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| 2025-01-20 | |
Experts anticipate that the CRA will be applied liberally as Trump works to deliver on his promises to reverse many of Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration policies. When Trump became president in 2017 – after two terms served by Democratic President Barack Obama – he made quick use of the CRA, disapproving 16 rules. “I think there’s a lot of interest from Republicans on the Hill to get as many of these (joint resolutions of disapproval through the CRA) across the line as they feasibly can,” Dan Goldbeck, director of regulatory policy at the American Action Forum, an independent, nonprofit organization that analyzes domestic economic issues from a center-right perspective, told Capital News Service. “I would not be surprised to see them exceed their 2017 total.” The CRA allows an incoming administration that follows a preceding administration of an opposing party to overturn rules created by federal agencies. Congress must agree to the reversals through joint resolutions of disapproval. Once a resolution of disapproval has been passed by both chambers of Congress and signed by the president, the targeted regulatory rule is void and the federal agency that drafted it is blocked from introducing another rule in “substantially the same form.” “This has been four years of a liberal Biden administration,” Sarah Hay, a policy analyst at The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, told CNS. “Going into next year, there’s going to be unified Republican control of both Congress and the presidency. This is the lightest lift way to overturn regulations issued by a prior administration that you disagree with.” Passed in 1996 under President Bill Clinton, the CRA is used most often after a presidential transition in which there is a switch in party affiliation in the White House. The CRA allows a new Congress and president to look back to the previous Congress within 60 working days before the session’s end and overturn final rules issued by federal agencies. When the 119th Congress convenes in January, those regulations issued during the 118th Congress within the lookback period are subject to review and potential action. While regulations aren’t actually passed by Congress, the body grants appropriate federal agencies the authority to issue regulations. Doubling down, the CRA also provides an expedited procedure for the Senate to avoid the threat of the filibuster under certain criteria, requiring only a 51-vote simple majority. “That makes it a very attractive tool,” Steven Balla, co-director of The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, said. “Under normal legislative procedure (the Senate) needs a filibuster-proof majority, which is going to be essentially impossible for them to come by when it comes to disapproving Biden administration regulations. It provides a way around some of those super majoritarian constraints in the Senate.” The first Trump administration’s reversal of 16 rules marked the largest single batch of rule disapprovals in history and topped the total previous reversals combined under earlier administrations. | |
| Posted by:Procopius2k |
| #1 Hopefully, they overturn as many rules as possible. The Biden clowns saved there most abominable abominations until after the election loss. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-01-20 08:19 |