HHS Taking Steps to Provide Accountability Metrics for Organ Procurement
FreedomWorks Foundation’s Regulatory Action Center (RAC) submitted formal comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on their proposal regarding organ donation. This rule would create metrics by…
Accountability for Organ Donations Will Save Thousands of Lives, Billions of Dollars
In today’s politically charged climate, it often seems that politicians aren’t taken seriously unless they spuriously claim that “people will die” if a certain course of action is or is…
Who Needs Class Action When We’ve Got Regulations?
In a [proposed regulation](http://www.freedomworks.org/content/cfpb-anti-arbitration-rule-gives-millions-class-action-lawyers-leaves-consumers-dust) that would limit the use of arbitration agreements as a means to settle consumer disputes, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) justifies its advocacy of the…
Fury Over School Regulations: It’s the Department of Education, Stupid!
Yesterday's proposed rules on school accountability are yet another reminder that it’s time for federal bureaucrats at the Department of Education to get their hands out of our education system.
Regulations Work Overtime to Hurt Employees, Small Businesses
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced revisions to the proposed rules interpreting the Fair Labor Standard Act’s regulations on the overtime compensation pay of white-collar, salaried workers.
Bill’s Not Just a Bill. And He’s Not Just Sitting Here on Capitol Hill.
As the "drop dead date" for Obama administration regulations draws near, we are expecting a flood of "midnight regulations." Regulatory agencies, in an eleventh-hour attempt to pass new rules…
With Seven-Day Extension, Obama Midnight is Dark and Full of Regulatory Terrors
The "drop dead date" for federal regulations is fast approaching and we are expecting more overreaching proposals. This is the last date that proposed rules can be finalized by…
London Whale-Sized Regulations on Wall Street Pay
Financial regulators released a 279-page proposal that would set parameters around how and when Wall Street Executives make their money. The proposal, mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, is a…