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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 05:50 PM Dec 2016

House Freedom Caucus wants To Undo 232 Rules On Net Neutrality, other consumer protection laws

For the few dozen members of the House of Representatives Freedom Caucus, the hope to see President-elect Donald Trump undo or revise more than 200 federal rules involving everything from tobacco to food labels to ceiling fans to your constitutional right to bring a lawsuit against your credit card company.

The list was released this week by Rep. Mark Meadows (NC), who chairs the conservative Freedom Caucus, a group of federal lawmakers formed in 2015 that openly advocates for limited government.

Repealing or revising some rules — certainly those that are at least a year old — will require either entirely new rules, or legislative action. As we’ve mentioned in previous stories, newer regulations — those finalized in the final few months of the Obama administration — can be rolled back via the Congressional Review Act.

That 1996 law — only used once successfully since its creation — allows Congress to review and issue a joint memorandum of disapproval on rules they wish to undo. The President must sign that memorandum (or Congress must override a veto) for the rule to be rolled back.
https://consumerist.com/2016/12/15/house-freedom-caucus-asks-trump-to-undo-232-rules-on-everything-from-net-neutrality-to-tobacco-to-nursing-homes-to-ceiling-fans/#more-10263307

PDF at the link, more programs on the list at the link. Really important to read and become familiar with what is under the axe. They are going to target Eliz Warren's Consumer Protection program.
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House Freedom Caucus wants To Undo 232 Rules On Net Neutrality, other consumer protection laws (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 OP
Every thing is under the axe. SamKnause Dec 2016 #1
This Caucus J_William_Ryan Dec 2016 #2

SamKnause

(13,112 posts)
1. Every thing is under the axe.
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 05:57 PM
Dec 2016

Anything that helps or protects the rights of we the people is under the axe.

Anything that helps or enables the elites will be protected at all costs.

This country will not survive the assault of Trump and his administration.

J_William_Ryan

(1,760 posts)
2. This Caucus
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 06:06 PM
Dec 2016

has little to do with ‘freedom.’

Ultimately the future of necessary, proper, and Constitutional regulatory policy will be determined by a handful of moderate Republicans in the Senate.

This is no way to run a country.

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