Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
The bill amends 5 U.S.C. chapter 8 (the Congressional Review Act) to allow Congress to include multiple "midnight" rules in a single joint resolution of disapproval when each rule's report was submitted during a President's final year. It also prescribes sample language for the resolving clause to list multiple rules and state that such rules "shall have no force or effect." The change is procedural: it permits en bloc (grouped) disapproval of last‑year rules rather than requiring separate resolutions for each rule.
Liberals stress harm to regulatory protections; conservatives stress oversight and rollback benefits
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, targeted statutory amendment that clearly integrates into the existing Congressional Review Act framework to permit en bloc joint resolutions of disapproval for rules submitted during a President's final year.
The bill amends 5 U.S.C. chapter 8 (the Congressional Review Act) to allow Congress to include multiple "midnight" rules in a single joint resolution of disapproval when each rule's report was submitted during a President's final year.
It also prescribes sample language for the resolving clause to list multiple rules and state that such rules "shall have no force or effect." The change is procedural: it permits en bloc (grouped) disapproval of last‑year rules rather than requiring separate resolutions for each rule.
Narrow, low-cost change but politically sensitive; passage hinges on Senate procedural dynamics and majority willingness.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, targeted statutory amendment that clearly integrates into the existing Congressional Review Act framework to permit en bloc joint resolutions of disapproval for rules submitted during a President's final year.
Liberals stress harm to regulatory protections; conservatives stress oversight and rollback benefits
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Liberals stress harm to regulatory protections; conservatives stress oversight and rollback benefits
Likely wary or opposed.
The persona views this as a procedural tool that makes it easier to roll back last‑minute regulations enacted to protect workers, the environment, or civil rights.
They worry it concentrates partisan power and reduces deliberation on consequential rules.
Cautiously mixed.
The persona recognizes efficiency gains in allowing en bloc disapproval but is concerned about concentrating decisionmaking and reducing deliberation.
Support depends on safeguards, limits, and clarity in statutory language to avoid abuse and legal uncertainty.
Generally supportive.
The persona sees this as a useful enforcement and oversight tool to undo outgoing administrations' last‑minute regulations efficiently.
They view it as restoring legislative authority over agency rulemaking and curbing regulatory overreach.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Narrow, low-cost change but politically sensitive; passage hinges on Senate procedural dynamics and majority willingness.
The House passed this bill. It now goes to the other chamber, and eventually to the President for signature.
The final vote on whether the bill becomes law (pending the other chamber and the President).
The attempt to send the bill back to committee failed. The bill continues moving forward.
A motion to recommit sends a bill back to committee, often as a last-ditch attempt to stop it.
Liberals stress harm to regulatory protections; conservatives stress oversight and rollback benefits
Narrow, low-cost change but politically sensitive; passage hinges on Senate procedural dynamics and majority willingness.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, targeted statutory amendment that clearly integrates into the existing Congressional Review Act framework to permit en bloc joint resolutions of disappr…
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