House votes to reform federal regulatory machine

Published January 11, 2017 11:44pm ET



The House took an opening shot at government overregulation on Wednesday by passing a bill that would reform the regulatory process and restore judicial branch authority to interpret ambiguous statutes.

It passed easily in a 238-183 vote, and five Democrats crossed the aisle to support it with Republicans.

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