President Obama has implemented more costly rules and swamped America with more federal red tape than any other administration, and now he has set another regulatory record: his team has filled 70,000 pages in the Federal Register faster than any other president.
Team Obama crossed the 70,000-page mark this week and is on schedule to print seven of the fattest eight Federal Registers in history, according to a new analysis from the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Vice President of Policy Clyde Wayne Crews.
“Let’s put this in some perspective,” said Crews in the report provided to Secrets.
“The day after Columbus Day, the 70,000-page line was crossed earlier than ever, with the print edition of today’s October 11, 2016 Federal Register hitting 70,318 pages,” he said. “The all-time record-high Federal Register was 81,405 pages in 2010. In fact, six of the seven all-time high federal register page counts have happened under the Barack Obama administration.”
CEI has projected that the 2016 total in the Federal Register will be a record-setting 89,416 pages.
The Federal Register record comes after Obama hit several other records, according to American Action Forum.
“The Obama administration has set several notable records in the regulatory world: 600 major regulations and counting, more than 10 billion hours of federal paperwork, and the costliest single year in regulation in recent history. It’s time for another record: 101 unfunded regulatory mandates imposed on states, local governments, and businesses,” said a new AAF report.
In fact AAF regulatory policy director Sam Batkins put a price for the regulatory red tape at $2,496 per person per year.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
