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Senate Considers Ill-Conceived Ban on Highway Tolls
Washington, D.C., March 12, 2012—The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on additional amendments to the massive surface transportation bill, the Moving Ahead for Progress…
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JOBS Act Would Create More than 10 Million Jobs
Washington, DC, March 8, 2012 – At last, there is a “jobs act” that lives up to its name, notes John Berlau, senior fellow…
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Free Speech for the 99% on Trial in Bulldog Investors v. Massachusetts
Washington, DC, March 5, 2012 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed an amicus brief in support of hedge fund Bulldog Investors and free speech…
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EPA’s Global Warming Juggernaut Challenged in Court This Week
Washington, D.C., February 27, 2012 – EPA’s economically ruinous plans for regulating greenhouse gas emissions are being challenged in federal court this week by a…
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Where Are the Jobs? House Seeks Answers in Wednesday Hearing Featuring CEI’s John Berlau
Washington, DC, February 15, 2012 – With unemployment still stubbornly high and the economy still in tenuous shape, the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and…
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Free Market Policy Organizations Push Back Against Stealth Unionization Campaign
Washington, DC, February 6, 2012 – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is trying to unionize home health care workers in Connecticut by stealth—and Governor Dannel…
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Payday Loans Myths Punctured in New Report
Washington, D.C., February 6, 2012—So-called “payday loans” and other forms of non-bank , short-term credit are roundly vilified by many politicians and activists, including the…
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Competitive Enterprise Institute Applauds Indiana Enactment of Right to Work
Washington, DC, February 1, 2012 – Indiana today enacted a crucial, hard-fought right-to-work law prohibiting labor contracts that force workers to pay for union representation.
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Obama’s State of the Union – What can the President do to make America prosper?
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Obama Surprise Recess Appointments Are End-Run Around Democracy, Senate
Washington, DC, January 4, 2011 – President Obama’s decision to make a slew of surprise recess appointments today drew criticism from CEI experts.
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CEI Defends Consumer Choice as FTC, State Attorneys General Unfairly Target Popular Alcoholic Beverage
Washington, DC, January 4, 2011 – As state attorneys general and federal regulators move forward with efforts to persecute the maker of the alcoholic beverage,…
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Labor Rules Revamped by NLRB, Workers and Businesses Have Less Time to Make Big Decisions
Washington, DC, December 21, 2011 – The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday announced a new rule aimed at rushing elections for union-organizing, whittling down…
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Gov’t Ban on Cell Phones While Driving Won’t Improve Safety
Washington, DC, December 14, 2011 – Citing concern over “distracted driving,” the National Transportation Safety Board called on all states to ban on cell…
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Big Labor, Obama Administration Drop Attack on Boeing, But Threat Lingers Over U.S. Businesses
Washington, DC, December 9, 2011 – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced today that it is dropping its much-publicized case against Boeing,…
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UN Climate Conference Set to Make More Empty Promises
Washington D.C., November 29, 2011- The seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP-17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held this…
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CEI and Freedom Action Propose $300 Billion in New Revenues to Break Super Committee Impasse
Washington, DC, November 16, 2011 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute and Freedom Action on Tuesday proposed to Congress’s Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction that…
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Government Plan to Ban E-Cigarettes on Airplanes Opposed by Public Interest Groups
Washington, DC, November 15, 2011 – The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association and the Competitive Enterprise Institute together filed comment to the Department…
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Ax Wasteful Agriculture Subsidies, Groups Urge Super Committee
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True Story of Cosmetics Exposes the Risks of Smear Campaign
Washington, D.C., October 18, 2011 – The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and its partner, the Environmental Working Group, are on a crusade to scare consumers…
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Obama Science Czar Led UN Effort to Hide Proceedings, Subvert FOIA, Records Indicate
Washington, D.C., October 17, 2011 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today with the White House Office…
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$5 “Durbin Dollars” Protest Price Controls That Killed Free Checking, Debit Cards
Washington, DC, October 14, 2011 – In response to the spate of new “Durbin Fees” hitting the debit cards and checking accounts of so many…
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ActionAid USA, CEI Target Ethanol Fuel Programs in EPA Filing
Washington, DC, October 13, 2011 – In anticipation of World Food Day, October 16, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and ActionAid USA today filed a…
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House Warned Against “EPA Power Grab of Breathtaking Proportions”
Washington, DC, October 12, 2011 – In the aftermath of a recent deal between the Obama administration and automakers to force higher fuel economy standards…
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Free Trade Pacts Delayed by Failed Strategy of Union Appeasement, New CEI Report Finds
Washington, D.C., October 4, 2011 – President Obama yesterday sent three free trade agreements to Congress after years of stalling. A new report shows how…
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CEI Urges Supreme Court to Let Property Owners Promptly Contest EPA Claims of Wetlands Jurisdiction
Washington, D.C., September 30, 2011— The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow property owners to promptly…
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Inspector General Finds EPA Climate Science Fails Tests
Washington, D.C., September 28, 2011 – The Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General has found that the agency based its 2009 “Endangerment Finding” on a flawed…
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CEI’s Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellow Announced for 2011-12
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CEI Labor Policy Expert Vincent Vernuccio Wins Prestigious “Buckley Award”
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2011 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to announce that CEI Labor Policy Attorney F. Vincent Vernuccio is…
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On “World Car-Free Day,” Let’s Be Guilt-Free for a Change
Washington, DC, September 21, 2011 – On Thursday, September 22, environmentalists want you to feel guilty about driving cars. In other words, it’s annual “World…
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Announcing: Technology & Entrepreneurship Fellow Joins CEI Staff
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Zero August Job Growth Reflects Anti-Business, Red Tape Climate in Washington
Washington, D.C., September 2, 2011 — Today’s job numbers from the US Department of Labor are downright dismal: the economy failed to add new…
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President Postpones Trillion-Dollar Ozone Rule Until After 2012 Presidential Election
Washington, D.C., September 2, 2011 — President Barack Obama on Friday announced that he had ordered EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to stop work on…
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New Study Touts Benefits of Expanded Oil Trade with Canada
Washington, DC, August 9, 2011 – Canada now provides more oil to the U.S. than all Persian Gulf countries combined, lessening America’s so-called “dependence” on…
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Award-Winning Space Policy Expert Rand Simberg Joins CEI as Adjunct Scholar
Washington, DC, August 2, 2011 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute is pleased to announce space policy expert Rand Simberg has joined CEI as an…
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Obama’s New Fuel Economy Mandates Risk Lives, Compromise Reliability, Increase Costs
Washington, DC, July 29, 2011 – New fuel economy mandates on cars and trucks announced today by the Obama administration will lead to more traffic…
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Announcing: Immigration Policy Expert Joins CEI Staff
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Government Bureaucrats “Stealing You Blind,” New Book Reveals
Washington, D.C., July 11, 2011 – So-called public servants are “stealing you blind” with inflated salaries, early retirement, massive pensions, leaving a legacy of red…
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Multi-State Greenhouse Gas Initiative Violates New York Law, Lawsuit Alleges
Washington, DC, June 28, 2011 – A lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York says the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative…
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Catfish Shenanigans: Agriculture Dept. To Regulate Catfish in Trade Protectionist Move
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Gov’t Communications on “Train to Nowhere” Probed by CEI’s FOIA of Department of Transportation
Washington, DC, June 21, 2011 – Americans deserve to know what government officials really think about the “train to nowhere” supported by the Obama administration…
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CEI Launches ‘Resourceful Earth’ to Fight Political Barriers to Natural Resource Production
Washington, DC, June 17, 2011 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment this week launched Resourceful Earth, a new project that will…
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Depressing Unemployment Numbers Today Exacerbated by Crushing Regulations, Obama Labor Union Agenda
Washington, DC, June 3, 2011 – Bad news for the American economy and the Obama administration comes today in the form of paltry job growth…
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Delayed Release of Auto Bailout Documents by Treasury Dept. Reveals Cozy PR Relationship
Washington, DC, June 2, 2011 – Documents released last week by the U.S. Treasury Department indicate that General Motors and the Obama administration coordinated their…
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Anti-BPA Packaging Laws Jeopardize Public Health, New Report Finds
Washington, D.C., April 22, 2011 – In an ill-considered move that could jeopardize public health, Maryland legislators last week banned the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA)…
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Justice Dept. Seizes Online Gambling Domains in Shameful “Black Friday” Stunt
Washington, D.C., April 19, 2011 — Last Friday, a day now called “Black Friday” by online poker players, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an…
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Tax Day Report Sounds Alarm on the $1.75 Trillion “Hidden Tax” of Federal Regulation
Washington, D.C. April 18, 2011 – Federal regulations cost even more than the skyrocketing federal budget deficit, and help bring the federal government’s share of…
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Michelle Minton Nominated for “Sammie” Award
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to announce that CEI Director of Insurance Studies and founder of the annual Human Achievement Hour celebration, Michelle…
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EPA Whistleblower Criticizes Global Warming Science and Policy in New Peer-Reviewed Study
Washington, D.C., April 1, 2011 – The scientific hypotheses underlying global warming alarmism are overwhelmingly contradicted by real-world data, and for that reason economic studies…
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CEI Vote Score Alert: Official Time Amendment to FAA Reauthorization Act
What: Gingrey Amendment # 29 to the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 658 CEI Position: Yes The Competitive Enterprise Institute announced today…
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Sen. Lugar’s Bill to Repeal U.S. Sugar Program to Benefit Consumers, Economy, Developing Countries
Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 March 30, 2011, Washington, D.C. – Legislation introduced today by Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) marks a bold step towards repealing the…
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EPA Case for Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Torn Apart by New Study
Washington, D.C., March 21, 2011- The Environmental Protection Agency is relying on accounting tricks and gimmicks in its claims that clamping down on greenhouse gas…
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Major Reg Reform Bill, REINS Act, Vetted Before House Judiciary Committee Today
Washington, D.C., March 8, 2011 — Congress has an opportunity to restore oversight and accountability to federal regulatory agencies run amuck, as the House Judiciary…
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Challenging Tobacco Settlement
Washington, D.C., March 7, 2011 — The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear CEI’s constitutional challenge to the 1998 tobacco settlement, a $200 billion…
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Diverse Coalition Opposes Subsidies for Corn Ethanol in Letter to Lawmakers
WASHINGTON, DC — March 1, 2011 – A broad and diverse coalition of 90 business associations, taxpayer advocates, hunger and development organizations, agricultural groups, free-market…
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Obama Budget Fails On Regulatory Reform
Washington, D.C., February 14, 2011 — President Barack Obama has submitted a $3.73 trillion spending budget blueprint for fiscal 2012, blowing well past President George…
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House Considers Bill To Stop EPA Power Grab
Washington, D.C. February 9, 2011 – A House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee today will hold a hearing on critical legislation – the Energy Tax Prevention…
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Florida Judge Strikes Down Obamacare, Amicus Author CEI Praises Decision
Washington, D.C., January 31, 2011 — A federal judge in Florida today struck down Obamacare, the president’s signature health care take-over. CEI, which had filed…
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Obama Executive Order on Reg Reform – Far Too Little, Far Too Late
Washington, D.C., January 18, 2011 — Statement by Wayne Crews, CEI Vice President for Policy Today, President Obama released an Executive Order called…
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EPA Ratchets Up Campaign to Destroy Jobs
Washington, D.C., January 14, 2011 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute today sharply criticized the Environmental Protection Agency for its decision to revoke a Clean Water…
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Obama Offshore Oil Moratorium Breaks Promise, Hurts Economy, Kills Jobs
Washington, D.C., December 1, 2010 — Today, the Obama Administration pulled an about-face on its earlier plan to allow more domestic offshore oil drilling. The…
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Left/Right Coalition Urges Congress to Let Ethanol Subsidies Expire in 2010
Washington, D.C., November 29, 2010 — A coalition of political groups today urged Congress to scrap energy subsidies by allowing the subsidies to expire at…
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ClimateGate Scandal One Year Later, Many Questions Remain
Washington, D.C., November 18, 2010 — Friday, November 19th marks the first anniversary of the release of the e-mails and files from the University of…
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Obama Must Fire Climate Czar Carol Browner
Washington, D.C., November 10, 2010 — The Politico late Tuesday broke a story that the White House “rewrote crucial sections of an Interior Department…
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EPA Offers Draconian “Guidance” for Global Warming Energy Restrictions
Washington, D.C., November 10, 2010 — The Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency finally today released its “guidance” for how power plants and oil refiners will…
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Lawsuit Against Government-Tobacco Cartel Brought to Supreme Court
Washington, D.C., November 9, 2010 — After five years of litigation, a new challenge to the $200 billion backroom deal between major tobacco companies and…
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NASA Moves to Quash FOIA Lawsuit, CEI Fights for Public Access
Washington, D.C., November 4, 2010 — NASA continues to block the right of US citizens to gain access to tax-funded global warming research and communications.
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Cap-and-Trade Hurts Democrats
Washington, D.C., November 3, 2010 — House Democrats who voted for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill were big losers in the congressional elections. Approximately thirty Democrats…
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Ethanol + Wind Power = #Fail
Washington, D.C., October 26, 2010 — Ethanol subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, and, so far, American taxpayers have wasted…
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Obama’s Truck Regulations Are Another Torpedo To US Economy
Washington, D.C., October 25, 2010 — As part of the Obama Administration’s ill-conceived energy-rationing campaign, today the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to target heavy-duty…
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Protest World Car-Free Day — Take a Drive!
Washington, D.C., September 21, 2010 — Here we go again – another year, another “World Car-Free Day,” the annual day dedicated to life without…
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FDA Warned Against Hazards of Curtailing Antibiotic Use in Livestock
Washington, D.C., August 30, 2010 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute submitted comments today on an FDA proposal to limit the use of certain antibiotics in…
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The Open Internet and Lessons from the Ma Bell Era
Washington, D.C., August 19, 2010 — Earlier this week, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart summed up the debate over net neutrality by stating, “On one…
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Corrupt Tobacco Settlement Deal Wins in Court, Appeal Likely
Washington, D.C., August 10, 2010 — A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled against a challenge to the 1998 tobacco settlement brought by the Competitive Enterprise…
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Senate Plan to Prevent Oil Spill Should Eliminate Government Cap on Liability
Washington, D.C., July 30, 2010—The Senate is preparing to vote next week on a bill aimed at preventing future BP-style oil spills—a plan that could…
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EPA Refuses to Reconsider Harmful Energy Regulations
Washington, D.C., July 30, 2010 – The EPA Thursday rejected petitions to reconsider the agency’s move to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as a “public endangerment”…
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Judge’s Injunction on Arizona Immigration Law Doesn’t Stop Law’s Harmful Impact
Washington, D.C., July 28, 2010 — Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration law goes into effect Thursday, despite a partial injunction handed down Wednesday by U.S. District Judge…
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Groups Call Alcohol Regulation Bill “An Affront to Consumer Freedom”
Washington, D.C., July 27, 2010 — Today a coalition of nonprofit and consumer groups sent a letter to Congress expressing concerns about H.R. 5034, the…
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State Attorneys General Make Worst-in-the-Nation List
Washington, D.C., July 22, 2010—The worst state attorneys general in the country abuse the power of their office for political ends, a new report from…
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Privatize American Cities? Learning Lessons from Disney’s Experiment with “Private” Government
Washington, D.C., July 14, 2010 – Would governments do a better job of governing if some were privatized? A new case study by the Competitive…
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Global Warming ‘ClimateGate’ Investigation Yields Whitewash Report
Washington, D.C., July 7, 2010 – In the wake of the recent, notorious “ClimateGate” scandal, the university at the epicenter of the scandal has…
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Sarbanes-Oxley Provisions
Nearly five years ago, CEI and accountant Brad Beckstead began to discuss mounting a constitutional challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley’s Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The…
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Supreme Court Decision Spares America From Becoming International Magnet for Lawsuits
Washington, D.C., June 24, 2010 – The U.S. Supreme Court today saved this country from becoming a target-rich environment for international litigation, ruling against…
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Supreme Court Overturns Judge’s Ruling in Major Win for Biotech Crop Breeders
Washington, D.C., June 21, 2010 — The Supreme Court today over-turned a lower federal judge’s ruling that farmers could not plant a biotech alfalfa variety…
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Center-Right Groups Protest Durbin ‘Interchange Fee’ Amendment Pushing Through Price Controls and Benefitting Big Retailers
Washington, D.C., June 17, 2010 – A coalition of 15 free-market and conservative groups are calling on Congress to reject credit and debit card…
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FreedomAction.org: Senate Democrats Vote to ‘Turn Out the Lights on America’
Washington, D.C., June, 10, 2010 – The Senate today defeated by a vote of 47 to 53 the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval that would stop…
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American Economy at Stake in Senate Global Warming Vote
Washington, D.C., June 8, 2010 – On Thursday, the U.S. Senate will vote on a resolution to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from ‘enacting’…
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Supreme Court to Rule on Major Sarbanes-Oxley Case
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2010—The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hand down a major ruling which could put much-needed constitutional limits on an agency…
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CEI Sues NASA to Force Disclosure of Global Warming Info
Washington, D.C., May 27, 2010—The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed a lawsuit to force NASA to produce records related to last year’s “ClimateGate” scandal —…
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Failed Bank Bill Filled with Unintended Consequences for Main Street
Washington, D.C., May 19, 2010 – After the Senate today defeated a major banking regulation bill, CEI issued the following statement by John Berlau,…
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General Motors Deceptive Advertising Challenged by Watchdog Group in FTC Filing
Washington, D.C., May 4, 2010 –The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, arguing that General Motors misleadingly…
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EPA May Force Pesticide Label on New Biotech Fruit
Washington, D.C., April 30, 2010 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today condemned a proposed Environmental Protection Agency action plan that would, for the first…
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‘Grave Concerns’ Persist on Stalled Senate Financial Reg Bill
Washington, D.C., April 28, 2010—For the third time in three days, Senate Republicans joined by Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) have defeated an effort to ram…
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Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Cap-and-Tax Deal Implodes In Wake of Video Confession
Washington, D.C. April 26, 2010 – The lead global warming cap-and-tax bill to be unveiled in a Monday press conference by Senators John Kerry…
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National Security Risk Posed by Climate Change Policy, New Report Finds
Climate change alarmists have tried marketing their “fix-it” solutions to the public in several ways. Their latest tactic? Convincing people on the center-right that climate…
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Report Reveals Crushing, Hidden Tax of ‘10,000 Commandments’ of Federal Regulation
Washington, D.C. April 15, 2010 – Federal regulations cost a whopping $1.187 trillion last year in compliance burdens on Americans. That’s the finding of…
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New Study Shows Benefits of “Off-Label” Promotion for Patients, Doctors
New Study Shows Benefits of “Off-Label” Promotion for Patients, Doctors Court to Weigh In on Pharmaceutical Free Speech Washington, D.C.,…
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EPA Takes On New Power Over Transportation, CO2 Regulation
EPA Announces Deadly CAFE Regs, CO2 Mandates EPA Takes On New Power Over Transportation, CO2 Regulation Washington, D.C., April 1, 2010 – The Environmental…
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EPA to Seize New Powers, Impose Global Warming Regs on U.S. Economy
EPA to Seize New Powers, Impose Global Warming Regs on U.S. Economy CEI Experts Available for Comment Washington, D.C., March 30, 2010 – The…
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Dodd-Corker Fed Bill May Contain Left-Wing “Shareholder” Power Grab
Dodd-Corker Fed Bill May Contain Left-Wing "Shareholder" Power Grab 17 Center-Right Groups Object to "Proxy Access" Provision Empowering Unions, Other Progressives Washington, D.C., March 3,…
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Land-Grabs Put Entrepreneurs, Poor in Dire Spot
Washington, D.C., March 3, 2010 – When government seizes land from private owners to serve a purpose preferred by bureaucrats and big business, it…