(08-15-2017 09:06 AM)Redwingtom Wrote: (08-11-2017 10:01 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: Back to the original topic.
Good deal.
Dude, you're basically cheering something akin to the deficit not growing as fast as it was when it's still growing.
I agree that I'd rather be cheering a 25%-50% reduction. But at least slowing the rate of increase is a step in the right direction. But if he really wants my support, he needs to push through the following:
1) All new rule makings subject to congressional consent; automatically for any rule having an effect more than $X, and upon petition by 20% of the members of congress within 6 months for those not reaching that threshold; agencies may declare a regulation to be an emergency regulation, in which case the time frame is 1 month, and the congressional review is mandatory;
2) Sunset review of every administrative agency every 10 years, on the 10 year anniversary of its establishment to spread it out, the scope of such review to include confirmation or rescission of each regulation issued by that agency from inception;
3) Getting the ALJs who decide cases out from under the supervision of the executive director of the agency, a blatant conflict of interest and violation of due process, in my opinion; either create a separate executive department of administrative hearings, like Texas and Oregon, or better, set up Article III administrative law courts in each federal judicial district, like most countries in Europe;
4) Try all cases in the district in which the cause of action arises, instead of DC, and have the route of appeal go up through that district and circuit, instead of thought he DC circuit. This has the effect of pulling a lot of power from inside the Beltway to the rest of the country, as it should be.
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Trump slows federal regs to a crawl in first six months
