{"id":2381038,"date":"2024-12-17T14:29:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T19:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-make-midnight-push-to-roll-back-biden-agenda\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T14:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T19:31:27","slug":"republicans-make-midnight-push-to-roll-back-biden-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-make-midnight-push-to-roll-back-biden-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans make \u2018midnight\u2019 push to roll back Biden agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-make-midnight-push-to-roll-back-biden-agenda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2381038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Republicans are gearing up to\u200c advance the &#8220;Midnight Rules Relief Act,&#8221; wich aims to enable Congress to repeal \u2064multiple regulations enacted\u2064 during President Joe bidens\u2064 final year in office with a single\u2062 resolution.\u2063 This legislation is set to be considered by \u2063the house on Tuesday and seeks to streamline the process for overturning rules that currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-seek-loophole-around-tubervilles-military-promotions-blockade\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats aim to find a way to bypass Tuberville&#039;s obstruction of military promotions.\">require individual votes<\/a> under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). <\/p>\n<p>The CRA allows Congress to reject\u2064 a president&#8217;s last-minute regulations; tho, it necessitates separate actions for each rule, which can led to inefficiencies. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who sponsors the bill, noted that the current process \u200dlimits Congress&#8217;s ability to act swiftly\u200c against persisting regulations. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">proposed \u200dact\u2063 intends<\/a> to simplify this process and has been\u200c viewed as a strategy for the incoming Republican majority and the potential future Trump management to efficiently dismantle parts of Biden&#8217;s\u2063 regulatory agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Despite previous attempts to strengthen \u2063the CRA\u2014which failed to\u200b advance\u200d past the Senate during the Trump administration\u2014Republicans\u200c believe they can leverage budget reconciliation to bypass filibuster challenges. This would allow\u200b them to include the Midnight Rules Relief Act within \u200da \u200cbroader budget bill, provided\u2064 that it meets specific \u200brequirements related to its impact on revenue and the\u200b deficit.<\/p>\n<p>As Biden&#8217;s administration approaches its end, Republicans are keen to counter a flurry of new regulations, estimating that approximately 90 \u2063notable rules could be eligible\u2062 for repeal under this new \u200blegislative\u200c framework.The \u200defficacy and passage of the Midnight Rules Relief Act remain \u2062uncertain, but it reflects the ongoing partisan struggles surrounding regulatory\u200c oversight\u200d as control of Congress shifts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Republicans make &lsquo;midnight&rsquo; push to roll back Biden regulatory agenda<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1913792\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republicans<\/a> hope to take a bigger axe to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> regulatory agenda next year with a bill that grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a> the power to repeal rules in one large batch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The House will consider the Midnight Rules Relief Act on Tuesday, legislation that would allow lawmakers to undo the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">regulations<\/a> submitted in Biden&rsquo;s final year in office with a single &ldquo;joint resolution of disapproval.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3240974\/meet-new-congress-house-senate-freshmen-119th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>MEET THE NEW CONGRESS: THE HOUSE AND SENATE FRESHMEN ELECTED TO SERVE NEXT YEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currently, Congress can repeal a president&rsquo;s parting rules with a <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IF\/IF10023#:~:text=The%20CRA%20stipulates%20the%20text,final%20rule%20in%20its%20entirety.&amp;text=%E2%80%9CThat%20Congress%20disapproves%20the%20rule,force%20or%20effect%E2%80%9D%20(5%20U.S.C.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">simple majority<\/a> in each chamber and the signature of the president. But each must be considered individually under the Congressional Review Act, with a 60-day &ldquo;lookback&rdquo; window that limits its reach.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress is inhibited by the statutory scheme that&rsquo;s there now,&rdquo; Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), the sponsor of the bill, told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> &ldquo;You get a lot of rules that just persist simply because we don&rsquo;t have the time or the ability to deal with it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is envisioned as a way to give Congress a larger role in rejecting rules when administrations change hands. The CRA not only allows regulations to be overturned with a simple act of Congress, but it does so in a way that is considered permanent.<\/p>\n<p>Future administrations cannot craft rules that are &ldquo;substantially similar&rdquo; to the one being overturned.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration could reverse any of the same regulations <a href=\"https:\/\/regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu\/regulatory-reset-how-easy-it-undo-regulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">on its own<\/a> but through an administrative process that takes a year or longer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is about setting up the 119th Congress and the incoming Trump administration for success to execute on the mandate that they were all just given,&rdquo; said Brittany Madni, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">executive vice president<\/a> of the Economic Policy Innovation Center, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2581575\/new-conservative-research-group-epic-looks-to-stave-off-long-term-budget-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">conservative think tank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Republicans have attempted to expand the Congressional Review Act. The House passed a version of Biggs&rsquo; bill twice in anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump taking office in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>However, the legislation died in the Senate each time, lacking the 60 votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are confronted with a similar reality as they prepare to once again assume unified control of Washington. They will control 53 Senate seats next year, with narrow House margins posing another obstacle.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Biggs sees an opportunity to sidestep the filibuster using a legislative procedure known as budget reconciliation. He has begun to discuss with his GOP colleagues the idea of attaching the Midnight Rules Relief Act to one of two reconciliation bills Congress will consider next year.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, EPIC has been working through the &ldquo;technical details&rdquo; of how to get the legislation past the Senate parliamentarian. Any legislation included in a reconciliation package must not run afoul of the Byrd Rule, which requires that all provisions have an impact on the deficit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In fact, something like this might be a way to actually add to the revenue, which would pass the Byrd Rule and also pay for a lot of the programs that I know we&rsquo;re gonna have to pay for,&rdquo; Biggs said, a former chairman of the conservative Freedom Caucus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) speaks as members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus tell reporters about allegations that the government spies on Americans during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This past Congress, Republicans tried and failed to repeal a bevy of Biden regulations using the CRA. A handful of them got through the Democratic-controlled Senate, including the repeal of Biden rules on water quality and labor rights, but Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3261869\/biden-veto-judge-act-most-since-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"vetoed them\">vetoed them<\/a> when they reached his desk.<\/p>\n<p>Those rules will be beyond the reach of congressional Republicans in January. It is estimated that the &ldquo;lookback&rdquo; window will extend to regulations submitted in the late summer.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Republicans see the CRA as a way to counteract a wave of late rulemaking by the Biden administration. In his final months, the president has submitted regulations covering home safety standards, environmental pollutants, and more.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, there are 90 &ldquo;significant&rdquo; rules eligible for repeal, <a href=\"https:\/\/regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu\/congressional-review-act-window-exploratory-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> a review by George Washington University&rsquo;s Regulatory Studies Center. Of those, 31 have an estimated annual impact of at least $200 million.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, we&rsquo;re not talking nickels and dimes here. We&rsquo;re talking real money,&rdquo; Biggs said.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Trump entered office, the limiting factor was time on the Senate floor. Each CRA resolution requires up to 10 hours of debate, and Republicans were preoccupied with confirming Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Congress ultimately undid a record <a href=\"https:\/\/regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu\/lookback-law-how-congress-uses-cra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">16 rules<\/a> at the outset of Trump&rsquo;s first term, marking the most expansive use of the CRA to date. By comparison, Biden worked with a Democratic Congress to overturn three.<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans would have undone more had there been fewer procedural obstacles. Anthony Campau, a fellow on regulation at EPIC who served on the 2017 transition, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he helped identify a list of more than 200 rules for repeal using the CRA.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Schwartz, the legal director at New York University&rsquo;s Institute for Policy Integrity, believes the CRA&rsquo;s limits are proper, forcing Congress to deliberate on each regulation it wants to nullify.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s already very broad. I don&rsquo;t think we need to make it any broader,&rdquo; he said, noting that conservatives have other avenues of recourse, including the federal courts.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz believes the legislation should be amended to clarify what constitutes a &ldquo;substantially similar&rdquo; regulation. Otherwise, the law will have a chilling effect with the more regulations Congress overturns, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Agencies might be afraid to ever touch the subject again, even if Congress only had a relatively narrow objection to the very specific form of that particular regulation,&rdquo; Schwartz said, an adjunct law professor at New York University.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Congressional Review Act really is a sledgehammer where sometimes Congress may only need a chisel,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans hope the tool will be useful as Trump promises a wholesale reevaluation of the federal government. During his campaign, he floated the idea of repealing 10 regulations for every new one, up from the 2-to-1 ratio of his first term.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also created a new fiscal commission, led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, tasked with proposing a regulatory rollback.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, he has really increased the intensity here,&rdquo; Campau said of Trump. &ldquo;And so, there has to be a corresponding increase on the Hill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We think there is,&rdquo; Campau added,&nbsp;judging that Biggs&rsquo; legislation could find its way into any number of must-pass bills next year. &ldquo;We think a lot of people in the Senate understand that and are focused on trying to drive that outcome as well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1913792\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1913792\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans aim to repeal Biden&#8217;s regulations with a new bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2381039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/andy-biggs-midnight-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43715,4762,46994,5894,3756],"class_list":["post-2381038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-agenda","tag-legislation","tag-midnight-push","tag-politics","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/andy-biggs-midnight-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381038"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381042,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381038\/revisions\/2381042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}