Posted on 01/11/2017 5:28:31 PM PST by mdittmar
Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill in the House of Representatives that touched on nearly every step U.S. agencies take in creating and applying new rules, continuing their blitz to radically reform "abusive" federal regulation of areas from the environment to the workplace.
In a 238-183 vote, the House passed the "Regulatory Accountability Act," which combined eight bills aimed at changing how the vast government bureaucracy runs. Only five Democrats voted for it.
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The filibuster is dead.
The legislative filibuster in the Senate is NOT dead unless McConnell has the balls to invoke the Reid Rule and unilaterally kill it. He does not.
Who were the 5 democrats that voted “aye”?
Let me guess...
...they are up for reelection in 2018 in states that went “red” 2016 ...
Good bill but going nowhere (except the Table in the Senate).
Wish they’d work on what they can and need to do.
This is critical legislation that prevents unelected federal fascist bureaucrats from illegally writing laws.
Waiting on the “Tariff Act of 2017”.
5 dims makes it bipartisan. Even 1 would.
Diversion. More fodder by RINOS to placate the public.
Congress could step in at any moment to erase an “abusive” regulation.
But they don’t...
This is basically no different than the “must take into account economic impact” provisions, that are rarely enforced.
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