Regulation News

The Week Ahead for Regulations
Feb 22, 2012
| Sam Batkins

Although Congress is out this week, federal regulators have lined up another slate of important regulations.  Here are a few notable examples that will be published soon:

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The Budget Roadmap to the Regulatory State
Feb 22, 2012
| Dan Goldbeck

President Obama’s recently released budget for FY 2013 treats environment protection, financial reform, and health care as the administration’s regulatory priorities.

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The Week in Regulation: February 13-17
Feb 21, 2012
| Sam Batkins

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final Utility MACT rule last week (also known as MATS or Toxics Rule).  The final rule’s cost was $10 billion, slightly lower than the proposed version.  In total, the federal government published $10.4 billion in regulatory burdens last week.  

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Obama’s Overreach Burdens U.S. Recovery
Feb 16, 2012
| Douglas Holtz-Eakin

“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.  And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”  Barack Obama was just 25 when President Ronald Reagan uttered those memorable words, but he evidently took them literally. President Obama has set a new standard for boundless government hyperactivity: taxing job creators, over-regulating domestic energy, and subsidizing economic failures like Solyndra.

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Get Moving on Spectrum Auction
Feb 16, 2012
| Douglas Holtz-Eakin

As congressional gridlock continues, there is a lot more at stake than payroll taxes, unemployment benefits, doctors' payments, improving job growth and a better budget outlook. Too often good policy gets forgotten amid financial decisions. Unfortunately, spectrum auctions are treated as merely a budgetary means to pay for other programs.

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