Justice Department Urges Congress to Rewrite Regulatory Policy August 12, 2020 By David Shepardson The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74-year-law that is central to how the government sets...
Trump Regulatory Rollback Targets Safety Rules Prompted by Industrial Disasters November 25, 2019 By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Trump administration’s move to relax an Obama-era chemical safety regulation put in place after an explosion at a fertilizer...
Trump Administration Begins Repeal of Obama Clean Power Plan October 11, 2017 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy When President Barack Obama unveiled his plan to pare emissions from U.S. power plants two years ago, he stressed the...
Trump Administration Drops Rule to Address Truck Driver, Train Engineer Fatigue August 7, 2017 By Alan Levin The Trump administration is halting a year-old effort to seek better ways to diagnose truckers and railroad workers who have...
Republicans Prepare Assault on Obama’s Final Regulations December 20, 2016 By Laura Litvan Republicans in Congress plan to deploy a powerful tool soon after Donald Trump is inaugurated to scuttle a host of...
Republican Platform Under Trump: Reinstate Glass-Steagall, Go Slow on Trade Pacts July 19, 2016 By Mark Niquette and John McCormick Republican National Convention delegates approved a platform Monday that calls for reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act and scaling back the Dodd-Frank...