Tag: Regulations

Many people are unaware that they need not be convicted of anything for the IRS to simply seize their property — bank accounts, real estate, etc. Suspicion alone — founded or unfounded — is all it takes. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

No more ‘outsourcing’ for the IRS

Eric Peters · June 11, 2016 4:02 am

Economic cost of regulatory compliance now totals an astonishing $1.88 trillion, according to the CEI. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Fighting back against Obama’s regulatory regime

Jason Lewis · June 9, 2016 4:18 pm

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, a staunch conservative, acknowledged that he has differences with Trump, but indicated that he thought he could work with him on his priorities.

House GOP banking chief finds common ground with Trump

Joseph Lawler · June 7, 2016 1:45 pm

GOP sets vote to stop Obama’s ‘pen and phone’ regulations

Susan Ferrechio · June 6, 2016 3:43 pm

Fixing Regulatory Overreach

Ike Brannon · June 3, 2016 5:00 am

Obama Regulators Lose Case to Apply Future Laws to the Past

Jim Swift · June 2, 2016 6:07 pm

FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg says megabanks whose living wills have been rejected will have a chance to fix them. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg)

Regulator promises banks ‘full and fair’ hearing on living wills

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2016 3:53 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump focuses on scrapping "job-killing regulations" created by the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Trump lays out 100-day energy action plan

John Siciliano · May 26, 2016 9:09 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, along with a group of Republicans quietly issued a legislative plan this week to stop agencies such as the EPA from raising what they call the "hidden tax" of increased regulation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Republicans announce plan to rein in government

John Siciliano · May 26, 2016 6:44 pm

The Article I Regulatory Budget Act is not a silver bullet. The Executive Branch would still retain far too many powers delegated away by Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Make government accountable again

Mike Lee, Rep. Mark Walker · May 26, 2016 4:03 am

The White House said in a blog post that the rule "would drive greater disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related risk data among the government's supply chain." (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama wants federal contractors’ climate data

John Siciliano · May 25, 2016 9:09 pm

GOP demands caps on federal agencies’ regulatory power

Pete Kasperowicz · May 25, 2016 5:01 pm