Ai-Yai-Yai!
From the HoustonChronicle.com
Silver bullet: Next Congress should use little-known law to reverse
Bush administration midnight regulations
As lame duck federal agency heads prepare more than 100 new regulations
designed to leave the current president's stamp on environmental,
health and commerce policies for years to come, their undoing may be a
law passed by the Republican-controlled Congress 12 years ago.
The Congressional Review Act was pushed by then-House Speaker Newt
Gingrich to allow Republicans to prevent President Clinton from
enacting his own set of last-minute regulations at the end of his first
term. The pro-business legislators wanted to stop the incumbent from
strengthening and expanding workplace safety laws.
The only use of the law by Congress to date invalidated a Clinton
regulation that would have set mandatory standards for ergonomic
equipment to prevent carpal tunnel and similar injuries. President Bush
signed the bill making the ergonomic guidelines voluntary.
Go get 'em, Democrats! Thank you, Newt. But will the Democrats use this power for good? That is the question.
Thanks to a friend from Houston for the link.
If it is used to prevent Bush's last-minute screw-the-Dems laws, then it is being used for good.
ReplyDeleteI've read a lot about these last minute changes that Bush was running through. I sure hope they can stop them. I hear it is quite difficult and takes time to undue the damage. I love it that the Rethugs gave us the keys to unlock the problem! Yay.
ReplyDeleteIf this recipe works out, it will be delicious.
ReplyDeleteI'm licking my lips thinking about it already. Don't screw it up, Pelosi and Reid ...
ReplyDeleteExactly- don't screw it up is right!
ReplyDeleteI think Barack & Co. have a tight handle on this one. (And I'm licking my lips, too.)
ReplyDeleteOh bother! You mean the "permanent Republican majority" ended up screwing themselves in the long run ?!
ReplyDeletePoor dears...
When I see the Democrats wield their power for good, I'll believe it.
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