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Bush Nominates Anti-Regulatory Zealot to Head Regulatory Policy 08/08/2006
The White House has nominated Susan Dudley, an anti-regulatory extremist from the industry-funded Mercatus Center, to an obscure but powerful office where she would have the power to gut the federal government's very ability to protect the public. Read More

SBA Lobbies States for Small Business Role in Regulation 07/12/2004
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has been actively lobbying the states to enact legislation that would increase the role of small business in state regulatory processes, promoting in particular a model bill that would force state agencies to review the costs to small business of proposed public safeguards and, ultimately, all existing state regulations. Read More

White House Finds in Katrina Recovery 'Opportunity' to Waive Needed Protections 09/19/2005
Though most government agencies have worked diligently to alleviate the untold burdens on Hurricane Katrina's victims and to expedite recovery in a safe and effective manner, several agencies have taken the opportunity to waive needed protections, thus possibly putting recovery workers and others at greater risk. Read More