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Republicans Are Using An Obscure Law To Repeal Some Obama-Era Regulations

The Congressional Review Act has allowed the Republican-controlled Congress and President Trump to repeal nearly a dozen regulations enacted in the last six months of the Obama administration.
Under a rarely used law, lawmakers have voted to repeal more than a dozen regulations enacted in the last six months of the Obama administration.

President Trump and congressional Republicans are having some success with one of their oft-stated goals — rolling back federal regulations approved during the Obama administration. But the clock is ticking.

The more than a dozen regulations approved in the final six months

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