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Jetset, I saw a small article at Politico concerning this the other day. I'm sorry I don't have the link but it is referred to at another site:
Congressional Democrats are eyeing a little-known, Clinton-era law as a way to reverse Bush administration midnight regulations even ones that have already taken effect.
Its a move that would undermine the White Houses attempt to finalize its energy and environmental regulations by November so that Barack Obama couldnt undo them after hes sworn in as the 44th president on Jan. 20.
Fortunately, [the White House] made a mistake, said a top Senate Democratic aide.
Last May, White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten instructed federal agency heads to make sure any new regulations were finalized by Nov. 1. The memo didnt spell it out, but the thinking behind the directive was obvious. As Myron Ebell of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute put it: Were not going to make the same mistakes the Clinton administration did.
President Bill Clinton finalized regulations within 60 days of the 2001 inauguration, meaning Bush could come in and easily reverse them.
It could take Obama years to undo climate rules finalized more than 60 days before he takes office the advantage the White House sought by getting them done by Nov. 1. But that strategy doesnt account for the Congressional Review Act of 1996.
The law contains a clause determining that any regulation finalized within 60 legislative days of congressional adjournment is considered to have been legally finalized on the 15th legislative day of the new Congress, likely sometime in February. Congress then has 60 days to review it and reverse it with a joint resolution that cant be filibustered in the Senate.
In other words, any regulation finalized in the last half-year of the Bush administration could be wiped out with a simple party-line vote in the Democrat-controlled Congress. - Politico
I saw the same thing as MaxD last night at MSNBC and according to Rachel Maddow, the date for the Bush Administration to pass bills was May 15, 2008 in order for them to be nearly impossible to reverse.
Guess we shall see
Congressional Democrats are eyeing a little-known, Clinton-era law as a way to reverse Bush administration midnight regulations even ones that have already taken effect.
Its a move that would undermine the White Houses attempt to finalize its energy and environmental regulations by November so that Barack Obama couldnt undo them after hes sworn in as the 44th president on Jan. 20.
Fortunately, [the White House] made a mistake, said a top Senate Democratic aide.
Last May, White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten instructed federal agency heads to make sure any new regulations were finalized by Nov. 1. The memo didnt spell it out, but the thinking behind the directive was obvious. As Myron Ebell of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute put it: Were not going to make the same mistakes the Clinton administration did.
President Bill Clinton finalized regulations within 60 days of the 2001 inauguration, meaning Bush could come in and easily reverse them.
It could take Obama years to undo climate rules finalized more than 60 days before he takes office the advantage the White House sought by getting them done by Nov. 1. But that strategy doesnt account for the Congressional Review Act of 1996.
The law contains a clause determining that any regulation finalized within 60 legislative days of congressional adjournment is considered to have been legally finalized on the 15th legislative day of the new Congress, likely sometime in February. Congress then has 60 days to review it and reverse it with a joint resolution that cant be filibustered in the Senate.
In other words, any regulation finalized in the last half-year of the Bush administration could be wiped out with a simple party-line vote in the Democrat-controlled Congress. - Politico
I saw the same thing as MaxD last night at MSNBC and according to Rachel Maddow, the date for the Bush Administration to pass bills was May 15, 2008 in order for them to be nearly impossible to reverse.
Guess we shall see