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Drone Task Force Report to FAA on Mandatory Drone
The drone registration task force has now issued its recommendations to the FAA concerning plans to require registration for commercial/civilian drones. But the FAA’s plan…
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CEI Supports Urgent Passage of Two Senate Resolutions on EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules
This week the U.S. Senate will consider two resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing…
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CEI Applauds the Senate Passage of Resolution to Block Climate Regulations
The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauded the Senate’s 52-46 passage of two resolutions of disapproval (S.J. Res. 71 and 72) under the Congressional Review Act to…
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CEI Files FOIA Lawsuit Against George Mason University for Denying Existence of Records Related to RICO-20 Letter
George Mason University (GMU) faculty claimed "no records" existed in response to a Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) FOIA request regarding the involvement of Professor Ed…
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CCAF Objects to Egregious 30% Fee Grab by Counsel in Polyurethane Class Suit Settlement
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an objection to the class action settlements in the Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation.
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Destroying America’s Railroads: The Killing Burden of Government Regulation
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CEI’s Constitutional Challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finally Reaches the Merits
Friday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed its opening brief in its lawsuit State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas et al. v.
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Center for Class Action Fairness Objects to Plaintiff Lawyer ‘Merger Tax’ in Walgreen-Boots Merger
The Center for Class Action Fairness at the Competitive Enterprise Institute late Thursday filed an objection to the exorbitant fees sought by plaintiffs’ lawyers related…
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CEI Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection
Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute responded today to President Obama rejecting the XL Pipeline: "President Barack Obama’s decision today to deny…
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CEI Supports Urgent Passage of Two House Resolutions on EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules
Today the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee’s energy subcommittee will mark up two resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA)…
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CEI Response to EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule Published in Federal Register
Myon Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute today responded to the EPA publishing greenhouse gas rules in the Federal Register: “Publication in…
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CEI Prevails: Court Orders TSA to Bare Its Body Scanner Rule
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) won a favorable ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordering the Transportation Security Administration…
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CEI-Led Coalition Asks Congress to Help Middle Class and Stop Labor Dept Fiduciary Rule
Thirty-three conservative and free-market groups, coordinated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, sent a coalition letter today urging congressional leaders to defund the destructive “fiduciary rule”…
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Virtuous Capitalism Is Alive and Well
Is rent seeking – private parties’ using government to secure special favors – a problem in America or are things better than we think? In…
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CEI Files Class Action Fairness Brief in Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Litigation
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness filed an amicus brief today before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the body deciding…
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CEI Report: Keep the Skies Open for Drones
A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute warns that laws and regulations curtailing use of civilian drones could hold back big economic and…
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Cutting Through the BPA Danger Hype
In “Government’s Unfounded War on BPA,” a paper released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), author Angela Logomasini explains how the taxpayer-funded scare…
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Competitive Enterprise Institute and Center for Class Action Fairness Announce Merger
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced a merger with the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF), a public interest law firm. CEI and…
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How Government Labor Unions Undermine Upward Mobility
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Report Urges Congress to Pull the Plug on Failed Government Lending Agency
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As Pope Francis Arrives in the United States CEI Responds to his Agenda
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CEI Reveals Five Goals to Improve the Developing World
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CEI Statement on Missouri Right-To-Work Veto
Statement by Competitive Enterprise Institute labor policy expert Trey Kovacs on today's vote in the Missouri legislature that failed to override the governor's veto…
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CEI Report Examines Potential Gains in Missouri Right to Work Showdown
A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute explains how the people of Missouri would greatly benefit from becoming a right to work state. This…
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CEI Statement on Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act
On the joint employer issue, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today introduced a bill to undo the recent NLRB ruling in the case against the Browning-Ferris waste management company. You will…
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Fiduciary rule set for Thursday House hearing
As the House Financial Services Committee hearing convenes Thursday on the Department of Labor’s “fiduciary rule,” Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow John Berlau hopes committee…
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CEI Reveals The Nation’s Worst State Attorneys General 2015
From noteworthy ethical and legal breaches, including violating the Constitution, fabricating legal norms, usurping legislative powers, hiring campaign contributors as outside counsel on a contingency-fee…
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Report: Obama Labor Regulators Set for Big Changes That Help Unions, Hurt Businesses and Jobs
A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute outlines how the Obama administration is working to make major, unilateral changes to labor policies to reward…
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NLRB Ruling in Joint Employer Cases Will Have Devastating Economic Impact
In response to today's 3-2 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board expanding employers’ liabilities as so-called "joint employers," Competitive Enterprise Institute vice president for…
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Proposed Methane Rules A “Regulatory Sleight of Hand”
Yesterday, in response to the EPA's proposed standards for methane and VOCs, Competitive Enterprise Institute's William Yeatman said: "Through a regulatory sleight of…
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Hidden Government Emails at the Epicenter of FOIA Lawsuit
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RealClear Radio Hour with Bill Frezza Expands to New Stations
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Amicus Brief: Congress Has Never Given FCC the Authority to Regulate the Internet
Congress has continued to deny the Federal Communications Commission authority to regulate the Internet, argues the Competitive Enterprise Institute in its amicus brief filed today in…
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CEI Responds to EPA’s Rules: Clean Power Plan and Beyond
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CEI on REINS Act – Fixing Regulation Without Representation
Today the U.S. House of Representatives are voting on the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. For years, Competitive Enterprise Institute’s…
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Plaintiffs Comment on State National Bank v. Lew DC Circuit Court Opinion
Today, in a win for the American public, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted standing to challenge in court the constitutionality of provisions of…
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Report: Texas Cities Reveal Cost of Labor Union Subsidy
A new report released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) reveals some of the costs associated with a little-known taxpayer giveaway to labor unions in…
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Too-Big-To-Fail Banking Entrenched by Regulations
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CEI Sues TSA For Violating Federal Law With Body Scanners
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a lawsuit today against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for violating the law by deploying body scanners before following…
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I, Whiskey: The Spirit of the Market
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Highway Bill Bailout and Spending Schemes Put America’s Roads and Bridges at Risk
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new report criticizing spending and bail-out schemes Congress is considering that would put our nation’s roads…
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CEI Labor Policy Experts Warn New Obama Overtime Rule Will Hurt Jobs, Businesses
“The Department of Labor’s moves to revise overtime rules are another of its attempts to set the clock back on modern work practices," said…
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Supreme Court Finds EPA Regulation Unreasonable
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today responded to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Michigan v. EPA. The Court remanded a lawsuit against the…
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Rule of Law Dealt a Blow by the Supreme Court
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Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today on a case involving what constitutes housing discrimination, deciding in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v.
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CEI Applauds Ratepayer Protection Act Passage in the House
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) offered the following response to today’s passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Senior Fellow…
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DRIVE Act: Wasteful spending and another government bailout
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Trade Promotion Authority is Critical for Upcoming Trade Deals
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Statement on Pope’s Encyclical on Climate Change
June 18 is the official release date of the Pope’s encyclical on climate change. CEI’s Myron Ebell provides this assessment of Pope Francis’s statements, lamenting…
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