by Jane Richey | Aug 4, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Members of Congress are heading back to their districts this weekend for the August recess, but regulators across Washington will remain at work crafting new rules. In coming weeks and months, the Obama administration is set to issue scores of regulations, some of...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Taking direct aim at executive branch power, the House on August 2nd approved legislation requiring Congress to sign off on the most costly federal regulations. The Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act passed 232-183 in a vote that went...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Obama administration wants new regulations for mills that turn wood into pulp. On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduled to publish in the Federal Register a proposal governing plants that use chemicals to break down wood chips into a...
by Jane Richey | May 20, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Green groups have used “sue and settle” tactics to force more than 100 new rules from President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency, according to a new Chamber of Commerce study released Monday. The business group decried the “sue and settle” tactic, which they...
by Jane Richey | Mar 13, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) decided to print out all 20,000 pages of ObamaCare regulations, stack them in a single pile, and photograph the result using a chair for reference. That’s a good seven feet of regulations. The top 828 pages, by the way,...