Business Management Daily
House bill to reverse Browning-Ferris advances
Business Management Daily cited the Competitive Enterprise Institute and its role to overturn the Browning-Ferris act in order to clarify what constitutes that a “joint employer” must have…
Breitbart
Exclusive–Trump’s EPA Transition Chair Myron Ebell: ‘Scrapping’ Clean Power Plan ‘Key Part of Deregulatory Agenda’
Breitbart has interviewed Myron Ebell on the negative effects which the Obama-era ‘Clean Power’ Plan brought forth including destablization of the American electrical grid, heightened…
The World Post
Trump Administration To Propose Scrapping Major Obama-Era Climate Change Policy
The World Post quoted Myron Ebell on the negative impacts of the ‘Clean Power’ Plan on domestic manufacturing industries as well as job growth.
The Hill
Overnight Energy: EPA to propose Clean Power Plan repeal | Pruitt takes on wind, solar tax credits | Committee to mark up antiquities reform
The Hill quoted Myron Ebell on the effects which the ‘Clean Power’ Plan raised consumer rates for electricity and threatened stability of America’s electrical grid. …
The Federalist
Here’s How Conservative Policy Wonks Grade Trump’s First Year
The Federalist discusses Trump’s first year in office with Myron Ebell. Daniel Drezner recently argued in The Washington Post that praise from the Right for President…
Reason
National I.D. By Any Other Name Still Stinks
Reason covers the release of a new report published by the Cato Institute and authored by Jim Harper. There have been many pushes to…
Cato
CTIA—The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley
Cato covers their petition filed to the Supreme Court with CEI and Cause of Action Institute in CTIA—The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley. Residents…
Inc.
After 12 Months of Trump, Here’s What 100 CEOs Are Saying About His Effect on Business
Inc. covers deregulation under the Trump administration. Donald Trump doesn’t talk much about entrepreneurship. Conventional wisdom says he favors incumbents over disruptors. Still, one…
InsideSources
Franchise Businesses Expect Faster Growth Under Trump
InsideSources covers deregulation under the Trump administration. President Donald Trump was credited by a major franchise association Monday with the sector expecting to outperform…
OneNewsNow
Manmade Pollutants Now Blamed for Global Cooling
OneNewsNow discusses a change in the rhetoric surrounding manmade pollutants with Chris Horner. The same “climate change” scientists and activists who have claimed for…
The Tennessean
Opponents Paint Grim Picture of Nashville Transit Plan at Forum Watched by Both Sides
The Tennessean covers Marc Sribner’s appearance at a forum surrounding Nashville’s transit plan. Opponents of Mayor Megan Barry’s transit plan brought in conservative thinkers leading the…
Associated Press
Citizens Showing Leadership in Climate Change Issues
Associated Press covers CEI’s opposition to a carbon tax. With President Donald Trump withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, Congress…
The Recorder
Plaintiffs Lawyers in Anthem Data Breach Settlement Defend $38M in Fees
The Recorder discusses the Anthem data breach settlement with Ted Frank. Plaintiffs lawyers are fighting accusations by an objector that their $38 million fee…
The Recorder
$38M Fee Request in Anthem Data Breach Settlement Under Scrutiny
The Recorder discusses the Anthem data brech settlement with Ted Frank. A prospective class member has objected to the Anthem data breach settlement, specifically…
Bloomberg Politics
Trump Plays Down Health Hazard in Justifying Climate Rule Repeal
Bloomberg Politics quotes Myron Ebell on the importance of curbing Carbon Dioxide and how that should pose a greater priority to the Trump administration.
Free Beacon
Clean Power Plan Repeal Will Save $33 Billion in Compliance Costs
The Washington Free Beacon quotes Myron Ebell on her opinion of how cutting the Clean Power Plan will afford…
Time
Energy Companies Don’t Like the Clean Power Plan — or President Trump’s Plan to Kill It
Time quotes Myron Ebell about the ability of the Trump Administration to deregulate Power Plants. Donald Trump boasted last month that the Obama…
Breitbart
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Proposes to Save $33 Billion With Repeal of Obama-Era Energy Plan
Tribune-Review
Forced Union Fees: Fairness Where It’s Due
Tribune quoted CEI on the point in which union fees used to fund national conventions is an inherently political activity. In what portends…
Las Vegas
Think Tank Releasing Report On New Jersey Challenge To Sports Betting Act
Las Vegas Review-Journal quotes Michelle Minton the impact on consumer freedom which a federal sports gambling known as PASPA poses. When the U.S.
Law360
Trump’s First Year: Labor And Employment Report Card
Law360 discusses the Trump administration’s labor policy with Trey Kovacs. Saturday marked one year since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the past 365 days…
The Daily Caller
Conservatives Renew Campaign To Invalidate A Key Pillar Of Obama’s Global Warming Legacy
The Daily Caller quotes Scott Pruitt on the large discrepency present within computer models used to justify the so-called “endangerment finding” for greenhouse gases. Conservative scientists…
The Washington Times
Conservatives Fear More Left-Leaning Media With AT&T, Time Warner Merger
The Washington Times quotes Wayne Crews on the traditional importance of deregulation in communications for conservative policy and how traditional media conglomerates are losing influence…
Bloomberg BNA
Longer, Costlier Legal Battles Ahead as EPA Vows No Settling
Bloomberg BNA quotes William Yeatman on the impact of lawsuits pressed against the EPA for missing legal deadlines and the pressure these lawsuits have deterring…
City Journal
Well-Heeled Fliers Against Air-Traffic Reform
The City Journal quotes Marc Scribner on the influence the NBAA has in preventing federal reform and modernization of air traffic control. Members…
City Journal
EPA Chief Set to Bar Government-Funded Experts From Agency’s Science Panels
The Daily Signal cites William Yeatman on several points about the laxness in EPA scientific standards and financial regulation. Try asking the nation’s…
Bloomberg
Business Groups Attack ‘America First’ Merger Review Bill
Reuters
Republicans, Wall Street Score Victory in Dismantling Class-Action Rule
Reuters quotes Ted Frank on the defeat of a bill banning forced arbitration clauses.
The Hill
Right-Leaning Groups Back International Data Privacy Bill
Time
Inside Scott Pruitt’s Mission to Remake the EPA
Time Magazine quotes Myron Ebell on Scott Pruitt’s opportunity to battle overregulation within the EPA. Bonnie Wirtz was tending to her Minnesota farm one…
RealClear Politics
It’s Time for Trump to Kill the Regulatory Swamp Monsters
RealClear Politics discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s impact on financial regulation referencing CEI.
Watchdog
Labor Analyst: Members-Only Unions Would Be Answer in World Without Forced Dues
Watchdog covers the release of CEI’s latest publication, “Supreme Court Can Strike a Victory for Worker Freedom in Janus Case.” A free-market public…
Reason
The Supreme Court’s Big Public Sector Union Case Is Really About Free Speech
Reason covers Janus v. AFSCME. Mark Janus did not vote to join a union, and he does not support the union that he was forced…
The Washington Post
The Energy 202: The Conservative Backlash to Trump’s Solar Tariffs Begins
The Washington Post covers the Trump administration’s tariffs on solar panels. The U.S. solar industry was finally dealt a blow this week…
Politico
Trump’s Failing War on Green Power
Politico discusses the Trump administrations recent energy policies with Myron Ebell. President Donald Trump and Republicans have tried again and again during the past…
New York Post
Ridiculous Class-Action Lawsuits Are Costing You Tons of Money
New York Post covers the Center for Class Action Fariness’ (CCAF) work. New Yorkers pay the price for class action lawsuit frivolity — through…
NBC News
Cigarette Company Philip Morris Tries to Sell Idea of ‘Safer’ Tobacco
NBC News covers smoking alternatives. When Philip Morris International took out an ad campaign in Britain claiming it wanted to “give up” smoking, American…
InsideSources
How Member-Only Unions Could Solve the Free-Rider Problem
InsideSources covers the release of CEI’s latest report “Supreme Court Can Strike a Victory for Worker Freedom in Janus Case.” The U.S. Supreme…
The American Spectator
Pennsylvania’s Entry Into Online Gaming May Kill Federal Ban Effort
The American Spectator covers Pennsylvania’s online gambling law and how it could affect the federal ban effort. The impending implementation of Pennsylvania online gaming…
JD Supra
Overturning the CFPB’s Final Payday Loan Rule by Reopening Rulemaking or CRA Resolution
JD Supra covers developments of the CFPB’s payday loan rule and Daniel Press’ “7 Reasons to Oppose the Federal Payday Loan Rule.” On December 1, 2018,…
Marketplace
Counting Pages of Regulations Is a Waste of Time (and Paper)
Marketplace covers our work on regulations. President Donald Trump stood in front of two piles of paper last month. One was the current Code…
Reason
Trump Turns One
Reason covers President Trump’s first year in office. The 45th president does not tend to elicit measured evaluations. Since even before his formal entry…
The Washington Times
White House Urged to Kill Obama-era Payday Lending Rule
The Washington Times covers CEI’s letter sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) regarding the payday-lending rule. A free-market group is urging…
Breitbart
Potential Nomination of McWatters to Head Up the CFPB Hits a Rough Patch
Breitbart discusses possible Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) nominee Mark McWatters with John Berlau. The potential nomination of National Credit Union Adminstration Chairman (NCUA)…
The National Law Review
Overturning the CFPB’s Final Payday Loan Rule by Reopening Rulemaking or CRA Resolution
The National Law Review discusses the various vehicles that could be used to repeal the CFPB’s small-dollar loan rule. On December 1, 2018, three…
USA Today
Federal Payday Lending Rule Could Face Repeal Amid New Battle
USA Today covers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to delay the small-dollar loan rule. Consumer advocates and business groups are battling anew over…
Bloomberg Politics
China Uses Facial Recognition to Fence In Villagers in Far West
Bloomberg Politics discusses new surveillance technology being tested in China with Jim Harper. China’s state surveillance apparatus is trying out a new tool in…
American Banker
Not So Fast: CFPB Effort to Reopen Payday Rule Faces Hurdles
American Banker covers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to delay the small-dollar loan rule. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces significant obstacles in…
The Hill
New CFPB Director Puts Target on Payday Loan Rules
The Hill covers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to delay the small-dollar loan rule. The new leaders of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…
InsideSources
Ending the Federal Labor Policy Swing
InsideSources discusses the National Labor Relations Board with Trey Kovacs. Former President Barack Obama was accused by critics of unilaterally implementing an extensive labor…
E&E News
Could ‘Sue-and-Settle’ Ban Backfire for Trump Team?
E&E News covers developments of the “sue-and-settle” ban. In its quest to overturn regulations, the Trump administration has left no stone unturned, including taking…
Fox News Channel
VIDEO: Iain Murray Discusses Shrinking Government Bureaucracy on Fox News Channel
January 15, 2018 – Iain Murray, Vice President for Strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joined Fox News Channel’s The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton…
Fox Business
Minimum Wage Hikes Sending Restaurants the Way of the Shopping Mall?
Fox Business discusses minimum wage hikes with Iain Murray. Eighteen states raised their minimum wages at the start of 2018, but increasing labor…
The New York Times
Blockchain or Blockheads? Bitcoin Mania Mints Believers and Skeptics
John Schwartz, writing for The New York Times, discusses Bitcoin with Jim Harper. Sometimes life shows you what absurd really…
Investor's Business Daily
Clipping The Corrupt CFPB’s Wings
Investor’s Business Daily covers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s slush fund. We’ve been clear where we stand with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the…
The Wall Street Journal
The Marrakesh Climate Express
The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal covers investigative work done by CEI’s Chris Horner. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order in…
The Wall Street Journal
Climate of Unaccountability
The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal covers investigative work done by CEI’s Chris Horner. With President Trump putting economic growth above climate alarums,…
Roll Call
Whiplashed Planners Fear GOP Swerve on Infrastructure
Roll Call discusses private activity bonds with Marc Scribner. Los Angeles has gained national notice for a series of ambitious projects affecting all facets…
InsideSources
How Trump Is Laying Regulations to Waste
InsideSources covers deregulation under the Trump administration. President Donald Trump has taken an aggressive approach in his push to rollback regulations, begging the question…
Politico
Study Bag
Politico’s Morning Transportation covers the release of Modernizing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards by Marc Scribner. Take a gander at a new…
Law360
Old Standards Holding Back Auto Safety Advancement
Law360 covers the release of Modernizing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards by Marc Scribner. Federal regulators’ failure to routinely update motor vehicle standards to keep…
The Washington Examiner
Trump Budget Chief Shuts Down Consumer ‘Protection’ Bureau ‘Slush Fund’
The Washington Examiner covers the review of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ‘slush fund.’ An educational “slush fund” used by the Consumer Financial Protection…
Fox Business
Red Robin Eliminates Bus Boys as Restaurants Combat Minimum Wage Hikes
Fox Business discusses minimum wage hikes with Iain Murray. At the beginning of January, minimum wage increases took effect in 18 states and…
One America News
VIDEO: John Berlau Discusses CFPB Slush Fund on One America News
One America News discusses Mick Mulvaney’s attempts to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s slush fund with John Berlau. Watch the full…
The Washington Examiner
Congress in the Driver’s Seat on Self-Driving Cars
The Washington Examiner discusses self-driving cars with Marc Scribner. For auto manufacturers, technology experts, and lawmakers, 2018 is shaping up to be the year…
Reason
Regulations at ‘Lowest Count Since Records Began Being Kept in the Mid-1970s’
Reason covers year-end analyses of deregulation under President Trump. As the economy and stock market continue to chug along nicely, many analysts and presidents are giving…
JD Supra
The IRS Succeeds in Compelling Crypto Exchange to Disclose User Information
JD Supra covers an amicus brief by CEI in Coinbase v. United States. As the price of bitcoin leaps and lurches toward new highs,…
The Hill
Media Distracts and Downplays Trump’s 2018 Agenda
Writing for The Hill, Corey R. Lewandowski cites Wayne Crews on Trump’s regulatory numbers. The media loves to talk about scandals, Russia, and …
Law360
Justices Asked to Weigh Deal Fairness in $8.5M Google Case
Law360 covers CEI’s petition to the Supreme Court to review Gaos v. Google. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness petitioned the U.S. Supreme…
The Hill
How Trump’s Second Year Can Top His First
Writing for The Hill, Merrill Matthews cites Wayne Crews’ Red Tape Rollback. President Donald Trump had a big job ahead of him when he…
Bloomberg Politics
Bitcoin Falls Into Gray Area of Disclosure Rules for Congress
Bloomberg Politics discusses Bitcoin with Jim Harper. To guard against insider trading and financial conflicts, members of Congress and federal officials must file regular…
InsideSources
The Merciless Death of Obama’s Workforce Legacy
InsideSources discusses changes to labor policy with Trey Kovacs. Former President Barack Obama oversaw significant changes to employment policies during his time in office,…
The Washington Post
Bitcoin Got a Big Boost in 2017. Here are 5 Other Cryptocurrencies to Watch in 2018.
The Washington Post discusses cryptocurrencies with Jim Harper. Mainstream investors spent much of last year trying to figure out how to jump in on …
Fox News
Trump’s Tax Bill and Regulatory Reform Will Spark an Economic Boom, Benefiting All Americans
Writing for Fox News, Chuck Devore cites 10,000 Commandments. Historic tax cut legislation that President Trump signed into law Friday will give us the chance to…
The Daily Caller
With the Stroke of a Pen, Trump Claims Victory in the Decades-Long Battle Over ANWR
The Daily Caller covers the ANWR provision of the tax reform bill. President Donald Trump signed tax reform legislation that also ends the battle…
The Wall Street Journal
The Great Rules Rollback
The Wall Street Journal covers deregulation under the Trump administration. Amid the debate over tweets and tax reform, perhaps the most significant change brought…
Fox News
‘Junk Science’? Studies Behind Obama Regulations Under Fire
Fox News discusses junk science with Angela Logomasini. … Pruitt recently reversed the 2015 ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos for agricultural use,…
The Daily Caller
EPA Responded to the DCNF’s FOIA Request Two-and-a-Half Years Late
The Daily Caller covers the EPA’s delayed responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent The Daily Caller…
Bloomberg Politics
Trump Stretches Meaning of Deregulation in Touting Achievements
Bloomberg Politics discusses deregulation with Wayne Crews. One is a federal rule, initiated by former President Barack Obama, that removed Yellowstone’s grizzlies from the list…
The Hill
Conservatives Packed 2017 with Victories — Push 2018 Even Further
Writing for The Hill, Carrie Sheffield cites 10,000 Commandments. With a wild 2017 behind us, conservatives looking to 2018 face typical electoral headwinds for a midterm…
The Washington Examiner
Trump Regulatory ‘Red Tape’ Lowest in a Quarter Century, 35% Below Obama’s
The Washington Examiner covers deregulation under the Trump administration. Adding to his administration’s success in cutting Obama era regulations, President Trump also issued the…
The Wall Street Journal
Rookie of the Year
Writing for The Wall Street Journal, James Freeman cites Wayne Crews’ tally of Federal Register pages. Donald Trump is not the most dignified man to…
Lifezette
Trump’s Anti-Red Tape Effort Shows Biggest Drop in New Edicts Since 1993
Lifezette cited Clyde Wayne Crews on his new book and the impact of President Trump’s anti-regulatory campaign on the nation’s economy. Government agencies…
Governing
Airports Need to Expand
Governing magazine discusses government barriers to airport investment with Marc Scribner: The need for this mass airport modernization is evident. America’s population is…
Reason
The Senate’s Rejection of Export-Import Bank Critic Shows How Entrenched Crony Capitalism Is in Washington
Reason covers the rejection of Export-Import bank nominee Scott Garrett. The Senate Banking Committee voted 10–13 yesterday to reject former New Jersey Rep. Scott Garrett…
Law360
Rail Regs In Crosshairs After Emergency Brakes Rule Repeal
Law360 interviews Marc Scribner about the repeal of the electronically controlled pneumatic brake mandate for high-hazard flammable unit trains by the Federal Railroad Administration: The…
Investor's Business Daily
Trump’s Deregulation Binge
Investor’s Business Daily covers President Trump’s regulatory reform efforts. With all that was going on last week, maybe you missed this: President Trump has…
OneNewsNow
FCC Deep-Sixes Obama’s ‘Heavy-Handed’ Internet Regs
OneNewsNow discusses the repeal of Net Neutrality regulations with Ryan Radia. On Thursday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines to undo “Net…
Carolina Journal
Prohibition Ended with Repeal, but Efforts to Regulate and Restrict Alcohol Continue
Carolina Journal covers CEI and the John Locke Foundation’s Repeal Day Luncheon and screening of I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit. The misguided and ultimately…
Wall Street Journal
Dow 24000 and the Trump Boom
Maria Bartiromo, writing for Wall Street Journal, cites 10,000 Commandments. I’m not in the habit of giving stock tips or making market calls. I’ve never…
The Washington Times
NLRB Reverses Obama-era Ruling on Employers’ Liability for Subcontractors
The Washington Times covers the National Labro Relations Board’s reversal of the joint employer standard. The National Labor Relations Board reversed an Obama-era ruling Thursday…
CNBC
VIDEO: Ryan Radia Discusses Disney-21st Century Fox Deal on CNBC
Ryan Radia, Research Fellow and Regulatory Counsel at CEI, joined CNBC’s Power Lunch to discuss the Disney – 21st Century Fox merger and how…
HowStuffWorks
Why Is Amazon Not Considered a Monopoly?
HowStuffWorks discusses Amazon with Marc Scribner. How big is too big? That’s the question that economists and policymakers are asking about Amazon, the…
The Washington Examiner
Democrats Seek to Hobble Republican-led Labor Board
The Washington Examiner discusses an attemt to hobble the National Labor Relation Board’s pro-worker agenda with Trey Kovacs. Democrats led by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth…
The Washington Examiner
Millions of Phony Public Comments Muddle FCC’s Net Neutrality Vote
The Washington Examiner covers Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s decision to move forward with Thursday’s vote to repeal Net Neutrality regulations. Federal Communications…
JD Supra
U.S. v. Coinbase: Virtual Currency Holders Not Outside the IRS’s Reach
JD Supra covers U.S. v. Coinbase and CEI’s amicus brief in the case. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, on…
The Daily Caller
Trump’s EPA Chief Says Obama ‘Short-Shrifted’ the Proper Process to Regulate CO2
The Daily Caller covers statements made by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and a petition CEI filed with the EPA to reconsider the endangerment finding.
Watchdog News
More Briefs Filed with SCOTUS in Forced Union Dues Case
Watchdog News covers CEI’s amicus brief in Janus v. AFSCME. Three more briefs were filed with the U.S. Supreme Court this week in support…
Politico
CEI to File Janus Brief
Politico’s Morning Shift covers CEI’s amicus brief in Janus v. AFSCME. The Competitive Enterprise Institute will file an amicus brief this morning in …
InsideSources
A Case for Banning Forced Union Dues
InsideSources covers CEI’s amicus brief in Janus v. AFSCME. The U.S. Supreme Court should outlaw forced union dues in the public-sector when it hears…
