The House passed legislation Thursday that would allow it to repeal multiple Obama-era regulations at once, which would reduce the risk that some of President Obama’s 11th-hour rules might escape congressional review.
The bill, H.R. 5982, the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016, passed 240-179 along party lines.
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