Window closes in Congress for rolling back Obama regulations

By Susan Ferrechio

Published May 12, 2017 12:00am ET

Window closes in Congress for rolling back Obama regulations — Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., praised the GOP's heavy use of the CRA. Prior to this year, the law had used just once since it was signed into law in 1996. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

The clock has run out on special rules that allowed Republicans to repeal more than a dozen Obama-era regulations.

The GOP-led House and Senate, along with President Donald Trump, wiped 13 regulations off the books, and a 14th is about to be signed into law, using the Congressional Review Act.

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