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CEI Joins Letter to Yellen on Federal Overreach of COVID Funds
Dear Secretary Yellen, On March 11, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Act), which authorizes $1.9 trillion in new…
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CEI and Other Organizations Urge Governor Cox to Veto Amendments Limiting Online Free Speech
Governor Cox: We write to urge you to veto Senate Bill 228, Electronic Free Speech Amendments. If enacted, this bill faces serious constitutional challenges, threatens…
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CEI Joins Coalition Calling on Congress to Fix the Ban on State Tax Cuts
We, the undersigned organizations, representing millions of Americans and thousands of state and local officials, write to express our profound concerns with provisions in the…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Opposition to State Mandate for No Tax Cuts
View Full Document as PDF We, the undersigned organizations, representing millions of Americans and thousands of state and local officials, write to express…
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Coalition Letter Opposing Any Carbon Tax
Dear Members of Congress, We oppose any carbon tax. A carbon tax raises the cost of heating your home in the winter and cooling your…
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CEI Joins Coalition Endorsing the Guidance Out of Darkness Act
Dear Senator Johnson, On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to express our strong support for your legislation to require federal agencies to publish…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing FTT
Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of millions of taxpayers and investors across the country, we urge you to reject any proposal to implement a…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing PRO Act
View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress, We write in strong opposition to the PRO Act and every provision within this bill that…
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CEI and Other Organizations Express Strong Support for the Modern Worker Empowerment Act
Dear Senator Scott and Congresswoman Stefanik: On behalf of the Coalition to Promote Independent Entrepreneurs, a national coalition of organizations, companies, and independent entrepreneurs that…
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CEI joins Coalition Letter Supporting the Elimination of the Office of Financial Research
Dear Senator Cruz & Congressman Budd: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to express our support for your legislation eliminating the unaccountable…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter: “Big Tech” Investigation in Texas Harms Consumers and Taxpayers
Dear Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick and Speaker Phelan: In January of 2020, the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank predicted, “While uncertainty is greater than normal,…
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CEI Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Reject the Restoration of Earmarks
Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and our millions of members and supporters from across the country, we urge you to…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging GSE Reform
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Brown, Chairwoman Waters, Ranking Member Toomey and Ranking Member McHenry: On behalf of the undersigned organizations,…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter to Congress: Don’t Restrict Retail Investors
View Full Document as PDF The Honorable Sherrod BrownChairmanSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsWashington, D.C. 20510The Honorable Maxine WatersChairwomanHouse Committee on…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing $15 Minimum Wage
View Full Document as PDF Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of millions of taxpayers across the country, we urge you to reject…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing H.R. 1 and S.R. 1
View Full Article as PDF Dear Speaker Pelosi, Republican Leader McCarthy, Majority Leader Schumer, and Republican Leader McConnell, On behalf of the millions…
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CEI Joins Philanthropy Roundtable Coalition Letter
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposed to Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Final Rule
View Full Document as PDF Introduction On behalf of the undersigned federal and state-based organizations, we write to express our opposition to the…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Pushing Back on Calls to Break Up U.S. Tech Companies
View Full Document as PDF Dear Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and Republican Members of Congress: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing taxpayers, consumers,…
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CEI Joins Committee for Justice Coalition Letter on Antitrust
View Full Document as PDF Dear Representatives Buck, Biggs, and Gaetz: We, the undersigned, write with sincere appreciation for your careful attention and…
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Opposing Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Mandate
View Full Document as PDF Dear President Trump, As leaders of conservative and free-market groups strongly concerned about the liberties, prosperity, and health…
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CEI Joins ATR Leads Coalition Opposing OECD’s Digital Taxation Proposal
We, the undersigned 23 organizations, representing taxpayers and consumers across the globe, strongly urge you to oppose any and all attempts to curb international tax…
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Coalition Opposing Changes to 47 U.S. Code § 230 (Section 230) as Part of the National Defense Authorization Act
Honorable Senators and Representatives: We the undersigned write today to express our grave concern regarding recent reports of changes to 47 U.S. Code § 230,…
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting MORE Act Provision to De-Schedule Cannabis
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, Leader McCarthy, and Whip Scalise: On behalf of the many of Americans whose views and values our organizations represent, we…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Oil Tariffs
Dear Majority Leader McConnell: After a dozen extensions and nearly three decades on the books, it’s time to end the Production Tax Credit. The Production…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Against Nationalizing 5G
Dear Senator Thune, We write to thank you for your recent letter supporting the American competitive approach to 5G deployment, which is private sector driven…
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Opposing Restriction of HFCs
Dear Senator: The undersigned organizations urge you to oppose amending the pending energy bill to restrict hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) on the grounds that they contribute to…
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Ozone NAAQS Summary and Coalition Letter
The Honorable Andrew WheelerAdministratorU. S. Environmental Protection Agency200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC 20460RE: Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0279 Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone…
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Coalition of 12 Urges Revisions to Bill Regulating Transportation Network Companies
Dear Leader McConnell: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing millions of taxpayers and consumers, we ask you to decline any requests to hotline H.R.
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CEI Joins Premarket Tobacco Authorization Coalition Letter
View Full Document as PDF Commissioner Hahn: On behalf of taxpayers and consumers across the country, the undersigned 15 organizations strongly urge you…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Proposal
On behalf of the undersigned federal and state-based organizations, we write to express our grave concerns with the “most favored nation” (MFN) executive order to impose foreign…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging House Republicans to Reject “Moving Forward Act” (H.R. 2)
On behalf of millions of taxpayers and consumers across the country, the undersigned groups urge Congress to oppose the “Moving Forward Act” (H.R. 2). The…
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CEI Joins ATR Letter In Opposition to Buy American Mandates in FY21
View Full Document as PDF Dear Member of the House Armed Services Committee: I urge you to reject any amendment to FY 2021…
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Coalition Letter to the Senate Opposing the LWCF Title in S. 3422
Dear Senators: The undersigned organizations and individuals write to express and explain our opposition to legislation that would mandate massive increases in funding for federal…
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CEI Joins NTU Leads 29 Free Market Organizations in Opposing Merger Ban Proposals
Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, and Leader McCarthy: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing taxpayers and free market advocates across the nation,…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Opposition to Any Proposal to Impose “Buy American” Mandates on Medicines
Dear Secretary Mnuchin, Director Kudlow, Leader McConnell & Leader McCarthy: We write in opposition to any proposal to impose “Buy American” mandates on medicines.
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Coalition Letter Opposing Effort to Expand Durbin Amendment to Credit Cards
Dear President Trump, Majority Leader McConnell, and Speaker Pelosi As leaders of groups representing millions of consumers, taxpayers, and entrepreneurs, we sympathize with businesses struggling…
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Open Letter to Blackrock CEO Larry Fink
Dear Mr. Fink, As the nation stands at the edge of an economic precipice and stares into it bleakly, you and your firm, the largest…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter on Taiwan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Republic of China
Dear Mr. President: We are writing to encourage you to initiate negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Republic of China (Taiwan). Such…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging House to Reject “Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act”
We, the undersigned 26 organizations, on behalf of more than 250 million taxpayers and consumers across these United States, urge you in the strongest possible…
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CEI Joins Coalition for Future Mobility Coalition on Federal AV Legislation
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chair Schakowsky and Ranking Member McMorris Rodgers: As companies and organizations dedicated to the safe development and…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter to the White House on Vaping
Dear Mr. President We urge you to preserve access to life-saving alternatives to cigarettes for the millions of adults who rely on electronic cigarettes and…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Confirmation of Andrew Wheeler to be EPA Administrator
Dear United States Senators: Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, also known as the Appointments Clause, gives the President the…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter on EB-5 Reform
Dear Chairman Graham and Ranking Member Feinstein: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to support the Immigrant Investor Program Reform Act, S.2778,…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter to SEC on Leveraged/Inverse Investment Vehicles
On November 25, 2019, the Commission re-proposed rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, proposed new rule 15l-2 under the Securities Exchange Act…
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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting Revamping American Infrastructure Act of 2020
Dear Members of Congress: We write in strong support of the Revamping American Infrastructure Act of 2020 (H.R. 5571). The bill would order the Secretary…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter on FCC C-Band Proceeding
Dear Chairman Pai, and Commissioners O’Rielly, Rosenworcel, Carr, and Starks: We support the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moving quickly to enable secondary market transactions in…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter on the L-Band
Dear Chairman Pai: We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to take decisive action to make additional mid-band spectrum available without delay. Such expansion will allow…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter on Surprise Billing
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, Leader Schumer, and Whip Scalise, The undersigned groups representing millions of taxpayers and consumers around the country urge…
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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Finance Ministers to Oppose Global Digital Taxation
On behalf of billions of taxpayers and consumers around the globe, we, the undersigned, urge you to oppose international efforts to weaponize global conversations about…