Time to Stock Up on Incandescent Bulbs Before They Go Out Permanently
If your New Year’s resolution is to change your light bulbs, don’t worry—the federal government’s here to help. Beginning January 1, 2014, the federal government… Read More
It’s Official—HHS Says Obamacare Is a Hardship
The latest announcement from the Obama Administration has confirmed what so many Americans already know: Obamacare is a hardship. With millions of reported insurance cancellations,… Read More
Washington Post: Obama Administration Slowed Red Tape to Avoid 2012 Election Backlash
Last fall, Heritage Foundation analysts noted an eerie silence coming from Obama regulatory agencies. The production of new rules, which until then had been in… Read More
How the EPA Plans to Kill Jobs and Reduce Your Income
How’s your heating bill? If you feel like you’re not paying enough, you’re in luck. President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pushing new regulations… Read More
Lack of Resources Is Not the Reason for SEC Tardiness
During a recent House Financial Services Committee mark-up, a number of members complained that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was “slow walking” the regulations… Read More
The Thanksgiving Menu: Overstuffed with Regulations
On the fourth Thursday of November, our attention naturally turns to food and football the Pilgrims who celebrated America’s first Thanksgiving. After great privation, a… Read More
Volcker Rule Gets Stuck on Reality
Slate seems to have picked up on a classic regulatory problem that relates to the (still being finalized) version of the new Volcker Rule. The… Read More
How Obamacare Will Try to Control What You Eat
Did you know there are 34 million different ways to make a Domino’s pizza? Mary Lynne Carraway can’t fit that on a menu board. But… Read More
Regulation D Rule Would Harm Entrepreneurs and Economic Growth
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a rule that would impede capital formation, job creation, innovation, productivity improvement, and economic growth by making… Read More
JOBS Act: Crowdfunding Moves Forward
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, passed in April 2012 with huge bipartisan majorities, was designed to substantially reduce the regulatory burden on entrepreneurs… Read More
How Obamacare Hurts You If You’re Looking for a Job
America is hurting for jobs. And if you’re looking for one, here’s how Obamacare is hurting you. Obamacare is keeping businesses from hiring. We already… Read More
A Big Day for Medicaid in Ohio: Not So Fast
The fight over Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion is still raging in Ohio, and today will be a decisive day in that battle as Governor John Kasich… Read More
Could Obamacare Cause More People to LOSE Coverage Than Gain It?
Obamacare’s supporters have always claimed that the law will help increase the number of Americans with health insurance. But an analysis released yesterday provided persuasive… Read More
Why DOE Is Wasting $45 Million of Your Money
Last week we wrote about the Department of Energy (DOE) wastefully spending $45 million in taxpayer dollars on advanced transportation technologies. The federal government spending… Read More
Obamacare: When You Have to Find a New Doctor
Remember when President Obama said if you like your doctor, you could keep him or her? Americans everywhere are finding out that’s not true. “I… Read More
Obamacare Quiz for Employers
If you work somewhere, Obamacare is most likely affecting your employer—and you. In a new paper, Heritage’s Alyene Senger explains how “Obamacare will impose new… Read More
Should We Delay or Defund Obamacare?
Conservatives are united in one idea: Obamacare is devastating policy for America. To halt its destructive effects, some are saying Congress should merely delay the… Read More
The Most Effective Obamacare Delay Is Full Defunding
There is nothing controversial about stopping Obamacare. A majority of Americans dislike the law and want it repealed. Obamacare is disastrous for individuals, businesses, and… Read More
Tales of the Red Tape #41: The FDA’s Latest Mission Creep(iness)
Federal regulations already dictate the shape, color, size, and content of the nutrition panel on food labels. Not good enough, apparently. The diet squad at… Read More
China Makes Life More Difficult for Foreign Companies
It is widely hoped—in the U.S., China, and elsewhere—that the new Chinese government headed by Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang will restart economic reform. While… Read More
Administration Disregards the Law and Gives Special Obamacare Deal to Congress
This morning, the Obama Administration released a proposed rule by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that has the effect of allowing Members of Congress… Read More
3 “Kitchen Table” Topics for Obama’s Speech Today
President Obama says he’s ready to get back to the “kitchen table” issues we’re all talking about. After months of focusing on gun control, amnesty… Read More
Are You Getting Fooled by Obama? Check These 5 Pictures and Find Out
Organizing for Action, President Obama’s campaign group, is good at what it does. Its activists know how to get people fired up about President Obama,… Read More
Bunny Disaster Plans: Unveiling the Magic Behind Regulations
Cartoon star Bullwinkle the Moose had a running gag in which he tried to pull a rabbit out of a hat and ended up facing… Read More
Delaying Natural Gas Exports Delays Jobs
A new study from the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) is calling for the Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)… Read More
Tales of the Red Tape #40: The USDA Rabbit Police
There’s no good way to deliver this disturbing bit of news except to come right out with it: Marty the Magician and others in the… Read More
Things That Will Cost More Under Obama’s Climate Change Plan
President Obama doesn’t “have time for a meeting of the flat-Earth society.” And he probably considers you a member if you disagree with him on… Read More
Too Big to Fail: Some Questions for the House Financial Services Committee
Tomorrow, the House Finance Committee, chaired by Representative Jeb Hensarling (R–TX), is holding a hearing on one of the most damaging legacies of the 2008… Read More
USA vs. YOU: Heritage Expert Testifies on Overcriminalization
Even Congress doesn’t know how many federal crimes there are — that was the implication at a recent hearing focused on overcriminalization. This past Friday,… Read More
A Farmer’s Case Against the Farm Bill
Farming can be a risky business, but Britt Dudek thrives off the uncertainty. It’s a part of farming he defines as freedom—a freedom he refuses… Read More
