Policy Brief
June 18, 2013
June 17, 2013 The Honorable Pete Sessions Chairman, Committee on Rules United States House of Representatives H-312 The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Sessions, On behalf of the R Street Institute, I write today to urge your support of a full and robust amendment process for H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk [...]
Blog Post
June 18, 2013
Private reinsurers ready to take on Florida risk: Tampa Tribune Study debunks bank claims about credit union tax advantages: Northwest Credit Union Association Still not clear when/if House will take up Internet sales tax: MarketWatch Sen. Baucus sees “creeping” interest on a carbon tax: The Hill Rep. DeSantis says he wouldn’t necessarily vote for disaster [...]
Blog Post
June 17, 2013
I’m not one for opinion polls; if 64% of Americans said Justin Bieber was a fantastic singer, he would still be genuinely terrible. But with regards to the NSA spying program, I think it’s a fantastic point to make: Yesterday, the Guardian released a comprehensive poll showing widespread concern about NSA spying. Two-thirds of Americans [...]
Blog Post
June 17, 2013
Have you noticed the cost of your smartphone plan keeps increasing? There was quite a hullabaloo last year when AT&T hiked rates and Verizon–affectionately known as “Big Red”–switched from individual plans to their Share Everything mantra. Whereas unlimited data was once the norm, these days you’ll be lucky if you can get 1GB included on [...]
Blog Post
June 17, 2013
Pardon the pun, but it is only appropriate on the heels of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s remarks to the Faith and Freedom Coalition last Friday. According to The Hill, he said: “Immigrants are more fertile, and they love families, and they have more intact families, and they bring a younger population. Immigrants create an [...]
Op Ed
Huffington Post • June 17, 2013
Rachel Ryan is absolutely right to say that D.C.’s dating scene is full of people who have exceptional resumes. And she’s also right that this doesn’t always lead to easy love connections. But I think she overlooks something: D.C. is actually a very small town, particularly when it comes to dating. I’m married and have [...]
Blog Post
June 17, 2013
Eric Cantor schedules Farm Bill vote this week: The Hill House Republicans need to insist on the right Farm Bill: Daily Caller Senate Finance Committee includes credit union tax exemption among items to consider: Credit Union Times Colorado wildfires need not be the “new normal”: New York Times The Marketplace Fairness Act would be a [...]
News Release
June 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (June 14, 2013) – Representatives from Environmental Working Group, American Enterprise Institute, R Street Institute, Cato Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute, National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense, National Black Farmers Association, U.S. PIRG and Defenders of Wildlife will hold a Capitol Hill briefing for accredited journalists and congressional staff on Monday to discuss their concerns with the farm subsidy [...]
News Release
June 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (June 14, 2013) – New projections from the Federal Emergency Management Agency showing a long-term increase in flood risks across the country underscore that Congress must not roll back badly needed reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program, the R Street Institute said today. According to FEMA, a combination of climate change and population [...]
Blog Post
June 14, 2013
The United Kingdom will regulate all nicotine-containing products, including e-cigarettes, as medicines, starting in 2016. The British bureaucrats justified their decision: “Our research has shown that existing electronic cigarettes and other nicotine-containing products on the market are not good enough to meet this public health priority [i.e., "reducing the harms of smoking to smokers and [...]
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