Congressional Pre-emption of State Laws

The Congressional Pre-emption of State Laws has been documented in a report released in June 2006 by Henry A. Waxman. The report states that the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate "had voted 57 times in the previous five years to preempt state laws and regulations." 

Resources

 * Henry A. Waxman, "Congress Has Voted More Than 50 Times to Override State Laws", Media Release, June 6, 2006.
 * Representative Henray A. Waxman, "Database of Congressional Preemption of State Laws and Regulations", June 2006.
 * Henry A. Waxman, "Congressional Preemption of State Laws and Regulations", June 2006. (Pdf)

Websites

 * New Rules Project, Preemption Watch.