Joint letter from CPR Member Scholars to Senate Homeland Security Committee leaders re the Regulatory Accountability Act, S. 951.
Joint letter from 27 CPR Member Scholars, May 15, 2017, letter to Sens. Ron Johnson (Chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee) and Claire McCaskill (Ranking Member) re the Regulatory Accountability Act, S. 951.
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Regulatory Targets: Congressional GOP Takes Aim at Safeguards
In the first four months of his presidency, Donald Trump and his congressional allies used the Congressional Review Act to repeal 14 Obama era health, safety, labor, financial, education, energy, environmental rules. The law allows Congress to block "major" rules within 60 legislative days of adoption, with a joint resolution (not subject to the Senate's normal 60-vote requirement) and president's signature. CPR tracked the damage.
Author(s): Katie Tracy, James Goodwin
100 Days, Trump and Precaution
100 Days, Trump and Precaution, op-ed by David Driesen and William Banks
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Author(s): David Driesen
Trump's New 'Regulatory Czar': Poised to Lead the Assault on Our Safeguards
Trump's New 'Regulatory Czar': Poised to Lead the Assault on Our Safeguards, CPR Paper 1701. The report by CPR Member Scholars Thomas McGarity, Amy Sinden, Rena Steinzor, and Robert Verchick, and CPR Senior Policy Analyst James Goodwin, examines Neomi Rao’s background and concludes the her modest record of “scholarship and other public statements reflect a deep distrust of federal agencies and their role as policymaking institutions within our constitutional system of government.”
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Author(s): Amy Sinden, Rena Steinzor, Robert Verchick, Thomas McGarity, James Goodwin
The War on Regulation
Writing in The American Prospect, Rena Steinzor describes the early stages of Donald Trump's assault on our safeguards, foreshadowing the pitched battles to come over regulation in all areas.
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Trump Can Order, But Federal Judges Will Decide on Climate Rules
Trump Can Order, But Federal Judges Will Decide on Climate Rules, op-ed by Victor Flatt
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Author(s): Victor Flatt
Trump Cuts and the EPA: Making America Less Healthy Again
Trump Cuts and the EPA: Making America Less Healthy Again, op-ed by Joel Mintz
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Author(s): Joel Mintz
Texas Perspectives: EPA Just Adopted a See-No-Evil Policy
Texas Perspectives: EPA Just Adopted a See-No-Evil Policy, op-ed by Thomas McGarity
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Author(s): Thomas McGarity