Democrats’ Trump Cabinet delays may save Obama’s regs

Published February 3, 2017 5:01am ET



Senate Democrats’ delaying tactics against many of President Trump’s Cabinet nominations aren’t just causing Republicans headaches, they’re also working to save some of President Obama’s last-minute “midnight” regulations.

Obama issued a stunning 145 regulations between Election Day and Inauguration Day. Republicans are working to repeal a bunch of them using a streamlined process provided in a little-used 20-year-old law called the Congressional Review Act, or CRA.

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