Reading through our many e-mails from the Union of Concerned Scientists, we find the predictable outrage over President Obama's instructions to the EPA in early September that the agency withdraw its proposed rule to lower ozone limits. Excerpt: Accusations that the President "intervened"... Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Labor provided a welcome sign today that the Obama Administration can indeed practice regulatory restraint when the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration announced it would reconsider its proposed rule that would have expanded the definition of “fiduciary.” (EBSA... Continue Reading
Our favorite exchange in Tuesday's Senate Finance subcommittee on corporate taxation came when Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) posed a question to Business Roundtable's president, John Engler, about the economic importance of certainty From the hearing, "Examining Whether There is a Role for Tax Reform... Continue Reading
A round-up of the statements on the President Obama's decision to withdraw the proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards on ground-level ozone, starting with Business Roundtable's John Engler, who said: "If President Obama’s speech next week is as positive as this decision was today, it... Continue Reading
Regulatory excess remains high among the topics of interest. It’s not just the EPA and ozone. Bloomberg reports, “Trucking Rules Called ‘Radioactive’ After Making $1 Billion List,” on the “hours of service” regulations: “President Barack Obama’s inclusion of two proposed rules on truckers’... Continue Reading