The mad scramble is ON….
With tight whiff of a President Trump being gone from office in a little more than 3 months ….
His political crew are hard at work trying water down or cut as many rules, regulations or laws that have accumulated of the years from past Democratic and Republican administrations…
Make no mistake?
Some of these actions could cost people their lives or well being because some people want to score political points in helping cut the costs of businesses…
Some of the actions will stick….
Some will be changed back by a Biden admin….
Some will have courts reverse. them…
Joe Biden’s people will have a LOT work to do to put things back to normal….
And expect more of this kinda stuff before Jan.20 if Biden wins as expected….(If Biden loses?….This is just the beginning)
Facing the prospect that President Trump could lose his re-election bid, his cabinet is scrambling to enact regulatory changes affecting millions of Americans in a blitz so rushed it may leave some changes vulnerable to court challenges.
The effort is evident in a broad range of federal agencies and encompasses proposals like easing limits on how many hours some truckers can spend behind the wheel, giving the government more freedom to collect biometric data and setting federal standards for when workers can be classified as independent contractors rather than employees.
In the bid to lock in new rules before Jan. 20, Mr. Trump’s team is limiting or sidestepping requirements for public comment on some of the changes and swatting aside critics who say the administration has failed to carry out sufficiently rigorous analysis.
Some cases, like a new rule to allow railroads to move highly flammable liquefied natural gas on freight trains, have led to warnings of public safety threats.
Every administration pushes to complete as much of its agenda as possible when a president’s term is coming to an end, seeking not just to secure its own legacy but also to tie the hands of any successor who tries to undo its work.
But as Mr. Trump completes four years marked by an extensive deregulatory push, the administration’s accelerated effort to put a further stamp on federal rules is drawing questions even from some former top officials who served under Republican presidents.
“Two main hallmarks of a good regulation is sound analysis to support the alternatives chosen and extensive public comment to get broader opinion,” said Susan E. Dudley, who served as the top White House regulatory official during the George W. Bush administration. “It is a concern if you are bypassing both of those.”