Posted on 11/16/2016 1:31:22 PM PST by bobk3
Dozens of major regulations passed recently by the Obama administration — including far-reaching changes on health care, consumer protections and environmental safety — could be undone with the stroke of a pen by Donald J. Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress starting in January, thanks to a little-used law that dates back to 1996.
And it comes with a scorched-earth kicker: If the law is used to strike down a rule, the federal agency that issued it is barred from enacting similar regulation again in the future.
The obscure law — called the Congressional Review Act — was passed 20 years ago at the behest of Newt Gingrich, then the House speaker and now a member of Mr. Trump’s transition team. It gives Congress 60 legislative days to review and override major regulations enacted by federal agencies. In the Senate, the vote would not be subject to filibuster.
The president can veto the rejection, which usually renders the law toothless. But when one party controls both the White House and Congress, it can be a powerful legislative weapon.
So far it has only been successfully used once: In 2001, a Republican Congress invoked it to eliminate workplace safety regulations adopted in the final months of President Clinton’s tenure. President George W. Bush signed the repeal two months after his inauguration, wiping out stricter ergonomics rules that had been 10 years in the making.
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Perhaps the Obama administration will be remembered as a 95-yard kickoff return that was fumbled at the opponent’s goal line ... and then was picked up by the kicking team and run back the other way for a TD.
Fumigate the place before killing the alligators and then pull the plug of the swamp.
Actually they do. Congress is so lazy they write legislation authorizing the Depts. to write their own administrative law.
It's totally sick.
Dozens... I will bet he eliminates EOs from the last few decades... that will give the press plenty of things to decry while he punches through the bureaucracy. I would do everything I could to distract and derail the enemy press. That is by far the easiest and fastest way of doing it .
Nominee for best neologism of the year.
Now that gets me smiling....
Only “dozens”?
“A rose has fallen from your chaplet.”
"You mean a %!&@#! stroke of a %#@#! Super %&&@#! Sharpie Marker and my fascist messiah's Alinsky-ite signature is negated? DAYUM!
"Since I promised to leave if Donald Trump was elected President, I guess I'll have to do my %&&@#! Capital One commercials in %&&@#! Saudi Arabia or Sweden."
Good idea to go back and review W and Clintoon EO’s.
That's an interesting subject. Is it possible the GOPe creates an opposing cabal? Sure it is. I expect it. But this is why the appointment of Rinse Prius was effective as a potential bridge to Ryan and the GOPers.
I'd presume like Reagan, Trump will make his case first to The People, and preempt any rogue drama queen GOPe legislators. They will be framed as obstructionist, working against the wishes of The People.
You can bet the house that Donald Trump will effectively use the bully pulpit to communicate much like The Gipper.
Great idea. Effective in more ways than one. Submit it to Trump's online Suggestion Box.
Was from the battle of Bannockburn where the English were smacked down, or am I mistaken?
Wow! That is the best news I’ve had since the election returns!
One of the biggest problems in the US government is the way in which executive agencies have replaced Congress as the place where substantive legislation is made. Justice Thomas writes about this often, and questions the Constitutionality of Federal administrative law.
Using this tool, President Trump could single-handedly cure this problem. Let him void out not only the heinous administrative regulations promulgated by the Obama administration, but even good ones from the past that lie more in the domain of legislation. By doing this, he would force Congress to exercise its authority rather than delegating its responsibilities to the Executive Branch.
I love it!
The article says it is not just executive orders. This rule also applies to regulations promulgated by Executive agencies.
You are correct sir!
Also, effective use of this law will force congress to work with the President in a cooperative fashion, and this is good, in my opinion. It will force Ryan and McConnell to man up.
And Stirling Bridge!
I hoped it was-it has been a long time since I read about it-military strategy in the ancient world is a favorite subject-and I’m a ma’am...
Tempting your enemy onto a narrow bridge where an attempt by them to retreat will cause chaos is a winning strategy for sure.
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