Senate Republicans prepare blitzkrieg on Biden regulations
by Alexander Bolton - 01/08/25 6:00 AM ET
Senate Republicans, waiting for their House counterparts to figure out their strategy on border security and tax reform, are planning to use the Congressional Review Act to wage a lightning war on regulations implemented by the Biden administration over the past six months.
Senate GOP leaders say their first priority will be to confirm President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees but then they will move quickly to passing Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to overturn an array of Biden-era regs.
But they need to act quickly on the deregulatory front because a joint resolution disapproving of Biden-era rules needs to be introduced under strict time requirements.
Republican lawmakers introduced 67 resolutions of disapproval to roll back regulations implemented under President Barack Obama during Trump’s first year in office in 2017. Trump signed 16 of those resolutions of disapproval into law that year.
Republican lawmakers are hoping to recreate that assault on Biden-era regulations in the weeks ahead but the biggest problem right now is figuring out which ones to target, given limited Senate floor time.
“It’s a target-rich environment,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). “I think the most important thing is for us to have sort of internal discussion and prioritization.
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