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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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Department of Labor’s Rule Change Will Reduce Worker Choice and Increase Costs for 401ks and IRAs
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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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CEI Experts Call for Reform of Union Election Rules
Washington, D.C., February 25, 2011—Until recently, the Railway Labor Act (RLA) enabled a union to organize a bargaining unit of a transportation company if the…
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Agency Proposes Burdensome Restrictions on Truckers’ Hours
February 18, 2011, Washington, D.C. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has proposed a new Hours-of-Service (HOS) Rule for commercial motor vehicle…
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Dodd-Frank Debit Price Controls Condemned by Michigan Legislature, Coalition Letter
Washington, D.C., February 17, 2011 – Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing on Dodd-Frank’s Durbin Amendment, which puts below-cost price…