The CRA -- The Best Law You've Never Heard Of

the Bush administration is implementing a series of “midnight rules” before they leave town. And as Hilzoy noted earlier, the incoming Obama administration is examining ways to reverse these and other Bush rules. Interestingly enough, an obscure Gingrich-era law called the “Congressional Review Act of 1996” (CRA) could help the Dems prevent these rules from taking effect. It’s been used just once – by the Bush administration to overturn ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 21, 2008

The article reports on the provisions of a law that may allow reversing the midnight cowboy regulations being generated by the Bush/Cheney administration as the exit the white house. It is clear and referenced.

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