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CEI Participates in Coalition Supporting the RASP Act
View the full coalition letter here The Competitive Enterprise Institute is participating in a large coalition of organizations in supporting the The Reliable,…
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Coalition Letter: Wind PTC Opposition with the American Energy Alliance
The American Energy Alliance, Competitive Enterprise Institute, and more than 60 other groups urged Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch…
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Letter to House Financial Services Subcommittee on Rights of Private Shareholders
View the Full Letter Here The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), in a coalition of 17 conservative and free-market public policy leaders, sent…
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CEI, National and State Coalitions Support Internet Tax Moratorium
Full Document Avalible in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute, along with dozens of State and National organizations are asking the Senate to…
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An Open Letter to the United States Congress: Protect Taxpayers and Empower the States by Reforming Transportation Spending
Full Coalition Letter Available Here Congress is set to consider major transportation spending legislation this year. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, Americans for Prosperity and…
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Coalition Letter to the Judiciary Committee on HR. 4301
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Coalition Letter to the Ways and Means Committee on Wind Production Tax Credits
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Johnson-Crapo Coalition Letter
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CEI Signs Coalition on Patent Reform
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Coalition Letter to NY Governor Cuomo on Estate Tax Exemptions
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The Social Cost of Carbon
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Economists’ Letter to FCC Chairman Wheeler on Competition
Full Document Available in PDF Introduction Congratulations on your confirmation…
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Coalition Letter on Extension for Pay Ratio
Full Document Available in PDF The undersigned organizations, institutions, and nonprofits interested in fostering entrepreneurship represent hundreds of thousands of businesses, small…
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Open Letter to House and Senate Republican Leadership: Preserve the Sequester
CEI has joined a coalition urging Congress to maintain the spending restraint established by the Budget Control Act of 2011(BCA). The BCA established limits on…
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REINS Act coalition letter
We, the undersigned public interest organizations, write to urge you to support the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013 (the…
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Coalition Letter Opposing Reform-Less Water Resources Reform and Development Act
Full Document Available in PDF Coalition Letter Opposing Reform-Less Water Resources Reform and Development Act We understand that H.R. 3080, the…
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Coalition Letter to End Wind Production Tax Credit
Full Document Available in PDF Coalition Letter to End Wind Production Tax Credit Dear Senators and Representatives: On behalf of the…
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Free-Market Coalition Urges House To Abolish the Renewable Fuel Standard
The Competitive Enterprise Institute and 10 other free-market organizations called for repeal of the Renewable Fuel Standard.
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Coalition for Sugar Reform’s “Sweet Facts”
Full Document Available in PDF Leading Free Market Advocates Say “Zero—for—Zero” Makes ZERO Sense • CATO Institute: “… [T]he sugar lobby, and…
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Coalition Letter to Congressman Scalise in Support of H.R. 367
Full Document Available in PDF We write to express our support for your amendment to HR 367, the Regulations From the Executive…
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Coalition Letter in Support of the Amash Amendment
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Member of the U.S. House of Representatives: We write to urge you to vote yes on…
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Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives on HR 2642, The FARRM Act
Dear Representative, The House is slated to vote on H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM Act). This bloated…
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Open Letter to Speaker Boehner
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the millions of members and supporters of the undersigned organizations, we write…
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Coalition Letter on the Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2013 (H.R. 1959)
Full Document Available in PDF The undersigned organizations urge you to oppose H.R. 1959, the Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2013. The…
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Coalition Letter to Congress Opposing “Buy America” Provisions for Government Infrastructure Projects
Full Document Available in PDF TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS Do you want to artificially increase the cost of…
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Coalition Letter on E-Verify Amendment
Full Document Available in PDF We, the undersigned organizations, representing thousands of businesses and millions of Americans from all sides of the…
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Coalition Letter on the “Terrible Twelve” of Farm Policy
Full Document Available in PDF Washington’s Farm Policy is a nearly trillion dollar tangle of agriculture subsidies, welfare payments and environmental patronage.
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Coalition Letter to House Members on the Sugar Program
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Congressman, Over the next several weeks, policymakers in the House and the Senate will be marking…
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Coalition Letter to Senate on the Sugar Program
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Senator, Over the next several weeks, policymakers in the House and the Senate will be marking…
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Data Quality Reconsideration Request to EPA Regarding Biofuel Mandates
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute and ActionAid USA hereby ask that EPA reconsider its December 12, 2012 denial…
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Coalition Letter Opposing E-Verify Mandate
CEI has sent a letter to Congress opposing a mandatory national E-Verify electronic employment verification system. Over 40 organizations signed onto the letter, which suggests…
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21 Limited-Government Organizations Agree: House Should Repeal Dangerous IPAB
Full Document Available in PDF We, the undersigned organizations, representing millions of Americans who seek limited government and economic freedom, urge you…
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Official Time Labor Coalition Letter
Government labor unions have long been able to conduct union business while on the job and on the taxpayer dime, under a little-known policy called…
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Letter to Congress on Nomination of Richard Cordray to the CFPB
CEI and the 60 Plus Association sent a letter urging Congress to take time to consider the re-nomination of Richard Cordray to the CFPB, in…
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Free-Market Coalition Letter Against TAG’s Unlimited Deposit Insurance
As the Senate prepares today to vote on extending unlimited deposit insurance for non-interest bank accounts, 14 leaders and scholars of conservative and free-market groups signed a…
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Coalition Letter: Taxpayers Won’t Harvest Farm Bill Savings
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Coalition Letter on the Fiscal Cliff and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Republican Members of Congress, We, the undersigned organizations, who represent millions of Americans dedicated to fiscal…
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Coalition Letter on Unintended Consequences of Basel III
Full Document Available in PDF The undersigned organizations, institutions and nonprofits interested in fostering entrepreneurship represent hundreds of thousands businesses, small and…
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Letter Opposing Misnamed ‘Taxpayer Protection Act’: Another Beach House Bailout
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the millions of citizens represented by the undersigned groups, we write in strong opposition…
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Coalition Letter to FCC on Broadband Tests
Full Document Available in PDF We, the undersigned public interest organizations, write to express our strong concerns regarding the consumer privacy risks…
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Coalition Letter to the U.S. Senate on Tax Competition
Full Document Available in PDF CEI co-signed a coalition letter to the U.S. Senate urging support for Senator Rubio’s S.J.Res. 46, which…
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Coalition Letter on Consumer Debit Card Protection Act
Full Document Available in PDF To the Members of the United States Congress: You may have seen some recent reports, including in…
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Coalition Letter to Surface Transportation Bill Conferees Supporting Public-Private Partnerships
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CEI Coalition Letter to Surface Transportation Reauthorization Conferees Supporting the Broun Motion to Instruct
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Member of…
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Coalition Letter to Surface Transportation Bill Conferees
Full Document Available in PDF CEI signed a coalition letter to House…
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Coalition Letter on Cyber Security Act of 2012
Full Document Available in PDF We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our deep concerns with S. 2105, the Cyber…
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Letter on Farm Bill Entitlements
Full Document Available in PDF CEI signed a joint letter advocating real reform of…
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Coalition Letter on the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act
Full Document Available in PDF As conservative, libertarian, and free-market organizations concerned about government regulatory overreach, we’re writing to you to urge…
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Coalition Letter to Minnesota Legislature on MnPASS
Full Document Avilable in PDF Dear Members of the Minnesota House and Senate, Highway congestion during peak traffic times is an ongoing…
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Free Market Coalition Letter on CISPA
Full Document Available in PDF As public interest groups dedicated to free enterprise and limited government, we applaud bipartisan congressional efforts to…
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Coalition Letter Urges Congress to Reject Linking Drilling Revenues to the Highway Trust Fund
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute, Reason Foundation, National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and…
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Coalition Letter Urges House Judiciary Committee to Consider Implications of SOPA
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute, TechFreedom, Americans…
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Coalition Letter Opposing $730,000 Conforming Loan Limits: Fannie-Freddie Subsidies for McMansions
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has signed a coalition letter with other individuals and public policy organizations opposing the expansion of government-backed mortgages for wealthy home-buyers.
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Coalition Letter on Sarbanes-Oxley
Full Document Available in PDF Now that the Senate has defeated the so-called American Jobs Bill, which…
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Coalition Letter on Agriculture Spending
Full Document Available in PDF The Competiitive Enterprise Institute signed a…
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EPA Filing by ActionAid USA, CEI Targets Ethanol Fuel Programs
In anticipation of World Food Day, October 16, 2011, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and ActionAid USA today filed a formal complaint with the Environmental…
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Coalition Letter on D.C. Taxicab Medallion Bill
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Members of the Council of the District of…
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Coalition Letter to US Senate on REAL ID Act
We, the undersigned organizations, representing millions of Americans urge you not to support the so-called “REAL ID Act”, whether attached to the emergency supplemental spending…
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Comments on Workshop to Modify the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program (VRGGP)
Many thanks to you and your colleagues for conducting an informative workshop on the Bush Administration’s proposal to modify the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases…
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Comments on General Guidelines for Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed rule, General Guidelines for Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting, published December 5,…
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Letter to Senate Committee on C.S.T. on Cable Prices and the Consumer Price Index
We write to share with you our analysis of the idea of a la carte regulation of cable television channels, in which you have shown…
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Letter on Voluntary Reporting Comments
I am writing on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a non-profit free-market public policy group based in Washington, D.C. This letter responds to…
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Petition for Administrative Reconsideration of “Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Clothes Washer Energy Conservation Standards”
The undersigned organizations represent a broad cross-section of consumer advocacy and other public interest organizations, and respectfully petition the Department of Energy (DOE)…
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Letter to Assistant AG on Microsoft Settlement
The staff of the Antitrust Division has designated a limited set of comments on the proposed settlement as “major.” It plans to engage in special…
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Coalition Letter on Data Retention Bill
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CEI Joins Coalition in Support of the Wireless Tax Fairness Act
Full Document Available as PDF CEI has signed a letter along with a coalition of other…
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Coalition Letters Opposing E-Verify Mandate
CEI has signed coalition letters to both the Senate and the House of Representatives opposing H.R. 2164, which would mandate the use of the bureaucratic…
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Coalition Letter to the House Judiciary Committee: Rein in the DOJ
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Member, We are a coalition of consumer advocates and free market organizations,…
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Stop New Authority to D.O.E. Loan Guarantee Program
CEI joins Taxpayers for Common Sense, National Taxpayers Union, George Marshall Institute, and the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center to demand that Appropriations Committee excise Department…
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Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Update Privacy Laws
Full Document Available in PDF As public interest groups dedicated to limited, Constitutional…
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Coalition Letter Against Mandatory Implementation of E-Verify
Full Document Available in PDF We, the undersigned free-market advocacy groups and public interest organizations, write to share our concerns…
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Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates coalition letter on Obama’s FY 2012 Budget
Full Document Available in PDF We are writing to express our concern about a proposal within…
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Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the millions of taxpayers represented by our organizations, we write…
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Oppose wasteful $10 billion increase for DOE nuclear loan guarantee program in continuing resolution
Full Document Available in PDF…
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Coaliton Letter on Credit Union Regulatory Relief
Full Document Available in PDF Along with this letter please find a new advertisement, signed…
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Coalition letter: Allow the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit to Expire
Full Document Avalible in PDF A coalition of political groups today urged Congress to scrap energy subsidies by allowing the subsidies to…
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Coalition Letter Against the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit
Full Document Available in PDF To Members of the United States Congress: …
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Fearing Voter Disapproval, Senate Resurrects DISCLOSE Act Ahead of November Elections
Full Document Available in PDF We write on behalf of the millions of taxpayers and concerned citizens represented by our respective…
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Letter to House Financial Services Committee
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Groups Call Alcohol Regulation Bill “An Affront to Consumer Freedom”
Full Document Available in PDF Washington, D.C., July 27, 2010 — Today a coalition of nonprofit and consumer groups sent a letter…
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Senate Should Reject Dodd-Frank
Full Document Available in PDF The so-called financial “reform” legislation, agreed to by House and Senate Democrats in Conference, and…
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Double Taxation Working Group
Full Document Available in PDF We are writing to express our appreciation for your efforts to protect Americans from tax increases that…
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No Place for Corporate Welfare in Financial Regulation
Full Document Available in PDF As leaders of groups representing millions of Americans that comprise a Center-Right Coalition, we oppose price controls in…
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Coalition Letter Against Durbin Interchange Fee Price Control Amendment to Financial Reform Bill
Full Document Available in PDF As leaders of groups representing millions of Americans that comprise a Center-Right Coalition, we oppose price controls in…
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DISCLOSE Act Coalition Letter
Full Document Available in PDF We write on behalf of the millions of taxpayers and concerned citizens represented by our respective…
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Murkowski Resolution Coalition Letter
Full Document Available in PDF To Members of the United States Senate: We urge you to support S. J. Res. 26,…
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Dodd Bill: Bailouts, Taxes, and Overregulation
As Congress prepares to vote on debating Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd’s Restoring American Financial Stability Act — and speculation is rampant as to…
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Letter to Barney Frank
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a not-for-profit non-partisan educational and research institute dedicated…
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Audit the Fed First
Dear Members of the U.S. Senate: In the last two years, the Federal Reserve Board has lent several trillion dollars to banks…
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Coalition Letter on Conrad-Gregg
Full Letter Available in PDF CFA and ATR have joined forces with numerous groups representing…
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Federal Reserve Transparency Working Group Sends Letter to the Senate
Dear Members of the U.S. Senate: In the last two years, the Federal Reserve Board has lent several trillion dollars to banks…
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Statement of Marlo Lewis on S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
Full Testimony Available in PDF Increasingly, proponents of cap-and-trade legislation argue that climate change is a major threat to U.S.
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Iain Murray’s Testimony at the Legislative Hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
Murray will testify in the Senate today, Oct. 29th, at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
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Coalition Letter to Frank and Bachus Regarding Federal Insurance Reform
Full Letter Available in PDF Today, you’ll consider a manager’s amendment that would change the scope and reach of H.R. 2609, The Federal…
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Coalition Letter to President
Full Document in PDF We represent a diverse group of environmental, taxpayer, and consumer interests. We've seen the letter that Rep. Gene Taylor…
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Letter to RiskMetrics Group
My name is Eli Lehrer and I’m Director of the Center for Risk, Regulation, and Markets at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. As an organization,…
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CEI to Florida Legislature: Despite Politicians’ Claims, Insurers Continue to Flee the State
Dear Senator, Attached you will find five editorials that have been published in recent weeks by newspapers around the state. These editorials were…
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Let Credit Unions Lend to Small Businesses
Full Letter Available in Word Today’s difficult economic situation stems, in large part, from a shortage of credit. Banks, thrifts and other…
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Coalition Letter on Optional Federal Chartering
Full Letter Available in Word As Congress moves towards a debate over sweeping reform of the nation’s financial regulations, we urge you to…
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Coalition Letter on TARP Transparency
Full Document Avalible in PDF On behalf of the millions of taxpayers represented by our respective organizations, we write to urge your support…