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Comments to the EPA on Clean Energy Incentive Program
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CEI Leads Coalition Opposing Reciprocal Switching Regulation in House
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairmen Shuster and Denham and Ranking Members DeFazio and Capuano: We write today to strongly oppose…
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CEI Leads Coalition Opposing Reciprocal Switching Regulation in Senate
View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Thune, Chair Fischer, and Ranking Members Nelson and Booker: We write today to strongly oppose…
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Comments to the California Department of Motor Vehicles on Automated Vehicle Regulations
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CEI Comments to the CFPB on Harmful Payday Loan Rule
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Comments on the Clean Energy Incentive Program Design Details
View Document as PDF Twenty-eight States joined by numerous industry and non-profit groups are challenging the legality of EPA’s carbon dioxide (CO2)…
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CEI Comments on New Mandates for Freight Railroads
View Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the Surface…
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CEI Joins Coalition Opposing Estate Tax Changes
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CEI Joins 35 Organizations in Support of Free Trade
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Amicus Brief: In Re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness filed an amicus brief before the U.S. District Court…
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CEI Joins Groups Opposing Fast-Track Loans for Ex-Im
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CEI Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Pause the IANA Transition
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CEI Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Lame Duck Tax Extenders
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Comments to the CFPB on Barring Arbitration Agreements
View Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we are pleased to provide the following comments on the…
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CEI Files Amicus Brief in Support of the Petitioners in Tennessee v. FCC.
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CEI Comments on Proposed Volkswagen Settlement with DOJ Under the Clean Air Act
View Document as PDF Summary As part of the proposed partial consent decree, Volkswagen (VW) agrees to invest $1.2 billion over ten years…
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Ted Frank’s Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Examination of Litigation Abuse
View Document as PDF Class actions were designed to provide injured parties with a more efficient means of accessing justice by aggregating claims…
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CEI Joins Coalition Supporting Halt to “Social Cost of Carbon”
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Representative Jenkins, We write in support of your bill, the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations…
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Amicus Brief Filed 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
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CEI Joins Coalition Opposing the Senators’ “Web of Denial” Resolution
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CEI and 16 Organizations Sign Letter Supporting the Separation of Powers Act
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CEI and Tech Freedom Comments to the FCC on Protecting Broadband Customers’ Privacy
Full Document Available in PDF Chutzpah, wrote Leo Rostein in his 1968 classic, The Joys of Yiddish, is “that quality enshrined in a…
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CEI Joins 9 Organizations Supporting Nullification of Wasteful Catfish Inspection Rule
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CEI Joins 25 Organizations to Oppose Misguided Medicare Part D Rebate Proposals
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CEI Joins Coalition to Support the “Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act”
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CEI Petitions FCC to Reconsider Conditions Imposed on Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute, John France, Daniel Frank, Jean-Claude Gruffat, and Charles Haywood seek reconsideration of the…
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA)
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CEI Joins 12 Organizations Opposing Philadelphia Soda Tax
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CEI Signs Coalition Letter to Oppose the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act”
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting the Stopping EPA Overreach Act
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Mr. Speaker, The undersigned organizations write to express our concerns about federal agency overreach, especially the…
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CEI Leads Coalition of 17 Free Market Groups Urging Congress to Reject DOL Overtime Rule
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CEI Joins 25 Organizations In Support of Fleming Amendment #87 to NDAA
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Representative, The undersigned organizations write in strong support of Representative John Fleming's amendment #87 to H.
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CEI Joins 11 Organizations Opposing FDA E-Cigarette Regulations
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CEI Joins 60 Organizations Opposing National Ozone Standard
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CEI Joins Organizations Asking House to Deny Funding for FCC For Set Top Box Rule Until Cost Benefit Analysis is Done
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CEI and 30 Free-Market Groups Support Vote to Block Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule
Full Document Available in PDF Members of Congress: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, represent millions of Americans in defense of free…
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CEI Joins 11 Organizations Supporting Amendment to Cut Wasteful Spending
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CEI and Tech Freedom Comments to the FCC on “Set-Top Box” Regulations
Full Document Available in PDF The FCC claims it is trying to “Unlock the Box” to “empower consumers to choose how they…
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CEI Joins Coalition to Oppose Taxpayer Bailouts for Government-Run Insurance Schemes
Full Document Available as PDF Dear Representative, On behalf of the millions of citizens represented by the undersigned groups, we write in…
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CEI Joins More Than 30 Organizations Opposing Extending Renewable Energy Provisions in FAA Reauthorization
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting a Regulatory Budget
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Members of Congress, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and our members, we call on Congress…
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Comments to the SEC on Derivative Regulation
Full Document Available in PDF The SEC proposes this rule “to take an updated and more comprehensive approach to the regulation of funds’…
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Testimony of William Yeatman on “EPA’s Regional Haze Program” before the Subcommittee on Environment Committee on Science, Space, & Technology
Full Document Available in PDF Chairman Jim Bridenstine, Ranking Member Bonamici, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me…
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CEI Joins 12 Organizations Supporting the Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act
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CEI Joins 20 Organizations Opposing Carbon Tax
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Majority Whip Scalise: We write to collectively voice our support for House Concurrent Resolution 89, expressing…
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Coalition Letter Against Discriminatory Taxes on Reinsurance
Full Document Availible in PDF Dear Chairmen Brady and Hatch and Ranking Members Levin and Wyden: The undersigned members of the Coalition for…
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CEI Joins Organizations Supporting Removal of a Cap on Passenger Facility Charges
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Chairmen Shuster and LoBiondo and Ranking Members DeFazio and Larsen: We write today in strong support…
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CEI Joins 12 Organizations Supporting Modernization of Air Traffic Control
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Member of Congress: As Congress prepares to craft a comprehensive FAA reauthorization package, lawmakers should explore…
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CEI Joins Organizations to Urge South Dakota Legislature to Oppose Online Sales Tax Proposal
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Amicus Brief Filed in Fox Television Stations, Inc. v Aereo Killer LLC
Document Available in PDF CEI and the International Center for Law and Economics filed an amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit to…
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CEI Joins 7 Organizations Supporting Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Committee Members, On behalf of the undersigned free-market organizations, we write to express our strong support…
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CEI Joins 20 Organizations Opposing Utah Internet Sales Tax Proposal
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Utah State legislator: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of citizens we represent, we…
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Regulatory Comments on Rulemaking on Products Containing Organohalogen Flame Retardants
Full Document Available in PDF I offer these comments on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a free-market public policy organization…
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CEI Joins 44 Organizations Supporting a Permanent Ban on Internet Access Tax
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Comments to the EPA on the Model Federal Implementation Plan for the Clean Power Plan
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Administrator McCarthy, We, the undersigned nonprofit public interest organizations, respectfully submit these comments in response to…
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CEI Comments to the Federal Aviation Administration regarding Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), we respectfully submit these comments in response to the…
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Coalition Letter on the Unlawful TSA Screening of Airline Passengers
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Chairman Chaffetz and Ranking Member Cummings: We are writing to you regarding the TSA’s recent claim…
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Amicus Brief Filed in Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation
Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an amicus brief arguing unclaimed funds from the settlement in In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation should…
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State Policy Network Groups’ Comments on Clean Power Plan
The following State Policy Network think tanks, the Buckeye Institute in Ohio, the Independence Institute in Colorado, the Rio Grande Foundation in New Mexico, and the…
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CEI Comments to IRS on Substantiation Requirements
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CEI Comments Responding To the FAA Request for Information on Registration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the Federal…
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Coalition Letter Urging Congressional Leaders to Defund the Department of Labor’s “Fiduciary Rule”
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader McConnell: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, represent millions of Americans…
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Amicus Brief: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness filed an amicus brief before the Judicial…
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Amicus Brief: PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute, the 60 Plus Association, and the State National Bank of Big Spring filed…
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Comment Letter on Phase 2 EPA NHSTA Greenhouse Gas Economy Rule
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CEI Issues Comment to EPA on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles
View Document as PDF Comments Submitted by Marlo Lewis (Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute), Wayne Brough (Chief Economist and Vice President of…
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Coalition Letter Supporting Budget Control Act
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Coalition Letter Supporting Missouri Right-To-Work
View the PDF here Dear Members of the Missouri State Senate and General Assembly: We represent organizations from across the country dedicated…
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CEI v. EPA
Full Document Available in PDF CEI is suing EPA over its failure yet again to properly respond to Freedom of Information Act…
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Amicus Brief Filed in Center for Competitive Politics v. Harris
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CEI Coalition Letter supporting H.R. 1673 to Prevent New Fannie-Freddie Bailouts
View the PDF Here Open Letter to the House and Senate: Protect Taxpayers from Another Fannie/Freddie Bailout – Enact the Enterprise…
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Amicus Brief Filed in NLRB Case Concerning Northwestern University Athlete Unionization
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IAEP Submission to Australian Senate on Credit Card Interest Payments
Full Document Available in PDF Credit card interest rates and other features are only partly driven by factors such as the Reserve…
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Amicus Brief: United States Telecom Association v. FCC
Full Document Available in PDF A handful of telecom companies sued the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its Open Internet Order, also…
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State National Bank v. Lew
The D.C. Circuit Court handed down a favorable ruling in CEI’s case…
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CEI v. OMB
Full Document Available in PDF This lawsuit challenges the Office of Management and Budget’s contemptuous disregard for the Freedom of Information Act…
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CEI Comments on Labor Department Fiduciary Rule
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Sir or Madam, On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and FreedomWorks Foundation, we are pleased…
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Coalition Letter Supporting Aviation Industry Modernization
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute joined a coalition of free-market organizations in writing a letter to aviation leaders of the…
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CEI v. TSA
At issue in this case is TSA’s multi-year failure to complete its…
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Joint Letter Supporting the Ratepayer Protection Act
View the full coalition letter here The Honorable Fred Upton Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce U. S. House of…
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CEI Comments to the Uniform Law Commission’s Study Committee on State Regulation of Driverless Cars
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the…
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Coalition Letter Supporting the America COMPETES Act
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CEI Urges Senate to Reject Reauthorization of PATRIOT Act Without Reforms
In the two years since Americans learned of the NSA’s mass surveillance, they have grown increasingly skeptical about whether the government’s intrusive surveillance programs serve…
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CEI Comments to the FAA on Proposed Regulation Regarding Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Read the Full Comments Here On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the…
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Coalition Letter Supporting the Passage of the Trade Promotion Authority
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Coalition Letter Urging Members of Congress to Let the Export-Import Bank Expire
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CEI v. State Department – No.15-553
Today CEI filed a new lawsuit against the U.S. State Department for failing to produce documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) related to former Secretary…
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Congressional Testimony – Fred Smith on the Private Role of “Public Goods”
Read the full testimony here Good afternoon Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, and members of the Appropriations Subcommittee on…
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CEI Supports McConnell’s Strategy to Protect States Against EPA Power Grab
The Competitive Enterprise Institute joined Americans for Tax Reform, National Taxpayers Union, and 29 other conservative and free-market organizations in signing a coalition letter in…
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CEI v. EPA – No. 15-466
Today CEI filed a new FOIA lawsuit against the EPA—one lawsuit over two different FOIA requests.
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Remarks at the International Alliance for Electronic Payments Panel on EU Interchange Fee Regulations
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Congressional Testimony – Michelle Minton on the Restoration of America’s Wire Act
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Regulatory comments on NEPA Review of Project-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Coalition letter on the 2015 Small Business Regulatory Sunset Act
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Coalition Letter to Senators Toomey and Feinstein on the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act
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Public Comment to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Summary: Since the release of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) report in July, many stakeholders have raised serious concerns about the process and report methodologies.
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CEI and R Street Institute Coalition Letter to Congress Opposing the Marketplace Fairness Act
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CEI and R Street Institute Coalition Letter to Congress on the Harvest Price Subsidy Prohibition Act
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CEI v. EPA – No. 15-346
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CEI, ICLE, TechFreedom File Comments with FCC in MVPD Definition Proceeding
Full Document Available in PDF In this proceeding, the Commission proposes to expand the definition of a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD)…