It's Time to Rein in Regulators
Phil Kerpen
Phil Kerpen
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Posted: Dec 31, 2016 12:01 AM
It's Time to Rein in Regulators
I've written a book chapter and a lot of columns over the years on the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act ---- a profoundly simple, powerful bill that would require regulators and bureaucrats to get their most expensive rules approved by Congress before they could take effect ---- and we've never been closer to seeing it signed into law.
The House is planning to take it up as one of the first orders of business in the new 115th Congress, and it is expected to pass, as it has in the House each of the last three Congresses.Each previous Congress it passed the House under a veto threat from President Obama, who was adamantly opposed to any of his regulatory handiwork being scrutinized by our elected officials.
Times have changed.
http://townhall.com/columnists/philkerpen/2016/12/31/its-time-to-rein-in-regulators-n2265348
