GOP Girds for Race to Repeal Obama’s Final Rules Before Deadline
- Under 1996 law, Republicans must act by May to speed reversal
- Contractor ‘blacklisting,’ energy-efficiency rules are targets
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Republicans in Congress plan to deploy a powerful tool soon after Donald Trump is inaugurated to scuttle a host of rules put in place in the last months of Barack Obama’s presidency, yet they must act quickly for the tactic to work.
A number of rules will be targeted using the Congressional Review Act, a law passed 20 years ago after Republicans took House control for the first time in four decades that provides an expedited procedure for canceling rules issued in the final months of an administration. It’s been used successfully only once, and top GOP lawmakers say they have about four months to act.