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Trump banishing Obama's memos, regulations
WND ^ | 11/24/2017 | Alicia Powe

Posted on 11/24/2017 10:26:03 AM PST by ForYourChildren

'Doing better than Ronald Reagan' to cut rules!

Under the Obama administration, the White House, the Department of Justice and other federal agencies repeatedly circumvented Congress by using guidance memos to create de facto regulations, changing laws without going through the review process.

In less than a year, however, the Trump administration has dramatically scaled back government overreach, Merrill Matthews, a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, told WND.

“Guidance typically from the department means there is some question about how to do this, because of the way it was ambiguously written, so a federal agency would provide guidance. But the Obama administration, actually, greatly overstepped those limits in clarifying things to in essence create new law,” Matthews explained.

“The Trump administration is doing better than Ronald Reagan on reducing the flow of regulation,” he said, citing the free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Obama ended his presidency with a record-shattering regulatory rulebook. The Federal Register topped off at 97,110 pages, an all-time high, with 18 regulations added for every new law .

While regulations and Federal Register pages, where agency rules and regulations are published, dropped more than one-third under President Reagan over several years, CEI notes, the Trump administration cut the number of pages in the Federal Register 32 percent in the first nine months of this year.

The Trump administration has saved $560 million by cutting regulations, according to American Action Forum.

When Trump ran for president, he promised to slash as many as 80 percent of all federal regulations, and he is on his way to fulfilling that promise.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: administrativestate; cutgovernment; cutregulations; drainthswamp; illegal; maga; obama; regulations; trumpregulations; trumptrumpwinsagain; winning
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1 posted on 11/24/2017 10:26:03 AM PST by ForYourChildren
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To: ForYourChildren

The administrative state, illegal, unconstitutional.

POTUS DJT

WINNING!

#MAGA


2 posted on 11/24/2017 10:26:34 AM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

“When Trump ran for president, he promised to slash as many as 80 percent of all federal regulations, and he is on his way to fulfilling that promise.”


3 posted on 11/24/2017 10:27:00 AM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

On Friday, Sessions said “simply sending a letter” to “make new rules” is unconstitutional — and that previously issued memos might soon be rescinded.

“simply sending a letter” - Obama’s way of creating law!

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jeff-sessions-ends-obama-era-practice-of-changing-policy-through-guidance-memos/article/2641070


4 posted on 11/24/2017 10:29:03 AM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

Trump bump! Drain the swamp!!


5 posted on 11/24/2017 10:30:05 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: ForYourChildren

I actually am getting tired of winning.

No, not really.


6 posted on 11/24/2017 10:30:55 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: ForYourChildren

For example, here is how Obama created a law on transgender bathrooms.

“One of the more recent and infamous Justice Department guidance memos from the former administration that had this type of effect was issued by Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch in May 2016 on transgender students’ access to bathrooms.”

“Obama orders schools to allow trans students use bathroom of their choice”

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-orders-schools-to-allow-trans-students-use-bathroom-of-their-choice/article/2591253


7 posted on 11/24/2017 10:31:12 AM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

Throw him out, too!

Let him live someplace where they appreciate thieves and liars!

Oh, that’s right, he lived in Chicago.

Well, Puerto Rico needs a king!


8 posted on 11/24/2017 10:32:07 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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"Well, Puerto Rico needs a king!"

Here he is in his crown. Ready to go be king.


9 posted on 11/24/2017 10:35:17 AM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

That, is a good one.


10 posted on 11/24/2017 10:36:52 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: ForYourChildren

There needs to be a similar rolling back of regulation at the state and (especially) local level too. Over regulation is absolutely destroying small business and the self-employed.


11 posted on 11/24/2017 10:39:09 AM PST by KyCats
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To: ForYourChildren
Excellent news - cleaning up the mess left by Odungo and his orcs.
God Bless President Donald J. Trump. God Bless America.
12 posted on 11/24/2017 10:40:36 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: ForYourChildren

There are bad Executive Orders dating back to LBJ that are still in force and need to be overwritten right away by new Executive Orders from President Trump.


13 posted on 11/24/2017 10:41:31 AM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: ForYourChildren; holdonnow

Trump outperforming Reagan.


14 posted on 11/24/2017 10:44:05 AM PST by conservative98
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To: ForYourChildren

And the Never Trumper’s weep and gnash their teeth.


15 posted on 11/24/2017 10:47:25 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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The Trump administration has saved $560 million by cutting regulations, according to American Action Forum.

The real impact of regulations is far greater than any economic analysis ever captures.

Good productive people waste days of their time collecting trivial information, filling out useless forms, and writing lengthy explainations of why the information that is available doesn't exactly fit the rigid one-size-fits-all requirements of the regulation. Then the information gets sent to some office and months or years later, a nameless beauracrat responds with another set of questions that makes clear they didn't really read the first form.

This process repeats itself millions of times a day, all over the US economy.

16 posted on 11/24/2017 11:09:18 AM PST by CaptainMorgantown
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To: ForYourChildren
How could 0 change how laws were enforced (or not enforced) and circumvent Congress without any, or much, pushback from the judiciary, whereas they seem to be all over Trump's changes/interpretations with a web of rulings?

Easy: the United States judiciary has a political agenda, something they are not supposed to have. 0 politicized the U.S. government like Hitler did Germany in the 1930's.

They must be stopped. Convict a few judges, strip them of office and throw them in prison. That last part is essential to send the right message to these thugs: No more!

17 posted on 11/24/2017 11:47:41 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: ForYourChildren
DJT . . . Best President Ever!!!

MAGA!!!

18 posted on 11/24/2017 12:07:43 PM PST by rhubarbk (Winning, Winning, Winning . . . MAGA is a beautiful thing!!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

#MeToo !!!!


19 posted on 11/24/2017 12:17:21 PM PST by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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To: ForYourChildren

For at least a month after the Republican Convention last year, the PATHETIC Ted Cruz STILL wanted Hillary to win. Now Cruz wants DEMOCRAT Doug Jones to win in Alabama, based on a forged yearbook entry.

I’m glad Trump is outing these guys...but it is REALLY UGLY to have to watch.


20 posted on 11/24/2017 12:26:53 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart...I just don't tell anyone)
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