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Extending Unemployment Benefits Will Increase Unemployment, Hurt Economy
Washington, D.C., July 21, 2010—The Senate today approved an extension of federal unemployment benefits to a maximum of 99 weeks. This move is likely to…
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Statement by John Berlau on Passage of Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation Bill
The 2,315 page Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill should not be called “financial reform.” Instead, it should be called what for what it is: pages…
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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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Michigan Supreme Court Decision on Insurance Rates a Win for Consumers
The Supreme Court of Michigan this week reversed an initiative of Gov. Jennifer Granholm which would have barred insurance companies from considering the credit ratings…
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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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Let Comcast-NBC/Universal Merge
Tomorrow the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet will conduct a field hearing questioning “Who Benefits?” from the proposed…
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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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Lieberman-Collins-Carper Bill Threatens Nation’s Cybersecurity
Washington, D.C., June 24, 2010 – This afternoon, the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee begins markup of the Lieberman-Collins-Carper cybersecurity bill, which contains controversial provisions…
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Memo: Upcoming Supreme Court decision in Sarbanes-Oxley case
MEMO TO: Friends of CEI FROM: John Berlau, Director of CEI’s Center for Entrepreneurs and Investors DATE: June 21, 2010 SUBJECT: …
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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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FCC’s Destructive Inquiry Demands Congressional Action
Reactions by Competitive Enterprise Institute telecom policy analysts Ryan Radia and Wayne Crews on the Federal Communications Commission's Notice of Inquiry on broadband regulatory classification.
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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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Institute Calls for Civil Disobedience on National Donut Day
Washington, D.C., June 4, 2010—The Competitive Enterprise Institute today urged Americans to turn National Donut Day into a day of protest against growing government…
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Lieberman-Collins Bill Threatens Cybersecurity, Internet Freedom
Contacts: Ryan Radia, 202-331-2281 Lieberman-Collins Bill Threatens Cybersecurity, Internet Freedom Statement by Wayne Crews Vice President for Policy…
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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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New Rules for Online Gambling Take Force
New restrictions on Internet gambling – which financial companies such as banks and credit unions must officially abide by as of today – will not…
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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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Regulators Stage Extreme Refreshment Crackdown
Washington, D.C., May 27, 2010—The Food and Drug Administration’s attempts to crack down on makers of alcoholic beverages with added caffeine are unwarranted and rely…
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CEI Seeks Climategate- and FOIA-Related Documents from University of Virginia
Washington, D.C., May 24, 2010—On Friday the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, DC free-market think tank, filed a Request seeking records from the University of…
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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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House Eyes Internet Gambling Reform
As the House Ways and Means Committee prepares for a hearing Wednesday on potential revenue from regulated Internet gambling, analysts at the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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Kerry-(Graham)-Lieberman Bill a Huge Payoff to Big Business
Washington, D.C., May 11, 2010—As Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) prepare to introduce their long-delayed energy-rationing legislation, the Competitive Enterprise Institute calls…
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The First Amendment Doesn’t Need a Bailout
Washington, D.C., May 10, 2010—In recently-submitted regulatory comments, the Competitive Enterprise Institute urged the Federal Communications Commission to take a stand against government interference…
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FCC Broadband Reclassification: An Agency Out of Control
Reactions by Competitive Enterprise Institute telecom policy analysts Wayne Crews and Ryan Radia on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s statement on broadband policy. Washington,…
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EPA Contest Asks How Big Government Helps You, CEI Answers in New Video
How does Big Government help you? The Environmental Protection Agency wants to know. Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute has the answer.
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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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Misguided Privacy Legislation Threatens Digital Commerce, Innovation
Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today unveiled draft legislation aimed at improving online privacy that would impose new rules on…
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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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Gov. Brewer Signs Arizona Immigration Enforcement Bill
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Keep Humanity in Earth Day
Washington, D.C., April 21, 2010—This year, the Competitive Enterprise Institute urges those celebrating Earth Day to remember that human beings are part of the natural…
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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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FDA Salt Initiative Leaves Bitter Aftertaste
Washington, D.C., April 20 – Statement of Daniel Compton, Policy Analyst, on the Food and Drug Administration’s plans to impose legal restrictions on the…
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White House Conservation Program Faces Identity Crisis
The White House’s recently announced “America’s Great Outdoors” conservation program shows some encouraging signs – such as including landowners, sportsmen and business representatives in initial…
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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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Appeals Court Delivers Legal Spanking to FCC
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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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White House Sleight of Hand on Oil Drilling
The White House announcement today that limited areas off the coasts of North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, and Alaska will be open to oil and gas…
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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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Force of Darkness “Earth Hour” Challenged by Power of Light “Human Achievement Hour”
Washington, D.C., March 19, 2010—The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a leading free-market think tank, will celebrate the Second Annual “Human Achievement Hour” between…
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Wayne Crews Testifies on Role of Government in Innovation and Manufacturing
Washington, D.C., March 15, 2010—Everyone agrees we still want to make a lot of stuff in the United States of America and create jobs. So…
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Broadband Plan Would Vastly Expand Government Power over the Internet
Statements by Competitive Enterprise Institute telecom policy analysts Wayne Crews and Ryan Radia on the FCC’s National Broadband Plan.
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Dodd Bill Punishes Main Street Entrepreneurs, Rewards Fannie and other High Rollers
With the focus this week on health care’s “home stretch” and concerns about government limiting the ability of ordinary Americans to make choices about medical…
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Climategate Reloaded
Prominent climate scientists affiliated with the U.S. National Academies of Science have been planning a public campaign to paper over the damaged reputation of global…
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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…
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Political Interference Distorting Comcast-NBC Deal
by Competitive Enterprise Institute media policy analysts Ryan Radia and Wayne Crews on the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC-Universal.
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Credit CARD Act Penalizes Thrift And Entrepreneurship
Today, the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 goes into effect. While the law, passed last May, is being hailed as…
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Statement by John Berlau on Credit CARD Act
Statement by John Berlau on Credit CARD Act Today, the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 goes into effect…
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BP America, Conoco Phillips, and Caterpillar Drop Out of the U. S. Climate Action Partnership
Statement by Myron Ebell, Director of Energy and Global Warming Policy for the Competitive Enterprise Institute on BP America, Conoco Phillips,…
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New Lawsuit, Petition Challenge EPA Global Warming Regulations
New Lawsuit, Petition Challenge EPA Global Warming Regulations After Lead Global Warming Scientist Admits Data Sloppiness, No Warming CEI, Allies Urge Reconsideration of Economy-Crushing…
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CEI, Science Groups Petition EPA to Reconsider Increasingly Dubious Global Warming “Endangerment” Finding
Regulation Would Bring Economy-Crushing Regulations Based on Shoddy Science Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2009 – Two science groups joined with the Competitive Enterprise Institute on…
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Regulating Industry-Funded Science Could Harm Patient Safety, Report Finds
Regulating Industry-Funded Science Could Harm Patient Safety Study Finds Corporate Funding Tends to Incentivize Appropriate Behavior Washington, D.C., Feb. 4, 2010…
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Government Should Give Comcast-NBC Deal a Chance
Today both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are holding hearings on the proposed merger between NBC Universal and Comcast…
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Don’t Turn Cybersecurity into a Bureaucracy; Enhance Private Sector Practices
Today the House of Representatives is considering HR 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act. A solid Cybersecurity Enhancement Act might read “Title I: Stop losing federal…
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Panic Over Chemical Used in Plastic Ill-Founded, Report Finds
Panic Over Chemical Used in Plastic Ill-Founded, Report Finds Knee-Jerk Reaction to BPA Leads to Nanny-State Regulation, Potential Consumer Hazards…
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CEI Available for Comment on the State of the Union Address
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Obama’s Glass-Steagall 2.0 Could Crash Financial System
President Obama’s proposal today to bring back 1930s-like separation of commercial and investment banks, dubbed Glass-Steagall II or Glass-Steagall 2.0, would do little to prevent…
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Report Card for the Obama Administration
One year ago today, Barack Obama took the oath of office as President of the United States. Since then, he and his appointees have had…
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FCC ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules Endanger a Truly Open Internet
FCC ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules Endanger a Truly Open Internet Watchdog Group Warns Against Internet Regulation, Urges “Agency Neutrality” in FCC Filing Washington, D.C.,…
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FTC Suit Against Intel Misguided and Uninformed
Today the Federal Trade Commission filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corporation. The suit, which accuses Intel of violating Section 5 of…
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Comprehensive Immigration Bill Helps H-1Bs, But Hurts All Employers
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill a Mixed Bag Bill Helps H-1Bs, But Hurts All Employers Washington, D.C., December 15, 2009—The Competitive Enterprise Institute obtained an…
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Stripping Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption is a Congressional Misdiagnosis, New Report Shows
Stripping Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption is a Congressional Misdiagnosis, New Report Shows McCarran-Ferguson Repeal Won’t Help Consumers, May Hurt Competition Washington, D.C., December 8,…
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CEI Will File Suit to Block EPA Endangerment Finding
Washington, DC, Dec. 7, 2009—The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized its finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare and therefore must…
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Supreme Court To Hear Pivotal Sarbanes-Oxley Case Monday, Dec.7
Washington, D.C., December 4, 2009—On Monday, December 7th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a…
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Millions of Jobs Threatened by EPA Petition
Millions of Jobs Threatened by EPA Petition Environmental Groups Call Obama Administration’s Bluff On Global Warming Washington, DC, December 2, 2009- Environmental pressure…
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CEI Demands EPA Stop Plans to Regulate Greenhouse Gases in Wake of Climategate Fraud
CEI Demands EPA Stop Plans to Regulate Greenhouse Gases in Wake of Climategate Fraud EPA Poised to Issue Economy-Killing Energy Regulations‘ Washington,…
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Banks, Credit Companies Get Brief Reprieve From Crushing Federal Regulation of Internet Gambling
Banks, Credit Companies Get Brief Reprieve From Crushing Federal Regulation of Internet Gambling Taxpayers Face $20 Million Cost to Enforce…
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Scandal Rocks Global Warming Establishment
Scientists engaged in major global warming research and data collection have waged and discussed an internal smear and data manipulation campaign targeting critics of catastrophic…
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Government Watchdog Finds Credit Card Price Controls Hurt Consumers
Today, the Government Accountability Office released its widely anticipated report on interchange fees—the fees that retailers pay to credit and debit card issuers for processing…
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Senate Health Care Bill Will Bust the Budget and Hurt Patients
The Senate health reform proposal released today by Majority Leader Harry Reid contains no mechanisms that are likely to reduce the annual rate of health…
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Congress Meddling in Online Privacy Protection May Backfire, Harm Consumers
Washington, D.C., November 18, 2009—A House subcommittee on Thursday will take a step closer to inserting government as the arbiter of consumer…
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Will Al Gore Change His No-Debate Policy After CEI’s Offer of Big Bucks?
For years, Al Gore has steadfastly refused to debate the global warming issue. Most recently, he ignored a put-up-or-shut-up challenge on the Glenn Beck Show from…
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Senate Committees Take Up Climate Tax , Kerry-Boxer Fiasco Is a Job Killer
Senate Committees Take Up Climate Tax Kerry-Boxer Fiasco Is a Job Killer Washington, D.C., November 10, 2009— Two Senate…
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Boxer Rams Economy-Killing Energy-Rationing Bill through EPW Committee
Boxer Rams Economy-Killing Energy-Rationing Bill through EPW Committee Tactics Doom Cap and Trade in Senate Washington, D.C., November 5, 2009— Senate Environment…
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Think Tank Blasts Cuomo’s Witch Hunt Against Intel
Washington, D.C., November 4, 2009—Today New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corporation. The suit, which accuses…
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U.S. Chamber Caves to Special Interests on Energy-Rationing Legislation
Washington, DC, November 4, 2009—The Competitive Enterprise Institute responded today to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s announcement that it will now support energy-rationing legislation by…
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CEI Praises Obama and House Members For Pushing Sarbanes-Oxley Small Business Exemption
CEI Praises Obama and House Members For Pushing Sarbanes-Oxley Small Business Exemption Statement of John Berlau, Director of CEI’s Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs…
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Senate Weighs Global Warming Energy Tax Bill in Thursday Hearing, CEI Expert to Testify on Disastrous Tax Scheme in Europe
Senate Weighs Global Warming Energy Tax Bill in Thursday Hearing, CEI Expert to Testify on Disastrous Tax Scheme in Europe Multi-Billion Dollar…
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Europe’s Disastrous Climate Policy – a Lesson for Congress
The Competitive Enterprise Institute today cheered the publication of a new report that could help save the United States from an expensive, damaging new system…
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House Health Care Bill Threatens Patient Care
House Health Care Bill Threatens Patient Care Democratic Plan Would Erode Consumer Control Of Health Care Washington, D.C., October 29, 2009—Speaker of the House…
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New Report: Finance Committee Health Care Bill is a Cure Worse than the Disease
New Report: Finance Committee Health Care Bill is a Cure Worse than the Disease Baucus Proposal Won’t Cut Costs, But May Cut Quality…
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Net Neutrality Rules Depress Investment, Reduce Competition
On Thursday, October 22, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would put government, rather than consumers and…
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Repeal of Insurance Antitrust Exemption Threatens Competition
Repeal of Insurance Antitrust Exemption Threatens Competition Patients Brace for Higher Prices, Raw Deal Washington, D.C., October 21, 2009—The House Judiciary Committee voted on…
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Prominent Officials, Scholars Endorse CEI’s Supreme Court Challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting Board
Prominent Officials, Scholars Endorse CEI’s Supreme Court Challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting Board CEI Case Gains Bipartisan Support from Attorneys General, Former…
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Nobel Economics Prize Recognizes Success of Liberty
Nobel Economics Prize Recognizes Success of Liberty Statement by Fred L. Smith, Jr., President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute Washington, D.C., October 13, 2009―The…
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Moderates Should Be Cautious on Health Care Reform
The Senate Finance Committee today approved new health care legislation by a 14 to 9 vote and reported it out to the full Senate. All…
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European Union Finally Agrees with CEI: Kyoto Protocol Has Failed
This week the European Union has finally agreed with the Competitive Enterprise Institute that the Kyoto Protocol – the United Nations treaty aimed at reducing…
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FDA Urged to Reconsider Internet Drug Advertising Rules
FDA Urged to Reconsider Internet Drug Advertising Rules Agency Harms Consumers With ‘1960s Approach’ to Online Ads Washington, D.C., October 6, 2009—A new…
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Government-Funded Research Unit Destroyed Original Climate Data
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2009―In the wake of a revelation by a key research institution that it destroyed its original climate data, the Competitive Enterprise…
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Unemployment Report, Real Solutions
Today's unemployment report showed the U.S. jobless rate reaching 9.8 percent, the highest since 1983. And although unemployment is referred to as a "lagging indicator"…
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Labor Unions Aim to Roll Back Pension Protections, Ramp Up Political Investments
Labor Unions Aim to Roll Back Pension Protections, Ramp Up Political Investments Pensions Should Invest to Profit Workers – Not Promote Union Politics…
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Don’t Let 7-Eleven Give Card Holders a “Big Gulp” of Big Government
On Wednesday, 7-Eleven Inc. and other big retail chains will call on Congress to slap price controls on the interchange fees they pay to banks…
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Senate Takes on Cap and Trade
Washington, D.C., September 29, 2009—On Wednesday Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA) are scheduled to introduce global warming legislation that would create a…
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Obama Treasury Dept Still Hiding Info on Global Warming ‘Cap-and-Tax’ Costs
Obama Treasury Dept Still Hiding Info on Global Warming ‘Cap-and-Tax’ Costs Admissions of Job Losses & Hundreds of Billions in Cost Insufficient; CEI to…