US EditionCongressional Republicans invoke lesser-known law to reverse select Biden-era regulations
- Republicans in Congress are using the 1996 Congressional Review Act in 2025 to overturn multiple Biden-era federal regulations in Washington, D.C.
- This effort follows a similar strategy from Trump's first term, aiming to bypass the Senate filibuster, which requires 60 votes for major legislation.
- Trump has signed three repeals this year, including rules on cryptocurrency brokers, methane emission fees, and environmental assessments for offshore oil development.
- House recently passed three disapproval resolutions to reject EPA waivers for California's air pollution standards, though experts say these waivers are not subject to the Act.
- This expanding use of the Act may undermine the filibuster and set a precedent for Congress to overturn numerous executive actions based on shifting political majorities.
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Letters for May 6: Drowning in appliance regulations no more
What’s next? Re “Shower” (Your Views, April 28): A reader recently wrote that President Donald Trump complains about low-flow showerheads, blaming former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. So, the reader did his research and learned the Federal Energy Policy Act was dated in 1992 and that George H.W. Bush was president. From that he concluded Trump was factually and reality challenged and suggested that the rest of us are perhaps out of touc…
Drain the Swamp? MAGA Lobbyists Say They’re ‘Drinking from a Fire Hose.’
Since 2016, Donald Trump has promised his supporters that he will “drain the swamp”—the president’s catchall pledge to end corruption in Washington. But as his second administration gets busy remaking the federal government, business is good for one of D.C.’s most lucrative—and “swampiest”—lines of work: lobbying. And for those lobbyists enmeshed in MAGA World, business has never been better.One of the biggest winners is Jeff Miller, a veteran R…
Conservatives Eye Regulation Rollback in Budget Bill
Conservatives in Congress may have finally found a way to get around the filibuster threat that has thwarted their hopes of an extensive rollback of federal regulations. The House Judiciary Committee last week advanced language based on the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act as part of the Republicans’ broader budget reconciliation package, Politico reported. Republicans also are using an obscure law, the Congressiona…
‘Got To Go’: Department Of Energy To Cut Off Billions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Biden-Era Green Energy Projects
From the Daily Caller News Foundation By AUDREY STREB “A lot of the push to keep these subsidies alive isn’t about good energy policy — it’s about keeping industries afloat that can’t meet reliability and affordability standards on their own.” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday that his agency plans to cut billions in grant funds for Biden-era loans as the Trump administration conducts a review of the department’s $400 billion clean en…
DOE To Cut Off Billions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Biden-Era Green Energy Projects
by Audrey Streb at CDN - Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday that his agency plans to cut billions in grant funds for Biden-era loans as the Trump administration conducts a review of the department’s $400 billion clean energy investments, a decision that energy policy experts who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation cheered on. Before leaving office, former … Click to read the rest HERE-> DOE To Cut Off Billions Of Dollars’ Worth…
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