Posted on 01/27/2017 6:23:20 PM PST by blam
After a pompous, liberal agenda was crammed down the throats of the American people during his first two years in office, President Obama suffered staggering losses in Congress for the next six years that cost Democrats control of both houses. But, heavy Democrat losses, courtesy of an electorate that vehemently rejected a far-left agenda, didn't stop Obama from continuing to push through countless new rules and regulations from the White House all while pushing his authority to the brink of every Constitutional boundary known to man.
Of course, the problem with "legislating from the White House" is that all those rules and regulations can be undone by the next administration. And, as Kimberley Strassel points out in a Wall Street Journal Opinion piece today, a little know tool within the Congressional Review Act could allow Republicans to wipe out 8 full years of Obama's liberal agenda, with a simple majority vote, all while preventing similar rules from every being recreated by future administrations.
Todd Gaziano on Wednesday stepped into a meeting of free-market attorneys, think tankers and Republican congressional staff to unveil a big idea. By the time he stepped out, he had reset Washington’s regulatory battle lines.
These days Mr. Gaziano is a senior fellow in constitutional law at the Pacific Legal Foundation. But in 1996 he was counsel to then-Republican Rep. David McIntosh. He was intimately involved in drafting and passing a bill Mr. McIntosh sponsored: the Congressional Review Act. No one knows the law better.
Everyone right now is talking about the CRA, which gives Congress the ability, with simple majorities, to overrule regulations from the executive branch. Republicans are eager to use the law, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy this week unveiled the first five Obama rules that his chamber intends to nix.
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“and to ensure those rules can’t come back, even under a future Democratic president”
how about that
Here’s how it works: It turns out that the first line of the CRA requires any federal agency promulgating a rule to submit a “report” on it to the House and Senate. The 60-day clock starts either when the rule is published or when Congress receives the report—whichever comes later.
“There was always intended to be consequences if agencies didn’t deliver these reports,” Mr. Gaziano tells me. “And while some Obama agencies may have been better at sending reports, others, through incompetence or spite, likely didn’t.” Bottom line: There are rules for which there are no reports. And if the Trump administration were now to submit those reports—for rules implemented long ago—Congress would be free to vote the regulations down.
This looks like a pretty big deal with lots of potential to roll back burdensome regulations if Congress follows through.
This is huge, and need to happen.
Lol! Trump just keeps hitting ‘delete’ on Obama’s awful policies.
AMAZING!!!!! This law has been on the books for 20 years, and nobody in Congress knew it existed? This isn’t like leaving pocket change in the couch or misplacing your car keys. If Boehner, Ryan, McConnell, etc. knew about this and did nothing with it, they should be impeached and their pensions revoked. All that drama and spent money, and for what?
Anyone care to bet on whether the GOP has the stones to actually do this?
I know how l’ll bet.
That is what happened to Obama's executive orders, apparently.
And now an angry mob is coming to set fire to it all.
Just wait 'till Hussein gets back to DC. He won't recognize the place.
The Republicans globalists had this act and congressional control for 2 years and did nothing. Weak.
The RINOs better get on board.
Trump should get a 50 member team together to investigate how many other things were done illegally over the past 8 years. When they get finished, go back to Clinton. We might actually get our country back.
Who in DC found that rule?
Kudos to him/her!
Democrat-prufe, keeps bad regs from growing back...
MAGA!!!
bfl
“AMAZING!!!!! This law has been on the books for 20 years, and nobody in Congress knew it existed?”
I wonder if Newt new about it? Sounds like around the time he was Speaker.
“Just wait ‘till Hussein gets back to DC.”
That psycho narcissist is FA-REAKIN’.
All those “buck up little camper” calls he’s taking from sicko-fants aren’t workin’.
He’s on the phone lining up media to provide “ex-president” commentary on Trump’s actions. Trump wasn’t supposed to move this fast.
Prediction: He’ll cut it short and be back Monday.
ABSOLUTELY FRIGGIN’ OUTSTANDING!!!
I thought that we would require thousands of foot-dragging statist federal employees to SLOWLY unravel the cobwebs of regs they spun over the years designed solely to slow down and hobble the American economy. Damn, now I’m of the opinion that it can be done largely by Congressional action -— assuming that RINOs & ‘RATS are held to ineffectual resistance.
God Bless Trump ... and God Bless the Congressional Review Act!!
Barky isn’t about to cut short his vacay-cay.
The Congressional Review Act is a law that was enacted by the United States Congress as section 251 of the Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996.
Dereliction of Duty???
Rat Bastards could have stopped a lot of Pain a LONG time ago.
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