Understand the big picture
 | |||
| Follow us... | |||
 |  | ||
| Published: | 2017-Jan-18 |
| Last Updated: | 2017-Jun-20 |
| Principal Writer: | Barry Shatzman |
 | Understanding The Issue |
| Issue Status |
| Analysis and Perspectives |
| What You Can Do |
 | The Rumor Mill |
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)
We gotta ask...
DID YOU JUST LEARN SOMETHING?
Is it worth a dollar?
News in FiVe is free to read, but it takes time and money to publish.
If you find what we do valuable, please help us continue with a small donation.
Even a dollar or three every so often makes a difference.
It's secure and takes only about a minute.
Thanks!
Shouldn't Congress have the ability to stop a bad regulation?
Congress already has that power. The 1996 Congressional Review Act (CRA) allows Congress to block any major regulation issued by a federal agency.
The question is a matter of how much power Congress should have. Representatives are accountable under the CRA because they must vote for a resolution to revoke a recent rule. If Congress were required to approve new rules, there would be no accountability, since without a vote the rule could not take effect.