It would be nice if congress could gain some control of the unelected, administrative state.
Deep State controls Congress.
Until we secure our elections, that will not change.
Congress created this on purpose because they are cowards.
Allowing the regulatory agencies to create laws from thin air allows congressmen to praise or condemn such rules while never having to take an actual vote on record.
“It would be nice if congress could gain some control of the unelected, administrative state.”
Here is a suggestion:
1). All laws passed by Congress sunset after 3 years, unless renewed by majority vote.
2). All regulations by government bureaucrats sunset after 3 years unless renewed by the agency and a majority vote in Congress.
3). All executive orders sunset one day after the President who issued them departs office. The new administration has the choice of renewing them or letting them end.
4). Any executive orders can be terminated by a 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress.
Of course Congress today can pass a law voiding any regulation of a federal agency. Even better, Congress can start being very specific in the laws its passes and not give federal agencies the power to interpret the law or expand upon it.
The number of laws and executive orders on the books (many conflicting and confusing) are so numerous no individual can know them all much less understand them all. As a result citizens are sometimes hauled into court for crimes they did not know existed. Even worse federal bureaucrats use arcane laws to harass political opponents or companies the bureaucrats dislike. Clean up the mess by letting them sunset and thereby force Congress to relook at each law, keep those that are appropriate to this day and time, and dump the rest.