Regulation

The federal government enforces thousands of pages of burdensome and expensive regulations with more issued all the time. Policymakers should scrutinize new and existing rules to ensure that each is necessary and to minimize costs.

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  • Regulation Policy in 2012 Elections Regulation Policy in 2012 Elections

    Issues 2012 provides candidates for elected office the ability to quickly identify the key issues of the day and present clear policy recommendations, supported by facts, for addressing them. Read More.

  • Red Tape Rising: Obama-Era Regulation at the Three-Year Mark Red Tape Rising: Obama-Era Regulation at the Three-Year Mark

    During the first three years of the Obama Administration, 106 new major federal regulations added more than $46 billion per year in new costs for Americans. Read More.

  • Tales Of The Red Tape Tales Of The Red Tape

    Americans are now besieged by the torrent of do’s and don’ts that places an unsustainable burden on the economy and erodes Americans’ most fundamental freedoms. Tales of the Red Tape is a special series on The Foundry that exposes some of the more egregious federal regulations. Read More.

  • Rolling Back Red Tape Rolling Back Red Tape

    With regulatory costs at record levels, relief is sorely needed. But it is not enough to talk about fewer regulations. Policymakers must critically review specific rules and identify those that should be abolished. This paper details 20 unnecessary and harmful regulations that should be eliminated now. Read More.

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  • Issue Brief posted May 8, 2012 by James Gattuso Bureaucrats on Board: Mandating Electronic Recorders for Truckers

    America’s truckers are known for their independence, often driving alone in their rigs from one end of the country to the other. Now Congress wants to give them company in the form of an electronic “big brother.” Under a provision buried in the 600-page transportation bill…

  • WebMemo posted May 11, 2010 by Robert Moffit, Ph.D. Obamacare: Impact on Doctors

    No class of American professionals will be more negatively impacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act than physicians. Third-party payment arrangements already compromise the independence and integrity of the medical profession; Obamacare will reinforce the worst of these features.…

  • Backgrounder posted October 26, 2010 by James Gattuso, Diane Katz, Stephen Keen Red Tape Rising: Obama’s Torrent of New Regulation

    Abstract: The burden of regulation on Americans increased at an alarming rate in fiscal year 2010. Based on data from the Government Accountability Office, an unprecedented 43 major new regulations were imposed by Washington. And based on reports from government regulators themselves, the total cost of these rules topped…

  • Center for Policy Innovation Discussion Paper posted February 17, 2011 by Robert Moffit, Ph.D. How to Roll Back the Administrative State

    Abstract: Congress needs to take action to constrain the burgeoning regulations and closed-door, secretive rulemaking of the growing administrative state. To do that, Congress needs to restore formal rulemaking, with oral hearings presided over…

  • Testimony posted March 14, 2012 by Paul Rosenzweig Cybersecurity Information Sharing and the Freedom of Information Act

    Statement before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Introduction Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Grassley, and Members of the Committee, I thank you…

  • WebMemo posted September 29, 2011 by James Gattuso You’ve Got (No) Mail: Is the End Near for the Postal Service?

    The United States Postal Service (USPS) stands on the brink of financial collapse. According to the Postmaster General, by next month, USPS coffers will be down to a week’s worth of cash.[1] The government-owned enterprise barely avoided default this week when Congress extended the due date for a…

  • Executive Summary posted October 15, 2008 by Robert Moffit, Ph.D., Nina Owcharenko Executive Summary: The Obama Health Care Plan: More Power to Washington

    Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) has unveiled an ambitious health care plan that is comprehensive in scope, sparse in detail, and therefore uncertain in its cost and savings estimates. His proposals focus on three stated objectives: offering affordable, comprehensive, and portable coverage; containing spiraling health care costs and improving quality of care; and promoting…

  • WebMemo posted April 27, 2010 by John Ligon Obamacare: Impact on Businesses

    While President Obama continues traveling the U.S. heralding the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, businesses across the U.S. are growing more and more discontent—and for good reason. The new health care…

  • Backgrounder posted April 23, 2009 by Dave Mason Credit Derivatives: Market Solutions to the Market Crisis

    As Congress and the Obama Administration consider changes in financial market regulation, much attention is focused on once obscure and still poorly understood financial instruments known as credit default swaps (CDSs). The House Agriculture Committee has approved legislation that would restrict who may own CDSs and where they may be traded. The Obama Administration has…

  • Factsheet on January 20, 2010 2010 Index of Economic Freedom: America, No Longer the Land of the Free

    Unprecedented Decline for United States U.S. Drops from "Free" to "Mostly Free": For the first time in the history of the Index for Economic Freedom, the…

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