The Reins Act: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny

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  • John Stossel and Senator Mike Lee Discuss Regulations, REINS Act
    May 4, 2012 - John Stossel: Now, in terms of the regulatory burden where, as you say, they are on automatic pilot, 1,000 a week added, you have a sunset proposal that would stop that? Senator Mike Lee: Yes. The best proposal up there right now to deal with the mission creep associated with the modern federal regu... More
  • Master of Distraction: White House Regulatory Op-Ed Today Yet Another Diversion
    May 1, 2012 - Cass Sunstein’s WSJ op-ed this morning heralded yet another Administration plan to provide regulatory relief to the nation’s businesses, this time via a “harmonization” of certain domestic regulations with our trading partners. We suspect this news will prompt no small number of them to plead for no... More
  • Coal mining and coal-fired power generation
    Apr 10, 2012 - April 7, 2012 LoganBanner.com Four years ago, when he was running for president, Barack Obama told the San Francisco Chronicle what he had in mind for coal: Electricity costs would “skyrocket,” he said. And people could build coal-fired power plants, he added. “It’s just that it will bankrupt them.... More
  • Rep. Jason Chaffetz cites REINS Act on CNBC's Kudlow Report
    Apr 4, 2012 - Monday evening (04/02), Rep. Jason Chaffetz [UT-3] appeared on CNBC's The Kudlow Report to discuss government overregulation. During the interview, Rep. Chaffetz mentioned the REINS Act as a solution to regulatory overreach (transcript below the video). Transcript: Kudlow: All this week we're gonna ... More
  • Electric rates will soar now that Obama's EPA has crushed coal-fired power plants
    Mar 29, 2012 - By Phil Kerpen | FoxNews.com With the country focused on this week’s high drama at the Supreme Court, President Obama’s EPA quietly released long-delayed regulations to apply global warming rules never authorized by Congress to new coal-fired power plants. That Obama’s EPA would release a rule to de... More
  • Why Regulations Aren't Good -- Again
    Mar 21, 2012 - by Wayne Crews Forbes.com The first week of Spring is also “hooray, regulation” week at the White House. Regulatory policy chief Cass Sunstein, one of the most accomplished and cited legal scholars of all time, has been busy. He penned a Chicago Tribune oped called “Why Regulations are Good — Again... More
  • Americans for Limited Government Endorses the REINS Act
    Mar 19, 2012 - On March 16, 2012, the president of Americans for Limited Government (ALG), Bill Wilson, addressed a letter to Congressman Geoff Davis in support of the REINS Act. According to the organization's website, ALG "is a non-partisan, nationwide network committed to advancing free-market reforms, private ... More
  • Putting the reins on overzealous bureaucrats
    Mar 13, 2012 - A fundamental principle of our system of government is that the power ultimately rests with the people. Most of the time, “people” refers to the American citizenry as a whole—the voters who speak with their ballots. But when it comes to regulations, it seems the people with the power are members of ... More
  • How REINS Would Improve Environmental Protection
    Mar 12, 2012 - (David Schoenbrod, a former attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and currently a law professor at New York Law School, wrote the following in the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum.) "REINS would shift final authority on regulations from the offices of agencies to the floor o... More
  • Over-regulated America
    Feb 18, 2012 - From the Economist Feb 18th 2012 | from the print edition AMERICANS love to laugh at ridiculous regulations. A Florida law requires vending-machine labels to urge the public to file a report if the label is not there. The Federal Railroad Administration insists that all trains must be painted with ... More

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The REINS Act: Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny
The REINS Act will ensure Congressional accountability for the regulations that have the greatest impact on our economy. - Congressman Geoff Davis