by Jane Richey | Dec 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
There will be no “regulatory tsunami” from President Obama’s administration next year, the White House budget office insisted on Friday. The claim came as the Office of Management and Budget released its annual regulatory agenda, which sets regulatory priorities for...
by Jane Richey | Dec 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Under pressure from lawmakers, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has changed its school lunch requirements to allow more meats and grains. Several farm-state senators from both parties had been pushing USDA to change its school lunch requirements, saying it left...
by Jane Richey | Dec 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
An author and commentator says there are “no benefits” to tougher air pollution standards from the Environmental Protection Agency. The standards, expected later this month, involve small soot, dust and other particulate matter known as PM2.5. According to...
by Jane Richey | Dec 4, 2012 | Agenda 21, Politics
Last week, 88 new final rules were published, up from 32 the previous week. That’s the equivalent of a new regulation every 1 hour and 54 minutes — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All in all, 3,392 final rules have been published in the Federal Register this year. If...
by Jane Richey | Nov 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Republican Sen. James Inhofe says the Environmental Protection Agency has delayed action or “punted” on numerous regulations while President Obama tries to “earn votes” for a second term. The Oklahoma senator and ranking Republican on the chamber’s Committee on...
