Category: National Policy Analysis
Reining In Regulation by Delegation: A Guide to the REINS Act, by Ron Arnold
How Congress Can Live Up to Its Constitutional Mandate The legislative cannot transfer the power of making laws to any other hands: for it being but a delegated power from the people, they who have it cannot pass it over ...
School Scare Is Lights-Out For Reason, by Jeff Stier
Fixing Phony PCB Problem Could Cost New York Schools a Billion How many politicians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Rep. Jerrold Nadler and a cadre of local officials, activists and "public interest" lawyers are on the ...
Upton-Inhofe Legislation Would Block the EPA’s Harmful Climate Rules, by Dana Joel Gattuso
U.S. Economy, Jobs, and Energy Costs at Stake Congress and the American people rejected a cap-and-trade scheme last year after much debate and deliberation. But that has not stopped the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from skirting the legislative process, disregarding ...
The EPA’s Latest Unscientific Power Grab, by Jeff Stier
Why would the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overturn its own scientists and decide to regulate trace levels of perchlorate in drinking water after it recently decided it didn't need to be regulated?1 Earlier this month, the EPA announced it will ...
Give Up the USS Murtha
Here's a tip: to get ahead in today's America, denigrate it. Sometime between President Obama's campaign – when he refused to wear an American flag pin1 – and last month when he and Mexican President Felipe Calderon assailed Arizona's new ...
Border Security Threatened by Lame-Duck Lands Bill, by Dana Joel Gattuso
With his time running out, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is expected to try to force a massive omnibus lands bill1 through Congress. If passed, the mega-package would buy up and tie up millions of acres of land in ...
Administration Invokes “Yellow Peril” To Peddle Green Energy
In a recent address before the National Press Club in Washington, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the United States is in clear danger of losing the "energy race" to China. "For centuries, America has led the world in innovation. Today, ...
Endangerment of States’ Rights: EPA’s Endangerment Rule Threatens States’ Sovereignty
In his post-midterm election press conference, President Barack Obama, with his tail firmly between his legs, admitted that he would scale back his unpopular domestic agenda. Obama acknowledged that the electorate has no interest in his cap-and-trade scheme, but warned ...
Drilling as a Real Stimulus: Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs Could Be “Saved or Created” By Easing Restrictions on Domestic Energy Development, by Caroline May
The best economic stimulus package is one that is free. Hundreds of thousands of American jobs could be "saved or created" while slashing both the budget and trade deficit by simply easing restrictions on domestic energy development. We don't need ...
Environmentalists Should Stop Self-Defeating War on Clean Alternative Energy, by Caroline May
Environmentalists are engaged in a misguided legislative battle against a drilling method that increases our reserves of natural gas - an environmentally sound and economical energy source.According to a report by the Potential Gas Committee (PGC), drilling innovations such as ...
