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Special Interest Takeover

Americans believe the government has an important role in protecting the public health, safety, and environment, but the Bush administration has been eliminating and weakening those vital safeguards. How far has the administration gone in placing special interests over the public interest? Find out in Special Interest Takeover: The Bush Administration and the Dismantling of Public Safeguards.

A 2004 survey reveals that the public overwhelmingly supports the very protections that are being rolled back!

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CSS Supports House Effort to Stop Bush's Regulatory Changes
On behalf of Citizens for Sensible Safeguards, OMB Watch Director of Regulatory Policy Rick Melberth wrote to Congressmen Brad Miller (D-NC) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA) in support of their efforts to curb President Bush's recent attempts to further manipulate and control the regulatory process. Find out more by downloading the letter.

Groups Oppose Sunset Commissions - Letter to Congress 04/05/2006
A broad cross-section of the public interest and faith communities, at both the national and local levels, expressed opposition to plans to include sunset commissions in budget process reform. Read More

Coalition Opposes Santorum Amendment to Bankruptcy Bill 03/07/2005
Download CSS letter to the Senate opposing the anti-regulatory components of the Santorum amendment to the bankruptcy bill (S. 256).

Groups Tell Congress to Reject Measure Placing DHS Above All Law 02/09/2005
Citizens for Sensible Safeguards sent the House of Representatives a letter opposing section 102 of H.R. 418, the "REAL ID Act of 2005." The measure would empower the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive any and all law, without limits. It is a dangerous provision that would put a government official above the law. Download the PDF here.

CSS Letter Opposing Amendment to Place DHS Above the Law 12/09/2004
Expressing opposition to an amendment that would have placed the Department of Homeland Security above the law, Citizens for Sensible Safeguards sent a letter to members of the House/Senate conference committee for the bill overhauling intelligence operations. Click here to download.

New Bush Regulatory Report: Ex-Agency Workers Describe Anti-Regulatory Agenda 06/01/2004
Citizens for Sensible Safeguards released a new report documenting a systematic attack on regulatory protections to a standing-room-only crowd at an event that featured former federal workers who have resigned in protest of that attack. Read More

Recent CSS Reports 02/09/2002
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Letter to Sen. Lieberman on OIRA Administrator Graham's Efforts to Weaken Regulatory Protections 12/06/2001
A coalition of non-profit environmental, health, and safety organizations wrote a letter to Senator Lieberman expressing concern over OIRA Administrator John Graham's apparent collaboration with industry lobbyists to develop a strategy to weaken dozens of environmental, health, labor and other regulatory protections. Read More