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Federal Mandates

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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

Federal Mandates

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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Ethanol

EPA Recommends Reducing Ethanol Demands

Scott Shackford | 11.15.2013 6:30 PM

Ethanol

Ethanol Credits Slump After News of Possible Mandate Cutbacks

Down 25 percent from last week

Reason Staff | 10.14.2013 7:10 PM

Obamacare

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

Biofuels

Biofuel Mandate Destroys Grasslands

Ronald Bailey | 2.21.2013 10:09 AM

F.A. Hayek

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

Health Care

Gallup: Majority Against Federal Guarantee for Healthcare

First time since 2000. Too late?

Reason Staff | 11.29.2012 8:20 AM

Airlines

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

Government Spending

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

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 4:49 PM

Department of Justice

Prison Rape Prevention: How Much Should It Cost?

Scott Shackford | 6.27.2012 6:47 PM

Regulation

Pennsylvania Town Seeks to Squash Scourge of Garage Sales

Ed Krayewski | 4.12.2012 3:40 PM

Bureaucracy

Government Bureaucrats Still Unable to Write or Speak in Plain Language

Ed Krayewski | 4.10.2012 3:45 PM

Federal Mandates

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

Congress

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

Meredith Bragg | 3.9.2012 1:20 PM

Economics

Obama 2008: "Opposed" to Health Care Mandate

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.13.2011 6:42 AM

Federal Mandates

Obama: Ban Discrimination Against Non-Workers

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.1.2011 4:59 PM

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