Little-Noticed Part of G.O.P. Bill Could 'Make It Impossible to Regulate'

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/upshot/republican-bill-government-regulations.html

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Government agencies have proposed dozens of major regulations so far this year. One specifies the kinds of operating cords that can be used on custom window coverings, and another would effectively require carmakers to transition two-thirds of all new passenger cars to electric technology.

Under a little-noticed provision in a House bill that passed this month, all of those regulations would need to come before Congress for a vote before they could go into effect.

“It may seem like it’s in the weeds, but it really affects all of us,” said Susan Dudley, the director of the regulatory studies center at George Washington University, who was the top regulatory official in the George W. Bush administration. She was one of several leading experts who were unaware that the bill contained this provision.

The Republican legislation, which is not expected to become law in its current form, has mostly attracted attention for its part in the debate about raising the country’s borrowing limit, and for its proposals to reduce federal deficits over the next decade. But its effort to reshape the federal regulatory process could arguably have a deeper impact on the future functioning of government.

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[sakabatou]

1. Republicans, wanting to drown the government in a bathtub or so bloated it can't move

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. RepubliCONs can't govern but they can cripple it. . . . nt

[tanyev]

3. It's "in the weeds" because somebody buried it there.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick