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CEI and R Street Institute Coalition Letter Against Obama Budget’s Reinsurance Taxes
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CEI v. EPA – No. 15-215
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King v. Burwell
On March 4, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell, which challenges an IRS regulation imposed under the Affordable Care Act. …
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Coalition Letter with American Conservative Union Opposing Restoration of America’s Wire Act
Read the full coalition letter here "The clear intent of the legislation is to overturn the decisions of nearly a dozen states…
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Coalition Letter with Americans for Tax Return Opposing the Restoration of America’s Wire Act
View the full coalition letter here "While RAWA supporters contend that this legislation is a simple fix to 53 year old Wire…
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IAEP Urges E.U. to Reconsider Proposed Multilateral Interchange Regulation
View the full letter here CEI and 9 other free-market groups are concerned about the implications of the regulation of multilateral interchange…
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11 Groups Urge Senators to Allow More Time to Consider NLRB Nominee McFerran
Read the full text of the coalition letter here The Competitive Enterprise Institute and 10 allied organizations signed a coalition letter urging…
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CEI Participates in Coalition Supporting the RASP Act
View the full coalition letter here The Competitive Enterprise Institute is participating in a large coalition of organizations in supporting the The Reliable,…
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CEI and Free-Market Colleagues Comments to EPA on Clean Power Plan
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State National Bank v. Lew – U.S. Court of Appeals
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FOIA Request for Agency Records: EPA Officials’ Text Messages
Read the FOIA Request here Read the Response Letter here CEI filed the following Freedom of Information Act request…
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Coalition Letter: Wind PTC Opposition with the American Energy Alliance
The American Energy Alliance, Competitive Enterprise Institute, and more than 60 other groups urged Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch…
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Halbig v. Burwell: Government En Banc Brief
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CEI v. OSTP
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a lawsuit against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), seeking documents related to that agency’s…
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Comments to NHTSA Regarding Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications
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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King v. Burwell: Reply to Government Opposition to Cert Petition
View the Full Brief Here This brief responds to the arguments raised King v. Burwell by the government against the Supreme Court taking…
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EPA letter to National Archivist on Document Destruction
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Halbig v. Burwell: Supporting Amicus Brief of the States of Kansas and Nebraska
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Halbig v. Burwell: Supporting Amicus Brief of Seven Members of Congress
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Halbig v. Burwell: Supporting Amicus Brief of Jonathan Adler and Michael Cannon
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Halbig v. Burwell: Supporting Amicus Brief of the Pacific Research Institute and Cato Institute
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Halbig v. Burwell: Supporting Amicus Brief of the Galen Institute
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Halbig v. Burwell: Supporting Amicus Brief of Judicial Watch
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King v. Burwell – Government Opposition to Cert Petition
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Halbig v. Burwell: En Banc Appendix
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Halbig v. Burwell: Appellants’ En Banc Opening Brief
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National Review – Appellate Reply Brief
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CEI Comments in DOT-OST-2014-0056
View the Full Comments Here The Department of Transportation is using consumer complaints over baggage and other fees as a pretext to…
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Competitive Enterprise Institute, Appellate Reply Brief
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Letter to House Financial Services Subcommittee on Rights of Private Shareholders
View the Full Letter Here The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), in a coalition of 17 conservative and free-market public policy leaders, sent…
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FOIA Request to CMS on Contract Issues
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FOIA Request to CMS on Tax Credits
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CEI Files Lawsuit Over Obamacare Exchange Documents
This week the Competitive Enterprise Institute sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to adequately respond to three Freedom of Information…
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CEI, National and State Coalitions Support Internet Tax Moratorium
Full Document Avalible in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute, along with dozens of State and National organizations are asking the Senate to…
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King v. Burwell – Supporting Amicus Brief of Pacific Research Institute, et al.
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King v. Burwell – Supporting Amicus Brief of Missouri Liberty Project et al.
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Supporting Amicus Brief of Senators Cornyn, et al.
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King v. Burwell – Supporting Amicus Brief of Oklahoma, et al.
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King v. Burwell – Supporting Amicus Brief of Citizens Counsel & Physicians
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CEI v. EPA – Order
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CEI v. EPA – Order and Opinion
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Halbig v. Burwell: D.C. Circuit Order Granting En Banc Reconsideration
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Opposing Appellate Brief
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The Federal Office of No
Read the Full Comments Here President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address capped many weeks during which he and his…
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Comcast-TWC Merger Comments to FCC
View Full Comments Here In comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission yesterday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute urged the FCC to unconditionally…
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Appellants’ Opposition to Government Petition for En Banc Reconsideration
Read Full Brief Here From the brief: "There is no doubt that this case is of great national importance. Not due…
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Amicus Brief of the District of Columbia in Support of CEI and National Review
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Amicus Brief of Alliance Defending Freedom
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Amicus Brief of Cato Institute et al.
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Amicus Brief of Online Publishers and Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al.
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Amicus Brief of Mark Steyn
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Amicus Brief of the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press and 26 Other Organizations in Support of CEI and National Review
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DC Court of Appeals, Order Permitting and Expediting Appeal
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Mann, Opposition to Response to Show Cause Order
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CEI & National Review Response to Show Cause Order Regarding Appeal
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Appellants Letter to Supreme Court Clerk Regarding Extension of Time
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DC Court of Appeals, Scheduling Order
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National Review Opening Appellate Brief
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CEI Opening Appellate Brief
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DC Superior Court, Order Denying Renewed Anti-SLAPP Motions to Dismiss
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Halbig v. Burwell: Government Petition for En Banc Reconsideration
View the Full Petition Here A group of small business owners (and individuals) in six states filed a lawsuit on May 2,…
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Supreme Court Review Sought in King v. Burwell
On July 31, 2014, attorneys in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal’s Obamacare case, King v. Burwell, requested Supreme Court review of the ruling handed down…
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King v. Burwell: U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Decision
In a 3-0 ruling on July 22, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., ruled in King v. Burwell that the Affordable…
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Halbig v. Burwell: US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Decision
Read the full decision here In a 2-1 ruling, the court struck down an IRS rule that extended Obamacare’s insurance subsidies to…
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CEI Comments to the Federal Communication Commission on Open Internet
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CEI v. EPA – Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Writ of Mandamus
View Full Complaint Here The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to compel the agency to…
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An Open Letter to the United States Congress: Protect Taxpayers and Empower the States by Reforming Transportation Spending
Full Coalition Letter Available Here Congress is set to consider major transportation spending legislation this year. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, Americans for Prosperity and…
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Amicus Brief on Unionization of Student Athletes
Full Brief Available Here "Big Labor spends more than $600 million per year on politics and lobbying. Unions are big business, and…
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CEI Joint Amicus Brief in NLRB v Canning
Full PDF Document available here …
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Complaint filed in CEI v. NSA
The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a lawsuit against the NSA for refusing to fulfill two Freedom of Information Act requests for records pertaining to the…
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Coalition Letter to the Judiciary Committee on HR. 4301
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Coalition Letter to the Ways and Means Committee on Wind Production Tax Credits
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Complaint in CEI v. Department of Interior, National Park Service
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Johnson-Crapo Coalition Letter
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Data Quality Act Request to OSTP about Holdren’s Polar Vortex Comments
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Complaints filed in CEI v EPA
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CEI Signs Coalition on Patent Reform
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DC Circuit Transcript of March 25 Hearing
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Coalition Letter to NY Governor Cuomo on Estate Tax Exemptions
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King v Sebelius – Reply brief for Appellants
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Comments to USDOT in the matter of Use of Mobile Wireless Devices for Voice Calls on Aircraft
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response…
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FOIA Appeal – USDA, Forest Service
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The Social Cost of Carbon
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King v Sebelius – Appellees Brief
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Halbig v Sebelius – Appellants Motion to Strike
A group of small business owners (and individuals) in six states filed a lawsuit on May 2, 2013 against the federal government over an IRS…
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Halbig v Sebelius – Government Notice of Supplemental Authority
A group of small business owners (and individuals) in six states filed a lawsuit on May 2, 2013 against the federal government over an IRS…
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Amicus Brief – American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo, Inc.
Full document available in PDF CEI and ICLE filed a joint amicus brief in the Aereo case, which the Supreme Court…
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King v Sebelius – Amicus Brief by Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, West Virginia, Nebraska, and South Carolina
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King v Sebelius – Amicus Brief by the Galen Institute
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King v Sebelius – Amicus Brief by Kansas and Nebraska
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King v Sebelius – Supporting Amicus Brief of Senators Cornyn, Cruz, Hatch, Lee, Portman, Rubio and Congressman Issa
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King v Sebelius – Supporting Amicus Brief of Pacific Research Institute, Cato Institute and American Civil Rights Union
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Comments to the FDA on Trans Fats
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King v Sebelius – Amicus Brief by Adler & Cannon
A group of four plaintiffs in Virginia filed a lawsuit on September 16, 2013 against the federal government over an IRS regulation imposed under the…
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King v Sebelius – Appellants’ Opening Brief
A group of four plaintiffs in Virginia filed a lawsuit on September 16, 2013 against the federal government over an IRS regulation imposed under the…
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CEI Comments to the IRS on Proposed New Restrictions on Candidate-Related Activities of 501(c)(4) Organizations
Full Document Available in PDF The Treasury Department’s proposed rule has been…
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Free Market Organizations’ Letter to Office of Management and Budget on Social Cost of Carbon
CEI and Freedom Action, along with members of the Cooler Heads Coalition, on February 26, 2014 submitted a public comment to the Office of Management…
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Halbig v Sebelius – Amicus Briefs for the Government
A group of small business owners (and individuals) in six states filed a lawsuit on May 2, 2013 against the federal government over an IRS…
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King v Sebelius – U.S. District Court Opinion
A group of four plaintiffs in Virginia filed a lawsuit on September 16, 2013 against the federal government over an IRS regulation imposed under the…
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