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>Congress can't ban itself from doing something in the future. You'd like to think that, but then you discover the Congressional Review Act: https://en.wikiped
by tclancy 10y ago
>Congress can't ban itself from doing something in the future.
You'd like to think that, but then you discover the Congressional Review Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Review_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Review_Act. 'Once a rule is thus repealed, the CRA also prohibits the reissuing of the rule in substantially the same form or the issuing of a new rule that is substantially the same, "unless the reissued or new rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of the joint resolution disapproving the original rule" (5 U.S. Code § 801(b)(2)). Congress has a window of time lasting 60 legislative days (i.e., days that the U.S. Congress is actually in session, rather than calendar days) to disapprove of any given rule; otherwise the rule will go into effect at the end of this period.'
It had been used once prior to this administration/ Congress.
- d0lph 10y agoTo go further though, couldn't you repeal that bit?