GOP Girds for Race to Repeal Obamas Final Rules Before Deadline
I really feel like we, as a nation, will be going backwards in time--. damn
GOP Girds for Race to Repeal Obama’s Final Rules Before Deadline
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-20/gop-girds-for-race-to-repeal-obama-s-final-rules-before-deadline?utm_content=politics&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cmpid%253D=socialflow-twitter-politics
by Laura Litvan
December 20, 2016, 4:00 AM CST
Under 1996 law, Republicans must act by May to speed reversal
Contractor ‘blacklisting,’ energy-efficiency rules are targets
Republicans in Congress plan to deploy a powerful tool soon after Donald Trump is inaugurated to scuttle a host of rules put in place in the last months of Barack Obama’s presidency, yet they must act quickly for the tactic to work.
A number of rules will be targeted using the Congressional Review Act, a law passed 20 years ago after Republicans took House control for the first time in four decades that provides an expedited procedure for canceling rules issued in the final months of an administration. It’s been used successfully only once, and top GOP lawmakers say they have about four months to act.
The regulations facing repeal includes a measure unveiled Monday by the Obama administration to protect streams and groundwater from pollution caused by coal mining. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said hours later he’ll introduce a resolution next month to overturn a rule he called a “regulatory assault” on the coal industry in his home state of Kentucky.
Other targets include rules enacted this year that would blacklist federal contractors with labor-law violations, make it harder for companies to avoid paying some taxes, and boost energy-efficiency standards to cut greenhouse-gas emissions........................
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