CEI Weekly: An Optimistic Economic Growth Agenda

Friday, February 17, 2012

Feature: Wayne Crews presents an alternative to President Obama's proposed budget.

FEATURE: An Optimistic Economic Growth Agenda President Obama's proposed new federal budget would increase spending without boosting the country's chance for a true economic revival. CEI Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews critiques the President's plan and presents an alternative federal agenda in his Forbes column this week. Read the column here.  SHAPING THE DEBATE Making Sure Corruption Remains "Made in America" Bill Frezza's column in Forbes How is the FDA Really Doing? Henry I. Miller's article in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Orwellian Doublespeak Dominates Economic Policy Bill Frezza's op-ed on RealClearMarkets Obama's Contraception Compromise Doesn't Quell Debate Hans Bader's letter to the editor in The Washington Post Testimony on "Where the Jobs Are" John Berlau's Testimony Before House Subcommittee Comment Letter on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Economy Standards Marlo Lewis' submitted comments to the EPA and NHTSA Heartland Burned by DenialGate Memos Myron Ebell's citation in Politico Highway-Oriented House Transportation Bill: Why It's Hated by Everyone Marc Scribner's citation in The International Business Times

CEI PODCAST February 16, 2012: Washington's Prescription Drug Shortage Patients are suffering from a nationwide shortage of more than 260 different prescription drugs, many of them for different types of cancer. Senior Fellow Greg Conko explains why the biggest culprit for the drug shortage is Washington. DEA and FDA regulations make it difficult to ramp up supply, or to change prices to more accurately reflect demand. BEST OF THE BLOGS Will Markey's Keystone Export Plan Come Back to Bite Him? By Marlo Lewis Lame Duck Sen. Herb Kohl Continues Quixotic Battle Against Rail Carriers in Senate Highway Bill By Marc Scribner EPA Publishes Absurd Mercury Reg; Sen. Inhofe Counters; House Sleeps By William Yeatman California Considers "Public Employee Bill of Rights" By Jack Mann