Loading ...US Republicans pass bill to block last minute Obama regulations on coal
House Republicans in the US passed legislation Wednesday to block or undo regulations and executive orders recently issued by President Barack Obama.
Congress has now the power to kill in one fell swoop dozens of such laws, dubbed “midnight rules” — those rolled out in the last 60 legislative days of an outgoing administration.
Many of the targeted legislation set stricter conditions to coal miners and sought keeping the extractive industry out of environmentally sensitive areas.
“Because outgoing administrations are no longer accountable to the voters, they are much more prone to issue midnight regulations that fly in the face of the electoral mandate the voters just gave the new, incoming administration,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte ahead of the vote, Reuters reports. “Waves of midnight rules can also be very hard for Congress or a new administration to check adequately.”
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