Obama has issued 29% more ‘major’ regulations than Bush

Published February 12, 2014 5:00am ET



With an avalanche of Obamacare regulations and rules from still-unannounced executive orders coming, President Obama is on a path to issue nearly a third more major regulations than his predecessor, former President George W. Bush.

A new analysis from the Competitive Enterprise Institute revealed that in his first five years in office, Obama has issued an average of 81 major, impactful regulations a year. Bush averaged 61 a year over his full two terms.

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