A bill to give Congress the final sign off on...
A bill to give Congress the final sign off on major regulations issued by federal agencies divided Democrats and Republicans at a House Courts Subcommittee hearing Tuesday. The bill, if enacted, would preclude the need for the Congressional Review Act…
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process that Republicans are using in their effort to overturn FCC net neutrality rules. “Unaccountable agencies” are making “regulation after regulation” to the detriment of the economy, said subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble, R-N.C. Agencies only have rulemaking authority because Congress delegated it to them, he said. HR-10, the Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, would give power back to voters by giving elected officials final say over major rules, he said. Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, D-Mich., said giving lawmakers a “personal stake” in agency rulemakings “is totally the wrong direction in which to go.” Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., said the bill is purely political and that Congress has a plethora of tools at its disposal if it disagrees with an agency rule, including committee oversight and the Congressional Review Act.