Posted on 11/17/2010 1:25:42 PM PST by Slyscribe
Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue indicated on Wednesday that the business group was looking past Congress and focusing more on federal regulators now that the election’s over. Donohue, during an address to members this morning, cited the threat of a “regulatory tsunami” as “the biggest single threat to job creation.”
He claimed that the EPA is advancing 29 proposed major rules and the Labor Department was pushing “at least 100 regulations and policy changes.” The new financial regulatory overhaul has 320 required rule makings, and ObamaCare creates 183 “agencies, commissions and panels.”
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Judd Gregg, George LeMieux, and George Voinovich won’t be back. I just hope that this monstrosity can be stopped. The TEA Party needs to be notified.
Hitler is back from the dead?
As bad as I thought it was going to be, it’s even worse.
I’ve saved this list as RINOS.txt ... I won’t forget going forward!
I can’t wait to see how BamBamKennedy uses his new controls as ‘jobs’ creation claims. We have hired for ourselves to rule over us a reenactment of pharaoh of days of old.
Correct. That's why Wickard and its progeny are so pernicious. They have expanded the scope of what is deemed Proper for Congress to regulate.
Scalia not only endorsed Wickard as Proper, he expanded its reach to include intrastate activities that do not themselves substantially affect interstate commerce, if they are Necessary to make the regulation effective.
It is why we must send virtuous people grounded in the Constitution to Congress and the Presidency. To rely solely on one branch to protect our liberties, the Supreme Court, is silly.
It’s time to end the EPA.
LeMieux from FL is out - being replaced by Marco Rubio!
At what point do we say enough? If the incoming group doesn’t initiate mas repeals of all this crap what is next?
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