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GOP not wedded to views on gays
And at the Conservative Political Action Committee convention, a panel sponsored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute drew a large and approving crowd for a discussion…
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CPAC stars: Ten Republicans to watch (whether you love or loathe them)
CPAC organisers denied GOProud a booth at this year’s event. But the Competitive Enterprise Institute used its position as a CPAC sponsor, which gave it…
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CPAC Diary: Showdown on Gay Street
This panel, put on by the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, condemned intolerance from CPAC organizers, who were giving voters away by dismissing gay voters. They…
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How Gay Rights Got into CPAC
Two years after GOProud was evicted as a CPAC sponsor, the gay conservative group’s president, Jimmy LaSalvia, has been invited to speak on a “pro-gay…
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Sen. David Vitter, R-La., on sue-and-settle practices among environmentalists: James Varney Q&A
Q: Now is that [Competitive Enterprise Institute] lawsuit the one you’re referring to when you talk about private parties? Vitter: Yes, in terms of e-mails,…
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Report finds that EPA & FCC regulations are costing Americans big time
Between the EPA and the FCC, government regulations are costing Americans close to the tune of $495 billion, according to a new report from the…
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Obama Issued $216 Billion in New Regulations in 2012
One solution to this problem comes from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a “free-market” conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. CEI has…
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Eight States Join Challenge of Law That Regulates Financial Industry
The move comes more than four months after three other AGs joined the suit, which was originally filed in June by the State National Bank…
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Georgia joins lawsuit challenging Dodd-Frank
In addition to the community bank, original plaintiffs include the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the 60 Plus Association. Attorneys General from Michigan, Oklahoma, and South…
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Congress: EPA is flouting gov’t transparency laws to hide emails
Last month, the EPA released more than 2100 emails from Lisa Jackson’s alias account — “Richard Windsor” — using the terms “coal,” “climate,” “endanger,”…
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Inside the Beltway: Alarmed by the Feds
It could be raining regulations soon, should the wishes of Rep. Henry A. Waxman of California and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island come true.
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Inside the Beltway: Alarmed by the Feds
It could be raining regulations soon, should the wishes of Rep. Henry A. Waxman of California and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island come true.
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Behind the Consumer Confidence Crash
The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the 60 Plus Association are writing Congress “asking the Senate withhold the confirmation of [CFPB director nominee Richard] Cordray until…
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Groups ask Senate to withhold Cordray’s confirmation as CFPB director
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, along with a seniors advocacy group, has sent a letter to Congress asking the Senate to withhold Richard Cordray’s confirmation as…
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Plaintiffs from CFPB Suit Urge Cordray Confirmation Delay
The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the 60 Plus Association are urging the Senate to delay confirmation of Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection…
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Vitter, Issa demand records regarding top EPA official’s use of private email account
The DCNF looked at 19 emails released by the EPA as a result of a lawsuit filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute in September 2012.
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Dodd-Frank is an Unconstitutional Disaster
That law, Dodd-Frank, is being challenged in State National Bank of Big Spring v. Geithner. The lead plaintiff is a community bank that has had…
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Will EPA Chief’s Departure Prompt Better Energy Policy?
Given that the respected Competitive Enterprise Institute had to …
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Obama Issued $216 Billion in New Regulations in 2012, Showing the Need For Reform
Even though these regulations may seem harmless, the costs add up. Something needs to be done about excess regulations so that the worker can take…
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Something for Everybody (To Hate): Rep. Wilson’s Beach House Bailout
But the bill still has some degree of serious support. In 2007, a version actually passed the House of Representatives 286-155 with co-sponsors that included…
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To fix government, reform its agencies
Another way would be legislation to have all laws/rules of executive agencies be subject to economic impact studies which would show the dollar amount and…
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DOJ to Release Secret EPA E-Mails
The White House even arranged for a privately owned computer server for conducting discussions about the controversial United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),…
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Chris Christie Won’t Be the 2016 GOP Nominee
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Top EPA official used private email account to correspond with environmental groups
A second Environmental Protection Agency official stands accused of using a personal email address to shield communications with environmental activists from public disclosure. Court documents…
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McDonnell’s tax plan draws heat from across the spectrum
The focus on general sales tax revenues, rather than a tax on those who use the roads, also raised eyebrows. The Competitive Enterprise Institute said…
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David Vitter and Lisa Jackson are universes apart: James Gill
Vitter is not alone in his suspicions. The EPA’s inspector general, at the behest of Republicans on the House Science Committee, had begun an investigation…
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EPA’s Jackson to resign
Jackson leaves the agency while under scrutiny from a federal lawsuit filed by the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute, which claims that the administrator used an…
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In Ireland, carbon tax cuts deficit and pollution
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative advocacy group, has even filed a Freedom of Information suit seeking the release of Treasury Department emails containing the…
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Obama’s Regulatory Cliff Draws Near
The scope is staggering. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the overall regulatory burden has reached $1.8 trillion annually, and $215.4 billion in compliance costs…
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William O’Keefe: Will the Carbon Tax Make a Comeback?
The centerpiece of Mr. Clinton’s first budget was a tax on energy use, as measured in British thermal units, or BTUs. At that time,…
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Conservative groups press lawmakers to oppose wind credit
Several conservative groups on Wednesday urged lawmakers in states without renewable electricity targets to oppose extending a wind energy tax incentive. They told 158 lawmakers…
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Climatologist opens up storm of criticism
Meet the plaintiff: Penn State climatologist Michael Mann. Meet the defendants: writers Mark Steyn, Rand Simberg, National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Professor Mann…
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Vitter backs group seeking records on ‘carbon tax’ talk
Sen. David Vitter joined Tuesday those opposing and seeking answers on any potential “carbon tax” that could be proposed by Democrats in Congress or by…
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What the Government Doesn’t Get About Fuel Economy
Vehicle prices that are too high for average families to afford is a big problem. Easy and affordable access to personal transportation (automobiles) is one…
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Bader Up: A New Leader at CEI
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Petraeus: Poster child for email privacy
Nojeim’s group, meanwhile, is playing a leading role in the Digital Due…
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Tech Policy in 2013 Roundtable
The event is the first in a series of three roundtables exploring “Tech Policy in 2013,” co-hosted by TechFreedom and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The…
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Business Survival in a Second Obama Term
Obama is the president who delayed the Keystone XL pipeline and its bounty of jobs, pushed “cap and trade” as part of an overall war…
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You Can Sense The Desperation in the Air
The Competitive Enterprise Institute reports that the Obama administration issues a new regulation every two hours, and the Heritage Foundation has reported that during the…
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The Ethanol Election Delay
Last October, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Action Aid petitioned the EPA to review the so-called renewable fuel standard that mandates that 13.8 billion gallons…
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Google Antitrust Case Could Come From FTC by End of 2012: Report
From Todd R. Weiss’ article in eWeek: The settlement was criticized by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, an industry group, as “a dangerously overbroad…
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On Tap Today
The Communications & Liberty Innovation Project and Competitive Enterprise Institute host a panel on Internet transformation, with an introduction by FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai.
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Is U.S. Economic Growth Over?
[E]stimates of how economically burdensome the regulatory state is range from the Obama administration lowball estimate of a mere $67 billion [PDF] annually to the…
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A Conservative Case for Obamacare?
From Thomas P. Miller’s column in National Review: The response of roughly half of the Senate Republicans was to co-sponsor an alternative bill…
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Bill to Halt Unfair Deportations
From Jose Antonio Vargas’ article for CNN: Undocumented people and their allies — their relatives and friends, their neighbors and co-workers — have…
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Three States Sue Over Dodd-Frank Constitutionality
From Elizabeth Ecker’s article in Reverse Mortgage Daily: Several states joined a lawsuit last week that challenges the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Wall…
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Oklahoma AG, Others Take Aim at Dodd-Frank Act
From L. L. Woodard’s article in Yahoo News: The National Bank of Big Spring (Texas) originated the lawsuit in June 2012, when it…
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State Attorneys General Challenge Title II of Dodd-Frank
From Ammon Simon’s post in National Review‘s Bench Memos: I’ve previously written about the constitutional challenge to Dodd-Frank. A group of plaintiffs, including…
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More than 1600 pages of regulations added to Federal Register last week, cost now $1.8 trillion per year
From Michael Bastasch’s article in The Daily Caller: Last week, 1,641 pages of regulations were added to the 2012 Federal Register, meaning it…
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Sixty-four free-market groups send letter to Congress opposing wind tax credits
From Michael Bastasch’s article in The Daily Caller: “It is time to end special tax provisions that distort the energy market and increase…
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Rachel Carson Didn’t Kill Millions of Africans
From William Souder’s article in Slate: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a limited-government, free-enterprise think tank, maintains the website rachelwaswrong.org, which details Carson’s complicity…
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Facebook And FTC Agree Settlement Over Privacy Row
From Nathan Eddy’s post in TechWeekEurope: The FTC said it took action after Google violated a previous settlement with the…
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Ethanol vs. the World
From The Wall Street Journal: For more evidence, consider the ethanol waiver requested by the hunger charity ActionAid and the free-market Competitive Enterprise…
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Red state farmers, conservatives clash over farm bill
From Tom Lutely’s article in The Billings Gazette: Conservative groups like Americans for Prosperity, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform and the Competitive…
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Unhappy Birthday to You
Call the State National Bank of Big Spring,…
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State of the Web: Which vision of an ‘open Internet’ would you fight for?
The physical layer of the Internet is owned by a tight cabal of powerful corporations that includes behemoths like AT&T and Verizon Communications. During the…
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Libertarians make the case: net neutrality is unconstitutional
From Cyrus Farivar’s article in Ars Technica: A group of well-known libertarian organizations has filed an amicus brief (PDF) to the US Court…
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Showstalgia
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Completing its First Year, U.S. Consumer Financial Bureau Sued by Small Texas Bank
From The Fort Worth Star-Telegram‘s Watchdog Bytes blog: The filing of the lawsuit by a smaller bank seems to be a strategic move…
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Sorrell: A Different Kind of Election
From Andrew McKeever’s column in The Manchester Journal: In Vermont, Sorrell’s toughest test won’t likely be in the November general election, but rather…
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‘Internet freedom’ becomes hot cause for politicians across political spectrum
From Brandon Sasso’s article in The Hill: On Tuesday, a coalition of more than 100 advocacy groups unveiled their “Declaration of Internet Freedom,”…
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Groups Release Dueling Internet Freedom Declarations
From Grant Gross’ article in CIO: One declaration, backed by Free Press, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and Technology and…
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Groups That Fought Anti-Piracy Bills Post Their ‘Declaration of Internet Freedom’
From Jennifer Martinez’ article in The Hill: Libertarian groups TechFreedom and the Competitive Enterprise Institute released their own declaration over the weekend and…
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Anti-SOPA Veterans Issue Declaration of Internet Freedom
From Timothy B. Lee’s article on ArsTechnica: But not everyone was enthusiastic about the declaration. Indeed, a coalition of right-of-center organizations promoted…
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Obama’s Consumer Watchdog Gets Sued
From Suzy Khim’s post in The Washington Post‘s WonkBlog: The State National Bank of Big Spring, Tex., the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the…
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Long Odds for Suit Challenging CFPB
From Mike Catalini’s post in The National Journal: The suit is being brought by State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, a tiny…
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Lawsuit Challenges Consumer Protection Bureau
From Jim Puzzanghera’s article in The Los Angeles Times: The suit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., by the…
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Texas Bank to Take Lead in CFPB Lawsuit
From Rachel Witkowski’s article in American Banker: The State National Bank of Big Spring will file a lawsuit Thursday afternoon in the U.S.
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Conservative Groups and Bank Challenge Consumer Bureau
From Maya Jackson Randall and Victoria McGrane’s article in The Wall Street Journal: The State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, the Competitive…
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Under Legal Attack Over Broad Powers
From Reuters: The challenge, brought by the State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas; the Competitive Enterprise Institute; and the 60 Plus Association,…
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Why Dodd-Frank Is Unconstitutional
From C. Boyden Gray and Jim R. Purcell’s op-ed in The Wall Street Journal: Of course, the government will respond that we are…
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New York Court Nixes Challenge to Carbon Market
From Reuters’ Point Carbon: A New York state court on Wednesday dismissed a Tea Party-backed lawsuit that tried to…
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Norquist, Conservative Groups Petition FCC in Favor of Latest Verizon Deal
From Josh Peterson’s Daily Caller article: “Demand for wireless broadband is more than doubling annually, but vast swaths of valuable spectrum — the…
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Paul Ryan at CEI Gala: Want to See How This Movie Ends? Look at Europe
From Francesca Chambers’ post in RedAlertPolitics: It’s not to late to turn around our country and get the American Dream back, said Rep.
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Paul Ryan Goes Solo for Romney in N.C.
From ABC News’ Veep Beat: RYAN STUMPS FOR ROMNEY IN NORTH CAROLINA: While his state is engaged in a recall election today, Rep.
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Paul Ryan Calls Wisconsin Recall Election for Walker
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Horses In the Dining Room?
From Rep. Jason Chaffetz’ op-ed in The Daily Herald: Some 1.65 million lawsuits are filed each year over enforcement of federal regulations…
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Stakeholders Examine State Immigration Laws, Offer Solutions
From C-SPAN: The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) brought together legislators, law enforcement officers and activists to discuss solutions to immigration problems.
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State Lawmakers Only Have Eyes for SB 1070
From Laurie Roberts’ column in The Arizona Republic: On Tuesday,Landfried’s group is joining with the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Texans for Sensible Immigration…
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Proposed CISPA Amendments Do Little to Appease Critics
From Declan McCullagh’s article in CNET: A fourth amendment, also from Jackson Lee, would extend CISPA by allowing Homeland Security to “intercept”…
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Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up Arizona 1070 Law
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Conservative Groups Slam House Cybersecurity Bill
From Brendan Sasso’s article in The Hill: Six leading conservative groups urged Congress to re-work the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)…
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McGraw Appointees Give $36K to Re-Election Campaign
From John O’Brien’s article in The West Virginia Record: An October report produced by the Manhattan Institute as part of its Trial Lawyers…
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When Will We Learn Lessons of Big Government?
From Lawrence Reed’s article in The Times-Herald: The Obama administration is jamming new regulations down the throats of businesses big and small at…
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The Truth About the Republican War on Caterpillars
From Molly Ball’s article in The Atlantic: In a similar gesture of outrageous insensitivity to the feelings of Creepy-Crawly-Americans, some conservatives also want…
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Lights Off for Earth Hour? Rightbloggers Leave Lights On, Declare Victory Over So-Called “Environment”
From Roy Edroso’s article in The Village Voice: As we explained last year, Human Achievement Hour was founded in…
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Lighten Up
From Jennifer Harper’s Inside the Beltway: Earth Hour: Oh, it does sound so noble, a veritable Al Gore-ian delight. Landmarks around the…
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Congress Must Act Now on Federal Transportation Bill
From a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial: As we noted in a February editorial, that bill has received significant opposition from such conservative and…
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CEI to Host Norquist-Lott Book Party
From Betsy Rothstein’s post on FishbowlDC: The Competitive Enterprise Institute and Christian Josi are hosting a book party and signing tomorrow at CEI…
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Stearns’ Healthcare Record Questioned
From Bill Thompson’s article in The Gainesville Sun: Such remarks echo a common refrain among conservative critics of President Barack…
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Presence of Lead, Other Chemicals in Cosmetics Poses Concerns
From Barbara Bradley’s article in The Commercial Appeal: The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit advocacy group headquartered in Washington, posts some hair-raising information…
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Justices Allow Challenge to EPA Control of Wetlands
From Felicity Barringer’s article in The New York Times: The Sacketts were represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation, a libertarian…
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Supreme Court Rules Against EPA ‘Strong Arm’
From Michael Tremoglie’s article on LegalNewsline: Many organizations filed amicus briefs in favor of the Sacketts. Among them were the U.S. Chamber of…
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EDITORIAL: Obama’s Bogus Rules
From a Washington Times editorial: The scope of federal rule-making is bewildering. More than 700 new final rules have been published this year,…
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Verizon’s Deal With Cable Companies Finds Supporters, Detractors
From Michelle Maisto’s article in eWeek: Eleven…
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Natural-Gas Vehicles Plan Sputters in Senate
From Ben Geman’s post in The Hill’s E2 Wire Blog: The Senate plan would have expanded credits for purchasing natural-gas cars and trucks,…
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Koch v. Pickens Natural-Gas Battle Reaches Senate Floor
From Ben Geman’s article on The Hill‘s Energy & Environment Blog: And several groups are circulating a joint letter to senators opposing the…
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Leave a Light On For Earth Hour
From Peter Roff’s column in the U.S. News & World Report: The modern environmental movement believes that mankind’s activities need to be regulated…
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U.S. Chamber Pushes Regulators for Hearing on Nonbanks
From Donna Barok’s article in American Banker: The American Council of Life Insurers, Business Roundtable, and Competitive Enterprise Institute, among others, made the…