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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…
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Lehrer Response Letter to Federal Insurance Regulation Not a Panacea
Full Document Available in PDF To: Congressional Staff and Members From: Eli…
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Letter to New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo
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Free Market Coalition Letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Why EPA's upcoming endangerment finding is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Letter to Senators Dodd and Shelby, and Congressmen Frank and Bachus regarding National Regulatory Modernization
Full Document Available in PDF This letter written to Senators Dodd and Shelby, and…
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Bipartisan Civil Liberties Coalition Letter Against New Federal Crimes in Omnibus Land Managment Bill
Dear Speaker Pelosi, and Minority Leader Boehner, Our respective organizations have diverse viewpoints, but we share a deep and abiding belief in due…
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The Calculation of Climate Change Risk in the Provision of Insurance
Full Document Available in PDF It is obvious to anybody that a risk of climate change exists: weather patterns…
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Proposed Taxes on Reinsurance Will Hurt Consumers
Full Document Available in PDF Additional taxes on reinsurance transactions would wreak havoc with…
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Coalition Opposes Proposed Taxes for Affiliated Reinsurance
Full Document Available in PDF The Honorable Max Baucus Chairman Senate Finance Committee 219 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.
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Oppose the Federal Stimulus Bill
We the undersigned public interest organizations, representing millions of members and supporters nationwide, hereby call upon you to reject the $819 billion spending bill that…
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No Midnight Rulemaking
Full Document Avalible in PDF Chairman Steve Cohen 1004 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 February 3, 2009 Dear Chairman Cohen:…
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Requesting a TARP Disapproval Resolution
Full Document Available in PDF United States Congress Washington, DC 20515 Dear Member of Congress: On behalf…
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Letter To President Obama on Credit Unions and Business Lending
Full Document Available in PDF December 23, 2008 The Honorable Barack Obama President-Elect…
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Response to AFSNCP Letter Supporting Mitigation in Stimulus Package
Full Document Avalible in PDF December 18, 2008 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House H-232 Capitol…
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Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently announced his plans to call back the Senate for a lame duck session to pass a massive land grab…
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Letter to President Bush on Midnight Regulations
October 31, 2008 The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr.
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Coalition Letter on the Finalization of Rules Relating to UIGEA
Full Document Avalible in PDF Dear Ms. Dudley: We are deeply concerned about the regulations you have received from Treasury concerning the…
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Letter On UIGEA to House Financial Services Committee Members
Attention: House Financial Services Committee LA September 15, 2008 Dear Representative: As the House Financial Services Committee moves towards consideration of…
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Opposition to the Fingerprint Registry in Senate Housing legislation
Dear Senators Reid and McConnell: We are diverse organizations, but we hold in common a deep commitment to privacy rights, civil liberties and the…
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Letter to Congress on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act
Eli Lehrer and Michelle Minton join Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, to oppose new gaming regulation.
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Open letter to Congress on Dodd-Frank mortgage housing bill
Open letter to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives As groups representing millions of taxpayers nationwide, we are writing to respectfully urge you to…
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Joint Letter to President Bush on Climate Policy
CEI spearheads coalition of over 20 organizations urging President Bush not to give in to political extortion on climate policy.
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Letter to Sen. Feinstein on CO2 and the Clean Air Act
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Letter to President Bush on CO2 Endangerment Proceeding
Full Document Available in PDF The Honorable George W. Bush…
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Opposition to “Must Carry” Rules for Cable Operators
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Commissioners: The undersigned organizations wish to reiterate their…
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Open Letter to House Regarding Mortgage Bailouts and Regulation
Dear Representative: The news has been filled of late with stories of heartbreak in the sub-prime mortgage market and calls have grown louder for…
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Open Letter to Senate Regarding Mortgage Bailouts and Regulation
Dear Senator: The news has been filled of late with stories of heartbreak in the sub-prime mortgage market and calls have grown louder for the…
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Letter to Congress in Support of Optional Federal Chartering
Dear Member: I’m writing to you in response to a letter that the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (the Big “I”) recently…
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Opposition Letter to Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) – DRAFT
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is currently considering ratification of the United Nations treaty on the Law of the Sea. This treaty has dangerous…
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Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Full Document Available in PDFs Dear Representative: We are writing to express our concerns…
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Letter in Opposition to Price Controls on Special Access Services
Full Document Available in PDF Dear FCC Chairman & Commissioners: …
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Principles for Windstorm Insurance: A Joint Statement
The United States has entered a period of heavy hurricane activity. Much of the focus in the public policy debate has centered on insurance against…
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Request that Congress Promptly Extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Member of Congress: On behalf…
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A Joint Letter to the U. S. House of Representatives on H. R. 6 and Other Legislation to Raise Energy Prices
A Joint Letter to the U. S. House of Representatives on H. R. 6 and Other Legislation to Raise Energy Prices Washington,…
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Letter to Members of the House Agriculture Committee Regarding the 2007 Farm Bill
To: Members of the House Agriculture Committee We, as representatives of consumer, taxpayer, public policy, and humanitarian groups, are writing to express…
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A Letter Urging Congress to Reject Capital Gains Tax Hikes
Dear Representative, On behalf of the millions of grassroots investors who are members of our organizations, we strongly urge you to reject any increase…
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A Joint Letter to the U. S. Senate on S. 1419, the Making Energy Less Affordable Act
Washington, D. C. 14th June 2007 Dear Senator: The undersigned organizations are writing to share our concerns about S. 1419,…
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We oppose negotiations on Medicare Part D drug prices
We are deeply concerned about proposed legislation that would lead to negotiation of pharmaceutical prices by the federal government for the new Medicare Part…
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Joint Letter in Support of OCS Bill
Full Document Available in PDF June 28, 2006 Dear Member of Congress: Rising energy costs…
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“Net Neutrality” Is Bad for the Internet
Full Document Available in PDF Big government, pro-regulation groups like MoveOn.org want the…
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Letter to the FCC regarding “must carry” laws for cable operators
Full Document Available in PDF The undersigned organizations would…
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Letter to Congress in Support of Sugar Reform Amendment
Full Document Available in PDF…
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70% of Americans Say They Don’t Want the Government to Prepare Taxes for Them
Full Document Available in PDF Reps. Melissa Hart and Anna Eshoo have introduced H.R. 5114, the Tax Return Choice Act of 2006,…
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Letter on the Potentially Detrimental Effects of Net Neutrality Legislation
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Chairman Barton: As…
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A Joint Letter on Climate Policy to Chairman Domenici and Senator Bingaman
Washington, D. C. 4th April 2006 Hon. Pete V. Domenici Chairman and Hon. Jeff Bingaman Ranking Minority Member Committee…
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Joint Letter to House and Senate Leadership on Opening ANWR to Energy Exploration
Rep. Dennis Hastert Sen. Bill Frist Rep. John Boehner Washington, D. C. March 8, 2006 Dear Mr. Speaker/Mr.
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ESA Coalition Letter to Senator James M. Inhofe
Full Document Available in PDF…
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Letter to EPA on Human Volunteer Pesticide Testing
Full Document Available in PDF The use of human volunteers in research studies…
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Letter Urging Congress to Introduce Video Competition
The Honorable Bill Frist Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 November 14, 2005 Dear Majority Leader Frist: Earlier this year, Sen. John Ensign…
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Letter to Roger Ailes; President, Fox News Channel
Roger Ailes President Fox News Channel 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 VIA FACSIMILE …
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An Open Letter to Congress: Franchise Reform
Dear Member of Congress: Much has changed in the decade since Congress passed the 1996 Telecommunications Act. As Congress is considering changes and updates…
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Letter to Congress Regarding Digital TV Transition and Cable Multicasting
The undersigned organizations would like to express their strong opposition to proposals toextend “must carry” rules for cable operators to include the multiple streams of…
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The President’s Tax Panel Should Dump “Static” Revenue-Estimating
A coalition of more than 40 free-market leaders, including The Competitive Enterprise Institute, has asked President Bush to direct the Advisory Panel on Federal…
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Stop FCC Unbundling Laws
Full Letter Available in PDF Mr. President, in your recent speech in Albuquerque, you championed “the…