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  • House passes bill to overturn midnight regulations en masse

    01/04/2017 2:18:12 PM PST · by jazusamo · 37 replies
    The Hill ^ | January 4, 2017 | Lydia Wheeler
    Legislation to allow Congress to repeal in a single vote any rule finalized in the last 60 days of the Obama administration sailed through the House Wednesday, the second time in less than two months. The GOP-backed Midnight Rule Relief Act, which passed the previous Congress in November, was approved largely along party lines by a vote of 238-184 on the second day of the new Congress, despite Democratic opposition. If passed by the Senate and signed by President-elect Donald Trump, the legislation would amend the Congressional Review Act to allow lawmakers to bundle together multiple rules and overturn them...