[MrB]

Every EPA dictate should be required to have a human (property) impact report and an economic impact report before implementation and enforcement.

All regulations from the EPA with the force of law (ie, ALL) should be required to be approved by Congress.

[shotgun]

They all ready do. The gubmint ignores this at will...

[cc2k]

MrB wrote:

All regulations from the EPA with the force of law (ie, ALL) should be required to be approved by Congress.

Not just the EPA.

If the Republicans were serious about smaller government, and didn't want to control it and expand it to support their agenda, they would propose something like this:

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Regulations are not Laws Act

No regulation proposed by the Executive Branch or any agency thereof shall have the force of law until it is passed by a majority of both houses of Congress and signed into law by the President.

All regulations currently documented in the "Code of Federal Regulations" will sunset 5 years after the passage of this act, unless those regulations are presented to Congress and passed by a majority in both houses of the Congress and signed into law by the President.

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I've emailed and faxed that proposal to my Establishment, Ruling Class RINO Congress Critter, but received no response so far.

[rottndog]

All regulations from the EPA with the force of law (ie, ALL) should be required to be approved by Congress.

ANYTHING that dictates ANY form of compliance to the Federal Government while at the same time providing ANY kind of sanction or punishment for failure to do so should be approved by BOTH houses of Congress and signed by a duly elected President of the United States. This is called a LAW, and the US Constitution explicitly directs the LEGISLATIVE process by which it comes into being.

Regulations are LAWS, and should be viewed as such. Any regulation/regulations that do not follow the specific afore mentioned process, are nothing more than EXECUTIVE LEGISLATION, also known as TYRANNY!

I cannot seem to put my finger on the specific clause in the US Constitution that allows Congress to delegate it's legislative authority to the Executive branch of government...