{"id":2385069,"date":"2024-12-31T13:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-legacy-most-red-tape-ever-and-more-in-pipeline-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:29:11","slug":"biden-legacy-most-red-tape-ever-and-more-in-pipeline-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-legacy-most-red-tape-ever-and-more-in-pipeline-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden legacy: Most red tape ever and more in pipeline &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-legacy-most-red-tape-ever-and-more-in-pipeline-washington-examiner%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=2385069&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>The article discusses president Joe Biden&#8217;s legacy of regulatory expansion,\u2062 highlighting that\u2063 by the end of\u2062 2024, his administration published\u200b a record number of rules and regulations. The completion\u200d of this effort is marked by the Federal Register&#8217;s\u200c release on December 31, 2024, which totaled an unprecedented 107,262\u200d pages and included 3,248 final rules. This achievement\u200c surpasses the regulatory output \u2063of \u200dformer President Barack Obama, signaling a meaningful \u2063shift in the\u2064 regulatory landscape under\u200d Biden&#8217;s leadership. The article\u2064 emphasizes the impact of this extensive &#8220;red\u2064 tape&#8221;\u2063 on various sectors,\u200d including both Main \u200dStreet and Wall Street.  <\/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\">Biden legacy: Most red tape ever and more in pipeline<\/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_1924588\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> did it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On the last day of 2024, Biden completed his administration&rsquo;s epic march into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/regulation\/\" title=\"\">regulatory history<\/a>, publishing the biggest bible of red tape ever.<\/p>\n<p>With Tuesday&rsquo;s release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/FR-2024-12-31\/pdf\/FR-2024-12-31.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Federal Register<\/a>, a daily listing of new and changing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3248325\/biden-most-regulations-filled-federal-register-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">rules and regulations<\/a> for Main Street and Wall Street to follow, Biden&rsquo;s total count for the year hit 107,262 pages and 3,248 final rules and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>For perspective, former President Barack Obama, who relied on new regulations and executive orders to push his liberal agenda around a stubborn Congress, held the record until Tuesday with 95,894 pages.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden&rsquo;s administration now boasts two entries in the Top Five. Page counts, while not a precise measure of regulatory burden, do reflect inclinations toward regulatory enthusiasms when those are present,&rdquo; said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/waynecrews\/2024\/12\/31\/bidens-2024-federal-register-page-count-is-highest-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Clyde Wayne Crews<\/a>, the regulations watchdog at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/waynecrews\/2024\/12\/31\/bidens-2024-federal-register-page-count-is-highest-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Posting<\/a> in <em>Forbes<\/em> on Tuesday, Crews warned that Biden has an armload more to dump on the nation in his final three weeks as he acts to cement his legacy as a big-government Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of Biden&rsquo;s 3,248 rules finalized in 2024, 342 were deemed &lsquo;significant&rsquo; by agencies and the Office of Management and Budget. Among these, 770 rules were deemed to affect small business, 76 of those classified as significant. The hefty legislative enactments of the past four years on infrastructure, inflation and technology spending are already having far-reaching regulatory effects that the 119th Congress should address, especially since Biden&rsquo;s 2023 Modernizing Regulatory Review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">executive order<\/a> raised the threshold for what his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">administration considers significant<\/a>, complicating comparisons with earlier years. That executive order will likely be stricken on Trump&rsquo;s first day,&rdquo; Crews said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;The 2024 Federal Register closed with 1,769 proposed rules in the pipeline, including 175 significant ones. Over 500 of these proposals will also impact small businesses, with 35 acknowledged as &lsquo;significant.&rsquo; Trump&rsquo;s freeze on this pipeline could reshape the regulatory landscape,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump has promised to cut many of Biden&rsquo;s regulations and hopes to team with Congress to eliminate recently OK&rsquo;d rules through the arcane Congressional Review Act.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, it takes a regulation to eliminate a regulation, and Trump has offered to kill as many as 10 Biden regulations for each one he imposes, which could raise his Federal Register page count.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crews said deregulation advocates in Washington are hopeful the incoming president will make good on promises to cut red tape. Certainly, he said, Trump has the record to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rule counts under Trump did drop substantially compared to Obama levels, with 2019&rsquo;s 2,964 final rules marking the lowest tally since recordkeeping began in the mid-1970s. It is reasonable to expect a similar reduction in the new Trump term,&rdquo; Crews said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chief-justice-john-roberts-blasts-inappropriate-political-influence-in-year-end-report\/\" title=\"Chief Justice John Roberts Blasts &#039;Inappropriate Political Influence&#039; in Year-end Report\">year-end report<\/a>.<\/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_1924588\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1924588\"}});<\/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>Biden&#8217;s legacy: Record red tape and more to come<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2385070,"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\/03\/AP24078611100384-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,40105,4185,39648,32076],"class_list":["post-2385069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-government-regulation","tag-legacy","tag-red-tape","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24078611100384-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385069","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385069"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385073,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385069\/revisions\/2385073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}