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1 Mar 2012, 10:45 am
The House Subcommittee on Health voted on Wednesday to move forward with a bill that would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a Medicare cost-cutting entity that has been derided by some Republicans as a “death panel. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will enter “a new phase of conservatorship” to minimize their role in the housing finance market, according to a strategic report sent to Congress by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
The U.S. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
Current U.S. policy for the management of used nuclear reactor fuel and radioactive waste is “damaging” and “costly,” according to a recent report issued by the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (BRC) to the Department of Energy (DOE). [read post]
26 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
The media has extensively covered Rick Santorum’s views on social issues, but what are his opinions about regulation? [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
22 Feb 2012, 9:55 pm
Five mortgage servicers accused of lending violations agreed to the largest joint federal-state civil settlement ever. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 9:40 pm
The U.S. airline industry can look forward to $63.4 billion dollars of federal funding and four years of fiscal certainty after President Barack Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 into law last week. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
President Obama’s recently released budget for FY 2013 treats environment protection, financial reform, and health care as the administration’s regulatory priorities.The Environmental Protection Agency’s discretionary budget request for FY 2013 is $8.3 billion. [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
After battling in court for nearly a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted new regulations last week affecting the manufacturing of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
It is rare in the current political climate for a regulatory scheme to receive broad support – including from regulated entities. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
President Obama introduced a $3.8 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2013, in which he expressed support for the so-called “Buffett rule,” placing a 30% tax floor on incomes greater than $1 million. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 3:23 pm
The real difficulty in assessing the Administration’s compromise, however, comes from the fact that it has yet to be formally proposed, let alone adopted by HHS, as noted by Cary Coglianese on RegBlog. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
Senators Robert Casey (D-PA) and John McCain (R-AZ) recently introduced a bipartisan bill intended to streamline the regulatory approval process for medical devices. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
Potentially stalling the merger of two giants in the long-term pharmaceutical services industry, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued an antitrust complaint objecting to Omnicare’s impending merger with PharMerica Corporation. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 9:02 pm
Homeowners may find it more difficult to obtain loans from their local governments for energy saving home improvements under a proposed rule issued by the federal agency responsible for managing government-sponsored lending institutions, such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks. [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 9:23 pm
He is the founder of and faculty advisor to RegBlog. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
See related RegBlog post. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
Internet users in Europe may soon have more control over their personal data if the European Commission adopts proposed reforms designed to enhance online privacy and reduce administrative burdens for businesses. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 11:45 am
In the face of criticism over the administration’s decision to require employers to provide health coverage for contraception, advisors to President Obama signaled yesterday that the administration continues to “work with” religious organizations that object to the impending requirement. [read post]
