Tag: Regulations

—œ(W)hat I’m not going to do over the next six months is sit there and just be taking shots at him,—£ Rubio said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rubio pushes to delay transfer of Internet control

Joel Gehrke · May 25, 2016 12:23 am

Senate votes to block Obama rule on conflicts of interest in retirement advice

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2016 10:01 pm

The rule would reshape the retirement financial planning industry. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chamber leans on senators to block Obama’s financial rule

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2016 6:06 pm

"If adopted as proposed, [the rules] would result in a detailed set of burdensome data-privacy rules with no precedent in the FTC or other U.S. privacy regimes … inconsistent with the privacy obligations applied to the rest of the economy," wrote Jon Leibowitz, who served as his agency's chairman from 2009-13. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Former Obama regulatory chair advises FCC against new regulations

Rudy Takala · May 24, 2016 5:41 pm

Industry just recently has witnessed a 30-40 percent increase in what Larry Clinton refers to as "compliance costs" related to various government mandates on cybersecurity.

Regulations threaten industry-led approach to cybersecurity

Charlie Mitchell · May 24, 2016 3:27 pm

The report notes that 2,353 new rules were issued in 2015, while the administration's regulators have proposed more than 2,000 new rules for passage before President Obama leaves office next year. (AP Photo)

Record year: Cost of Obama regulations surpasses $100 billion for first time

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 5:12 pm

The Obama administration is weighing new rules to stop bankrupt coal companies from passing on the cost of mine cleanups onto consumers. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

Coal industry fuming over Obama’s proposed cleanup rules

John Siciliano · May 20, 2016 9:28 pm

Daniel Tarullo told a group of insurers that the Fed plans to propose regulations for insurers within the Fed's jurisdiction "in the coming weeks." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed to outline two-tiered approach to regulating insurance companies

Joseph Lawler · May 20, 2016 1:55 pm

Securing America's Future Energy makes recommendations that reverse Obama's quick pace of regulation. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

New report could be energy policy blueprint for Trump

John Siciliano · May 19, 2016 10:00 am

President Barack Obama signs the three-month highway funding bill in 2015. Regulations related to big bills signed into law are being rushed through to prevent Congress or the next president from changing them. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama rushes through $85 billion in new regs, most in over 20 years

Paul Bedard · May 16, 2016 11:50 am

GOP lawmaker: Unburden small businesses

Daniel Chaitin · May 7, 2016 10:00 am

"The president spent a lot of time in his first term looking at whether or not you could do something broader through the legislature. That didn't happen," she said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Obama’s not so ‘elegant’ climate regulations

John Siciliano · May 7, 2016 4:02 am