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Corporate Behavior
Environment: Policy
Government
The Ways of Congress
ALERT Act
2017 (HR-75)
Regulatory Accountability Act2017 (HR-5)
REINS Act2017 (HR-26)
Midnight Rules Relief Act2017 (HR-21)
Financial CHOICE Act2017 (HR-10)
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2017 Congressional Republicans begin assault early
Almost immediately after being sworn in, the new House of Representatives proposed four bills that would allow old regulations to be nullified and cripple agencies' abilities to enact new rules...
o The Midnight Rules Relief Act would allow multiple regulations to nullified in one action.
o The Regulatory Accountability Act would make the regulation process cost more and take more time. The resulting laws likely would be less effective.
o The ALERT Act would delay the implementation of any new major regulation by six months.
As of Jan. 24, 2017, three of the bills have passed the house. They have yet to be acted on by the Senate.
As these bills are generally supported by Republicans - who have a majority in the Senate. However, they currently are being filibustered by Senate Democrats, and cannot pass without support by several Democrats.
Financial CHOICE bill is another attempt being filbustered
On June 8, the House passed the Financial CHOICE Act. It currently is up for consideration in the Senate. However, Senate Democrats plan to keep it on hold with a filibuster.
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