Author: The National Center

Leading Free-Market Activists Score Major Concession on Global Warming-Related Spending from General Electric

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After Years of Fighting Disclosures, Lobbying for Energy Subsidies and Pushing for Government Control of Carbon Emissions, GE Formally Agrees to End Projects Designed Solely to Seek Carbon Dioxide Reductions Due to Climate Change Concerns Washington, D.C. - After years ...
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Project 21’s Horace Cooper Discussed Felon Voting With CNN

Project 21 co-chairman Horace Cooper was interviewed for CNN’s “The Situation Room” about allowing felons to regain voting privileges after they have technically repaid their debt to society.  Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has expressed interest in possible reinstatement of such ...
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Will Media Cover the Loss of Small-Group Coverage Due to ObamaCare the Way It Covered Loss of Individual Policies?

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Up to 20 Million People with Small-Group Coverage May Receive Cancellation Notices Employees of National Center for Public Policy Research Now Part of Those 20 Million Washington, D.C. - "Unfortunately, the cancellation of small-group plans may not get the same ...
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Project 21 Condemns Vandalism of Ole Miss Statue of James Meredith

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Son of Conservative Civil Rights Icon, a Member of Project 21, Issues Statement FBI, Local Police Investigating Apparent Hate Crime Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network condemn the apparent February 16 hate crime on the ...
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Project 21?s Horace Cooper Discussed Felon Voting With CNN

Project 21 co-chairman Horace Cooper was interviewed for CNN’s “The Situation Room” about allowing felons to regain voting privileges after they have technically repaid their debt to society.  Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has expressed interest in possible reinstatement of such ...
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Nanny State Group Questions Michelle Kwan’s Dual Roles as Both Member of the President’s Council on Fitness and Coca-Cola Ambassador

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Policy Group Calls Attack on Kwan's Role "Absurd," Says Food Police Groups Undermine Fight Against Obesity by Being Too Absolutist Washington, D.C. - Today the National Center for Public Policy Research put out a call for food police groups to ...
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Liberals Have Accepted that ObamaCare Will Increase the Deficit; The CBO Shows Economic Consequences of ObamaCare Exceed its Budget Savings

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Liberals Celebrating ObamaCare's Reduction of Work Hours Must Accept that Reduced Hours Will Result in Huge Tax Losses Washington, D.C. - "There is no way around it for the political left. If they celebrate that ObamaCare induces employees to work ...
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Revenue-Hungry Rhode Island Seeks 80% Tax on Lifesaving E-Cigarettes

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Tobacco-Free E-Cigarettes Help Tobacco Smokers Quit; Taxing Them Like Tobacco Cigarettes Would Harm Smoking Cessation Efforts As Rhode Island Goes, So Goes the Nation? Washington, D.C. - National Center Risk Analysis Division Director Jeff Stier is submitting testimony today to ...
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Senator Charles Schumer Calls for Ban on Chemical Used in Bread that Obama’s FDA Says is Safe as Used

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Reason: It's Also Used in Yoga Mats Washington, DC - The following is the response of Jeff Stier, director of the National Center's Risk Analysis Division, to the call of Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) for a ban on azodicarbonamide after ...
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Science for Senators

Real Clear Science published my piece today challenging absurd claims by environmental activists claiming that chemicals such as BPA are responsible for surging medical costs. The assertions were touted in an article by Huffington Post’s Environment columnist, Lynne Peeples. I’m proud ...
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