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Townhall

Washington’s Despotic Lawlessness

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/19/2016

Townhall discusses Washington's lawlessness with Wayne Crews, author of the annual Ten Thousand Commandments reports. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is renowned for its…

Regulatory Reform

Wall Street Journal

Hillary’s Soft Despotism

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/14/2016

The Wall Street Journal cites Wayne Crews's study on the size of the federal regulatory burden and it's effects.  According to the most recent…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Times

Obama says he’s not a ‘big government’ liberal

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/22/2016

The Washington Times cites CEI's study on the size of the Federal Register.  But last year was a record-setting year for the Federal…

Regulatory Reform

Breitbart

What Women Really Want to Talk About

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/04/2016

Breitbart cites CEI's study on the number of regulations published in the Federal Register.  And Competitive Enterprise Institute data shows the number of…

Regulatory Reform

CNN

Reality Check: Carson on “absurd” government regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/29/2016

CNN's Reality Check Team references a study on regulations by Wayne Crews.  According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian-leaning think tank, there were…

Regulatory Reform

The Heartland Institute

Obama Unveils Last-Minute Regulatory Agenda

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/19/2016

The Heartland Institute discusses Obama's plans to release midnight regulations with Wayne Crews. Wayne Crews, vice president for policy at the Competitive Enterprise…

Regulatory Reform

Breitbart

America Must Tame Regulation, ‘Bring Small Businesses Back’

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/16/2016

Breitbart mentions CEI's research on the impact of the regulatory burden on small businesses.  Data compiled by the Competitive Enterprise Institute shows that…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

Kasich touts one-year freeze on regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/14/2016

The Washington Examiner mentions CEI's study on the amount of regulations created in 2015. In 2015 alone, 3,378 rules and regulations were finalized,…

Regulatory Reform

Watchdog.org

Obama missed opportunity to highlight red tape in final State of the Union

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/13/2016

Watchdog.org quotes Wayne Crews on President Obama's final year in office and the large quantity of regulations to be expected.  “Since the president’s final…

Regulatory Reform

Breitbart

Report: Federal Agencies Passed 39 New Regulations For Every One Law

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/08/2016

Breitbart discusses Wayne Crews' report on the amount of  rules that federal agencies created for every one law that Congress passed in 2015. …

Regulatory Reform

USA Today

Employment statistics don’t tell whole story

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/08/2016

USA Today mentions Wayne Crews' report on the amount of rules that federal agencies created for every one law that Congress passed in 2015. …

Regulatory Reform

Washington Times

The Unconstitutionality Index: 3,408 New Federal Regulations, 87 Laws

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

The Washington Times discusses Clyde Wayne Crews’ recent report on the alarming growth of regulations.   The nation continues to be a playground for government…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

Unconstitutionality Index: Obama issues 39 rules for every law

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

The Washington Examiner discusses the current administration's increase in regulations per law passed with Clyde Wayne Crews. "Bush's last six years averaged 17, while…

Regulatory Reform

The Wall Street Journal

Happy New Regulatory Year

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

The Wall Street Journal cites CEI's Wayne Crews on the growing yearly tally of regulations: Unofficially, Mr. Obama’s Administration has once again…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

Report: Obama Sets Red Tape Record, 545,875 Pages

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

The Washington Examiner cites Wayne Crews' work on the scope of President Obama's record-setting regulations:  What's more, Obama still has half a month…

Regulatory Reform

Fox Business

The Federal Government’s Vegetative Universe

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/10/2015

Fox Business reports on Wayne Crews' study on the hard-to-detect regulations created by federal agencies, without Congress' approval, and their economic costs. The rules hit…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

Report: Obama admin winning the new regulations race

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/09/2015

The Washington Examiner discusses Wayne Crew's report on the thousands of regulations that agencies pass each year. Federal agencies enacted 16 regulations for every one…

Regulatory Reform

Investor's Business Daily

The Growing Threat Of “Dark Matter” Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/09/2015

Investor's Business Daily reports on Wayne Crews' study on the growing regulatory burden created by executive orders, which are hard to detect. Author…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

Washington red tape nears new and costly record

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews, Ryan Young
  • 11/30/2015

The Washington Examiner discusses Obama Administration regulations with Wayne Crews and Ryan Young. The red tape pushed this year mimics its record in…

Regulatory Reform

Daily Mail

Daily Mail editorial: Latest Obama regulations burden business growth

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/30/2015

The Daily Mail, in their article on the regulatory burden of the Obama Administration, mentions CEI's report on the regulatory state. As the Competitive…

Regulatory Reform

Wall Street Journal

The Sweet Gig of Being a Bureaucrat

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/19/2015

The Wall Street Journal cites CEI's study on the costs of regulation. Yet Washington’s success has no doubt contributed to America’s troubles. The Competitive…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Times

An easier way to rein in big government

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

The Washington Times mentions CEI's research on the costs of regulation. Over the past two years, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the National…

Regulatory Reform

Daily Caller

The Five most Damning Facts About Federal Regulation, In One Infographic

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/13/2015

The Daily Caller features CEI’s infographic on federal regulations costs to the U.S. economy. CEI draws on their extensive report, Ten Thousand Commandments,…

Regulatory Reform

The Hill

What went unsaid at first Democrat debate

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/22/2015

The Hill references Wayne Crews on the missing report to Congress on the costs and benefits of regulation. Inquiries to the SBA about…

Regulatory Reform

Daily Iowegian

Rein in Washington’s overgrowth

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/19/2015

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley references Wayne Crews' study on federal regulation's cost to Americans in the senator's news release. Federal regulations create a…

Regulatory Reform

The Blaze

‘No Authoritative List’: Federal Gov’t Lacks Precise Number on Just How Many Bureaucracies Exist

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/01/2015

Wayne Crews discusses the murky number of federal agencies with The Blaze.  Wayne Crews, vice president for policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Regulatory Reform

The Washington Examiner

Choke: 1,568 new regs, 38,000 Federal Register pages already this year

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

The Washington Examiner quotes CEI`s Clyde Wayne Crews on new rules and regulations imposed by president Obama. President Obama is making good on…

Law and Litigation

Heartland

Senators Question Federal Agencies’ Backdoor Rulemaking

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

CEI`s Vice-President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. talks to the Heartland on the Federal Agencies` backdoor rulemaking. “The new effort…

Law and Litigation

US News

The Real Cost of Regulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/16/2015

Peter Roff cites Wayne Crews' work on the cost of regulation in U.S. News. These costs are not insignificant. As the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Regulatory Reform

Fortune

The Verizon-AOL Deal Shows How Much AOL has Reinvented Itself

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/13/2015

CEI's Wayne Crews is quoted in Fortune on Verizon's AOL buyout. “This is a positioning deal, to provide ad-serving to the mobile video…

Tech and Telecom

Fox Business

Cost of Federal Regulation: $1.88 trillion

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/13/2015

Fox Business features Wayne Crews' Ten Thousand Commandments report. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is out with its annual report that estimates that the U.S.

Regulatory Reform

Investor's Business Daily

Comcast Surrenders To Government Bullies, Backs Out Of Merger

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/24/2015

Investor's Business Daily cites Wayne Crews' work on the failed Comcast-Time Warner merger. Clyde Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute brings a…

Tech and Telecom

The Washington Post

Defining Economic Failure Down

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/04/2015

George Will cites Wayne Crews' regulatory calculations in his column. The lingering economic anemia is astonishing, given plummeting energy prices. To a…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Times

Analysis Tracks Costly Path of 3,541 New Federal Regulations, Provides Antidote for Congress

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews, Lawson Bader
  • 01/28/2015

The Washington Times heavily cites CEI's Agenda for Congress and regulatory cost calculations. The frugal but liberty-minded analysts at the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

Unconstitutionality Index: Feds Issued 27 Regs for Every New Law, 3,541 in 2014

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/05/2015

Wayne Crews discusses the year in regulation with Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard:  In a brand new calculation done by the Competitive Enterprise…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

Report: 21,000 regulations so far under Obama, 2,375 set for 2015

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

Wayne Crews is cited in the Washington Examiner: The pace of agencies issuing new rules and regulations has hit a record high…

Regulatory Reform

The Washington Examiner

Obama Outdoes Bush on Small Business Rules

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/15/2014

The Washington Examiner excerpts Wayne Crews' CEI blog post on President Obama's rules affecting small businesses: President Obama has issued nearly half…

Regulatory Reform

Fox News

Regulation Nation: Gov’t regs estimated to pound private sector with $1.8T in costs

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/06/2014

Fox News cites Wayne Crews' work on regulatory compliance: For America's businesses, the Obama administration has an unpleasant holiday surprise.

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

Regulation Nation: Obama Issues Nearly 50% More Costly Regs Than Bush

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/02/2014

The Washington Examiner cites Wayne Crews' work comparing President Bush's regulations to President Obama's:  "According to an analysis by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,…

Regulatory Reform

Fox Business

What Small Business Owners Think About Income Tax

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

Fox Business cites Wayne Crews' work on regulatory compliance costs: With so much revenue potential when taxpayers and businesses thrive, one would…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

Federal Regs Cost $1.88 Trillion, More With Obama’s ‘Pen and Phone’ Rules

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/26/2014

Burdensome federal regulations cost American taxpayers and businesses a shocking $1.88 trillion annually — far more than the administration estimates — and that doesn’t include…

Regulatory Reform

Personal Finance Hub

Report finds regulation compliance costs businesses $1.86 trillion

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

Over the past several years, think-tanks and market-related organizations have released reports that have given the United States low grades when it comes to red…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Examiner

OMB: 13-year High For New And Costly Federal Regulations

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

The group that tracks regulations, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Secrets that Obama has issued far more big dollar regs in his first six years…

Regulatory Reform

Washington Post

The Obama Economy Offers Bad News For Millennials

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/28/2014

Ronald Reagan lightened the weight of government as measured by taxation and regulation. Obama has done the opposite. According to the annual "snapshot of…

Regulatory Reform

Augusta Chronicle

Is The Private Sector Supposed to Serve Only Government? Of Course Not

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/24/2014

For example, Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, in his latest compendium on federal regulations (Ten Thousand Commandments), alone estimates that their compliance…

Regulatory Reform

Mapping the Internet

Parallel Internets, Another Internet Treaty Or Both? The Next Pieces Of The Internet Governance Jigsaw Puzzle – Part 2

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

For a long time before Brazil, Angela Merkel and others had awoken to the possibility of networks separate though connected to the currently US-dominated…

Telecommunications

Heartlander

The View from the Bottom

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/07/2014

Could the economic decline have something to do with the insane increase of federal government regulation? As John Merline asked in Investor’s Business Daily, “After…

Regulatory Reform

The Canal

The US Regulatory Black Hole, Quantified

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/06/2014

This week the Competitive Enterprise Institute released its annual report on the failures of the regulatory state. Written by Clyde Wayne Crews, the report is…

Regulatory Reform

NCPA

The Regulatory State

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

It cost Americans a whopping $1.863 trillion to comply with federal regulations in 2013, more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of Canada, according to…

Regulatory Reform

Human Events

Regulations Take $1.8 Trillion Bite Out Of Economy

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

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) this week released its annual Ten Thousand Commandments report on the size and scope of federal regulations. According to the…

Regulatory Reform

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