House GOP passes latest anti-regulation bill

Published July 26, 2012 5:09pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Thursday passed legislation that would freeze major government regulations until the unemployment rate, now at 8.2 percent, drops to 6 percent or below.

The latest GOP attempt to rein in Obama administration’s rulemaking, like previous anti-regulation bills, is virtually certain to die in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

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