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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)…
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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
Read the Full Request Here…
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FOIA Request to CMS on Tax Credits
View the Full FOIA Request Here…
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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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