Warp eight.
Posted on 01/28/2017 8:46:51 AM PST by weston
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...
A little known rule in the CRA (Congressional Review Act) allows Congress to override almost all of Obama's regulatory actions. Many Republicans thought the time had passed on these acts of Obama (such as on transgender school bathrooms and field trips) because the act says Congress only has 60 days to overturn.
But the hidden gem is they have 60 days from the time the rule is SUBMITTED to Congress.
Obama was such an ass that he never bothered sending the most controversial and onerous rules to Congress for review.
Trump and Republicans are now contemplating setting aside one day a month where these rules would be printed, sent to Congress and overturned that day.
They needn't be discussed, can't be fillabustered, and need only simple majority to overturn.
Congressional leaders figure they could whip through one an hour. They just need the stones to do it because there will be a huge outcry from Dems
Hoping Trump and Congress will go this one hour route and tell CNN to air it. Then they need to go all the way back to 1996 to see how many of BJ’s we can eliminate, too. How’s that for a reset button!
Engage, and make it so!
Obama was just a stupid bastard.
He who builds his legacy with the pen and the phone has his legacy dismantled by the pen and the phone....
They just need the stones to do it because there will be a huge outcry from Dems
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Expecting the Republicans to suddenly grow a spine is probably a bridge too far, but thanks for the synopsis.
Fantastic opportunity but I’ll be shocked if they have the stones to do it.
Yes, evidently the CRA allows them to go back as far as they want. But most presidents followed the law and sent their regulations to Congress for review. Obama tried to keep many of his hidden so he just implemented them thinking by the time Congress got wind of them 60 days would be up.
Obama’s people probably never read the entire act which has the little known clause. To be fair, until this meeting, the Pubbies didn’t know either.
Live by the pen, die by the pen.
I think Trump could help them grow a pair
Article on this at ZeroHedge.
CRA: The “Regulatory Game Changer” That Could Wipe Out 8 Years Of Obama Regs In An Hour
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-27/cra-regulatory-game-changer-could-wipe-out-8-years-obama-regs-hour
More extensive excerpts of the WSJ article.
Very, very interesting.
I love simple ways to destroy Obama’s agendas, and this is asimple, low cost and effective way.
Thanks for posting this.
CRA: The “Regulatory Game Changer” That Could Wipe Out 8 Years Of Obama Regs In An Hour
Deplorables can go to the link below and email the White House about this great suggestion!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Warp eight.
Thank you for providing a better link. I shot an email to Ryan encouraging him to start dismantling Obama rules and regs.
From the link you provided it appears once Congress overturns the rule it cannot be rewritten by the next Dem President.
Once they kill it it’s dead forever.
Thanks for the Whitehouse link.
Let’s get er done!
And hopefully we’ll be saying “it’s dead Jim” a lot.
Yes, better link. Thanks.
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