Congressional Review Act and the Biden Administration
George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center policy analyst Sarah Hay talked about the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and what it means for President Biden as his administration seeks to keep a potential successor from rolling back his regulatory agenda.
Description
George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center policy analyst Sarah Hay talked about the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and what it means for President Biden as his administration seeks to keep a potential successor from rolling back his regulatory agenda.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Based on the clip, what is the Congressional Review Act (CRA)?
- According to Sarah Hay, how does the CRA work?
- What are "regulations," and why was the CRA passed in the years after the Supreme Court case Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983)?
- How "frequently" has the CRA been used? Explain.
- What "policy areas" have been impacted by the CRA?
- When is the CRA "most useful," and when has it been used other than in 2017?
- Which rules are most often "targeted" by the CRA, and how is this use "counterintuitive?" Explain.
Additional Resources
- Video Clip: Senate Votes to Overturn FCC's Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules
- Video Clip: Bureaucracy - Bureaucratic Regulations and Congressional Oversight
- Bell Ringer: Congressional Oversight
- Bell Ringer: The Federal Bureaucracy
- Bell Ringer: Congressional Review Act (1996) and the REINS Act
- Bell Ringer: Congressional Review Act
- Lesson Plan: The Role of Bureaucracy in Policy-Making
- Lesson Plan: Pros and Cons of the Bureaucracy
- Lesson Plan: Congressional Oversight of the Executive Branch
Participants
Vocabulary
- Administrative Procedure Act (1946)
- Barack Obama
- Bill Clinton
- Congressional Review Act (1996)
- Donald Trump
- Ergonomics
- Federal Trade Commission
- George W. Bush
- Immigration And Naturalization Service V. Chadha (1983)
- Joe Biden
- Legislative Veto
- Noncompete
- Occupational Safety And Health Administration
- President
- Promulgate