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Federal Mandates

A person sits against a tan, red, orange, and white background with a laptop in front of him, an American flag behind him, and a Medicaid card across the image | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Nancy Walker | Dreamstime.com | Midjourney | ChatGPT

Medicaid

Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Short-Term Fix to a Long-Term Problem

A more effective reform is to let the market curb waste and reward innovation.

Tosin Akintola | 7.1.2025 4:18 PM

An ear of corn and a gas pump dripping gasoline, against the backdrop of the American flag. | Jj Gouin | Dreamstime.com

Election 2024

Haley and DeSantis Pander to Iowans by Praising Ethanol Mandate

Unfortunately, none of the Republican candidates want to scrap the federal ethanol mandates.

Joe Lancaster | 1.10.2024 10:42 PM

A row of electric vehicles all lined up and plugged in at charging stations. | Hse0193 | Dreamstime.com

Electric cars

Automotive Lobby: EPA's Vehicle Emission Standards 'Neither Reasonable Nor Achievable'

The group stresses that it supports the government's ultimate goal of electrification, but the method of achieving that goal should be realistic.

Joe Lancaster | 7.3.2023 5:08 PM

Ashish Jha | Oliver Contreras/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Biden Administration

U.S. Finally Ends Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Travelers, Employees, Head Start

The last vestiges of the Biden administration's pandemic mandates are disappearing on May 11.

Robby Soave | 5.1.2023 6:37 PM

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Government abuse

Biden's 'Buy American' Rules Are Getting in the Way of Biden's Rural Broadband Push

Industrial policy is never as simple as it seems.

Eric Boehm | 4.7.2023 11:55 AM

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Coronavirus

Why the Pandemic Will End Only When We Demand It's Over

Ronald Bailey and Jacob Sullum on the future of COVID-19, the politicization of science, the failure of mandates, and how to talk with anti-vaxxers.

Nick Gillespie | 12.29.2021 4:30 PM

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Vaccines

Opening America's Doors Only to the Vaccinated Isn't Good Enough

A vaccine mandate for international visitors cuts Africa off for no good reason.

Bailey Kennedy | 8.13.2021 10:20 AM

sipaphotoseleven255306 | Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/Newscom

Reason Roundup

Trump Outlaws Ugly Federal Buildings

Plus: House OKs bloated $1.4 trillion spending package, new Amash bills aim to protect asylum seekers and immigrant detainees, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.22.2020 9:33 AM

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Biden Administration

Will Biden Use the Broad Pandemic-Fighting Powers Originally Claimed by Trump?

Trump claimed the power to issue a national eviction moratorium during COVID. Could that pave the way for the mask mandates Biden clearly wants?

Christian Britschgi | 11.10.2020 7:30 AM

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Election 2020

Trump Wants More Stimulus Spending. Biden Wants a National Mask Mandate. Both Are Wrong.

Is it too much to ask for a presidential candidate who cares about America's fiscal health and respects the limits of his office?

Eric Boehm | 9.18.2020 10:00 AM

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Reason Roundup

Rule Change on Abortion Referrals 'Creates Unreasonable Barriers' Says U.S. Judge

Plus: "we need a president who recognizes sex work as work," says Mike Gravel; how kid-friendly pot paraphernalia killed decriminalization; more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.26.2019 9:32 AM

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Pharmaceuticals

Drug Companies, Scared of Regulation, Inch Toward Price Transparency

"Our vision for a new, more transparent drug-pricing system does not rely on voluntary action," says HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

Ronald Bailey | 10.15.2018 5:45 PM

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Donald Trump

Trump's Repeal of a Welfare Drug-Testing Regulation Backfires (Thankfully)

Arguably the most questionable of the 14 new Congressional Review Act regulatory repeals may have the unintended consequence of limiting states' ability to drug-test those seeking unemployment benefits.

Matt Welch | 5.26.2017 4:13 PM

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Scott Walker

Scott Walker Flip-Flops Again on Ethanol Mandates. Or Did He Never Actually Support Them?

Governor calls for two-year 'winding down' of the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Scott Shackford | 8.17.2015 3:40 PM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia on the Left's Baffling Response to the Harris and Hobby Lobby rulings

Reason Staff | 7.8.2014 8:30 AM

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Policy

EPA Recommends Reducing Ethanol Demands

Scott Shackford | 11.15.2013 6:30 PM

Policy

Ethanol Credits Slump After News of Possible Mandate Cutbacks

Down 25 percent from last week

Reason Staff | 10.14.2013 7:10 PM

Politics

GOP Can't Make Up Its Mind About Mandates

E-verify is just as invasive as Obamacare.

A. Barton Hinkle | 7.10.2013 1:30 PM

Policy

Biofuel Mandate Destroys Grasslands

Ronald Bailey | 2.21.2013 10:09 AM

Politics

Would Hayek Have Approved Obamacare?

George Mason's Erik Angner on the libertarian economist's mostly unacknowledged support for redistribution.

Nick Gillespie and Amanda Winkler | 2.14.2013 1:30 PM

Politics

Gallup: Majority Against Federal Guarantee for Healthcare

First time since 2000. Too late?

Reason Staff | 11.29.2012 8:20 AM

Politics

Escape the Holiday Crowds by Flying Through the Bullshit Gary/Chicago International Airport!

Via Jack Shafer comes news of a federally funded boondoggle that makes the three-flights-a-day John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport look like a busy transportation hub.

Nick Gillespie | 11.2.2012 8:55 AM

Politics

Could Medicaid Ruling Lead to Challenges to Other "Voluntary" Federal Funding Regulations?

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 4:49 PM

Politics

Prison Rape Prevention: How Much Should It Cost?

Scott Shackford | 6.27.2012 6:47 PM

Politics

Pennsylvania Town Seeks to Squash Scourge of Garage Sales

Ed Krayewski | 4.12.2012 3:40 PM

Politics

Government Bureaucrats Still Unable to Write or Speak in Plain Language

Ed Krayewski | 4.10.2012 3:45 PM

Politics

New Reason-Rupe Poll: Americans Think Health Care and Broccoli Mandates Are Unconstitutional

Americans want to shop around for health insurance and are open to changing Medicare for people not yet receiving it

Reason Staff | 3.26.2012 9:00 AM

Politics

Remy: Cough Drops-The Mandate (featuring Sandra Fluke)

Meredith Bragg | 3.9.2012 1:20 PM

Politics

Obama 2008: "Opposed" to Health Care Mandate

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.13.2011 6:42 AM

Politics

Obama: Ban Discrimination Against Non-Workers

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.1.2011 4:59 PM

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