Fans

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The Super Bowl: Not Just for Football Fans

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/03/2017

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…

Business and Government

False Claim about Nominee Gorsuch Highlights Need for Rigorous Fact-Checking

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False Claim about Nominee Gorsuch Highlights Need for Rigorous Fact-Checking

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/03/2017

People will believe silly things when it fits their ideological preconceptions, as in the case this week of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

Free Speech

Pence Shows Interest in Scott Walker-Style Collective Bargaining Reform

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Pence Shows Interest in Scott Walker-Style Collective Bargaining Reform

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/03/2017

Recent conversations between Vice President Pence and Wisconsin governor Scott Walker signal interest in collective bargaining reform for federal employees.

Government Unions

Encouraging Job Report Suggests Deregulation Will Get America Back to Work

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Encouraging Job Report Suggests Deregulation Will Get America Back to Work

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 02/03/2017

New employment numbers suggest that employers are starting to respond to the promise of substantial deregulation by the new administration.

Labor and Employment

Susette Kelo Eminent Domain Battle Hits Big Screen in ‘Little Pink House’

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Susette Kelo Eminent Domain Battle Hits Big Screen in ‘Little Pink House’

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/03/2017

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…

Law and Litigation

Trump Not Bound by Obama Volkswagen Settlement with EPA

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Trump Not Bound by Obama Volkswagen Settlement with EPA

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 02/03/2017

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.

Automobiles and Roads

Smart Move for White House to Push Back on Fiduciary Rule, Dodd-Frank

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Smart Move for White House to Push Back on Fiduciary Rule, Dodd-Frank

  • By: John Berlau
  • 02/03/2017

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,…

Banking and Finance

Nestlé, Other Businesses Flee California

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Nestlé, Other Businesses Flee California

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 02/02/2017

Poor economic policy is negatively impacting job prospects in the Golden State.

Regulatory Reform

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Assessing Prospects for Bipartisan Consensus on Regulatory Reform

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/02/2017

The federal government doesn’t merely spend $4 trillion a year, it directs the private sector to spend and otherwise re-purposes enormous resources.

Regulatory Reform

Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. Employees Set Record Straight on Working for Andy Puzder

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Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. Employees Set Record Straight on Working for Andy Puzder

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/02/2017

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.

Labor and Employment

Congress Should Nullify Obama’s Unlawful and Wasteful Methane Rule

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Congress Should Nullify Obama’s Unlawful and Wasteful Methane Rule

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 02/02/2017

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.

Climate

Public Interest Groups Urge Update of Email Privacy Protections

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Public Interest Groups Urge Update of Email Privacy Protections

  • By: Ryan Radia
  • 02/01/2017

This week, CEI joined dozens of public interest groups, trade associations, and companies in sending a letter to Congress in support of the…

Free Speech

Congress Puts Dept. of Labor’s Blacklisting Rule in Crosshairs

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Congress Puts Dept. of Labor’s Blacklisting Rule in Crosshairs

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/01/2017

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.

Labor and Employment

Congress Should Eliminate SEC Rule that Discloses Company Information to Foreign Governments

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Congress Should Eliminate SEC Rule that Discloses Company Information to Foreign Governments

  • By: John Berlau
  • 01/31/2017

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.”…

Banking and Finance

Congress Should Eliminate Obama’s Stream Protection Rule

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Congress Should Eliminate Obama’s Stream Protection Rule

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/31/2017

Congress should eliminate the Department of Interior’s harmful Stream Protection Rule. …

Energy

Scrap Proposition 65, California’s Unscientific Chemical Safety Law

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Scrap Proposition 65, California’s Unscientific Chemical Safety Law

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 01/31/2017

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…

Consumer Freedom

White House Should Revisit Volkswagen Settlement with EPA

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White House Should Revisit Volkswagen Settlement with EPA

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 01/31/2017

A coalition of free-market groups ask President Trump to investigate the VW emissions settlement with the EPA.

Automobiles and Roads

Trump ‘2-for-1’ Executive Order Could Save Lives

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Trump ‘2-for-1’ Executive Order Could Save Lives

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/30/2017

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”…

Regulatory Reform

Senate Should Disregard Spurious Public Health Charges against EPA Nominee Pruitt

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Senate Should Disregard Spurious Public Health Charges against EPA Nominee Pruitt

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 01/30/2017

The Senate should disregard accusations that EPA Administrator-designate Scott Pruitt is somehow responsible for asthma rates in his home state of Oklahoma.

Energy

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