James Gattuso handles regulatory and telecommunications issues for The Heritage Foundation as a Senior Research Fellow in its Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies. Read his research.
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As Americans set out to the beach this summer with their favorite novels in hand, federal officials are being asked to sue the nation’s largest… Read More
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, recently introduced legislation to allow state tax collectors to require out-of-state retailers to collect taxes for them, even if the retailer… Read More
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The term “net neutrality” refers to the principle that Internet service providers serving end users, such as Verizon and Comcast, should treat all communications that… Read More
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It’s the day before the Memorial Day holiday, and that can only mean one thing: It is time for President Obama to unveil his agenda… Read More
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The number and cost of government regulations continued to climb in 2014, intensifying Washington’s control over the economy and Americans’ lives. The addition of 27… Read More
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What do restaurant menus, refrigerators, community banks and escalators have in common? All were subjected to yet more federal regulation last year. No fewer than… Read More
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The major regulations imposed by the Obama administration now cost Americans more than $80 billion a year—twice as much as the rules issued by the… Read More
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Telecommunications policymaking has long been compared to a three-ring circus consisting of the Federal Communications Commission, the courts and Congress. Nowhere has that been truer… Read More
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A full two weeks after voting to regulate the Internet as a public utility, the Federal Communications Commission has finally revealed the text of its… Read More
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Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to place massive “net neutrality” restrictions on America’s Internet providers, in the process redefining them as public utilities…. Read More
