Free to Prosper

A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 118th Congress

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Free to Prosper: A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 118th Congress highlights specific steps lawmakers can take to prevent overreach by executive branch agencies, reduce the costs of federal regulations, and unleash America’s entrepreneurial, wealth-creating potential to aid the post-pandemic economic recovery. These policy ideas and solutions can help foster the economic growth, prosperity, and liberty for individuals to chart their own path in a world of empowering technological advances. Learn more below about CEI’s proposals, backed by legal, economic, and policy analysis, that aim to help lift the burden off of taxpayers, bring much needed accountability to the federal government, and help us meet the nation’s challenges.

Table of Contents

  • Inflation
    • Less Spending
    • Rule-Based Monetary Policy
    • The Federal Reserve’s Mission
  • Trade
    • Tariffs
    • Rules-Based International Trading System
    • Jones Act
  • Banking and Finance
    • SAFE Banking Act
    • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
    • Central Bank Digital Currency
  • Transportation
    • Interstate Trucking
    • Highway Funding
    • Transit
  • Civil Asset Forfeiture
    • End the federal equitable sharing program
    • Create a more demanding burden of proof for owner liability
    • Restore the principle of innocent until proven guilty
    • Protect the right to counsel
    • Remove the profit incentive for law enforcement
    • Enact transparency requirements
    • Award multiple damages to successful plaintiffs
  • Environment, Energy, and Climate
    • Environmental Treaty Making
    • New Energy, Climate, and Environmental Spending in the Inflation Reduction Act
    • Efficiency Standards for Consumer Appliances
    • Social Cost of Carbon
    • Renewable Fuel Standard
    • Endangered Species Act
    • Carbon Taxes
    • Unauthorized climate programs
    • Kigali Amendment
  • Antitrust
    • Sole Antitrust Authority at the Department of Justice
    • Scope of Antitrust Regulation
  • Online Speech and Section 230
    • Allow for Strong Encryption
    • Keep Section 230 in Place
    • Do Not Regulate Social Media Platforms or Other Online Services as Common Carriers
  • Broadband Connectivity
    • Broadband Funding
    • Universal Service Fund
    • Universal Service Fund Surcharge
  • Labor and Employment
    • Fair Labor Standards Act
    • Employee Rights Act
    • Reclassification of contract workers as traditional employees
  • Corporate Governance
    • Retirement Security
    • Retirement Security
    • Retirement Security
  • Infrastructure Permitting Reform