6,125 Proposed Regulations Posted in Last 90 Days By Obama Administration

[Ryan Ruck]

Even though the article is about a month old, I just heard FNC reporting on this earlier in regard to the EPA attempting to hamstring the US timber industry via water runoff regulation.

THIS is how Obama bypasses Congress.

6,125 Proposed Regulations and Notifications Posted in Last 90 Days--Average 68 per Day

November 9, 2012

It’s Friday morning, and so far today, the Obama administration has posted 165 new regulations and notifications on its reguations.gov website.In the past 90 days, it has posted 6,125 regulations and notices – an average of 68 a day.

The website allows visitors to find and comment on proposed regulations and related documents published by the U.S. federal government. "Help improve Federal regulations by submitting your comments," the website says.

The thousands of entries run the gamut from meeting notifications to fee schedules to actual rules and proposed rule changes.
In recent days, for example, the EPA posted a proposed rule involving volatile organic compound emissions from architectural coatings: “We are approving a local rule that regulates these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act),” the proposed rule states. “We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.”

Another proposed rule will provide guidance for FDA staff on "enforcement criteria for canned ackee, frozen ackee, and other ackee products that contain hypoglycin A." (Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica; unripened or inedible portions can be toxic.)

Some of the proposed regulations revise regulations already on the books.

The website also links to a video of a speech President Barack Obama gave at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 7, 2011, in which the president promised to remove “outdated and unnecessary regulations.”

“I've ordered a government-wide review, and if there are rules on the books that are needlessly stifling job creation and economic growth, we will fix them,” the president said.

A number of groups, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, expect a rush of new regulations now that President Obama has won a second term.

CEI expects the EPA to move ahead on delayed rules on everything from greenhouse gas emissions to ozone standards. “Rules from the health care bill and the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill will also likely make themselves known in the weeks to come," the group said on its website.

[Phil Fiord]

Congress was meant to be a part time job to simply maintain our country and only make legislation changes if what we had needed to be changed due to various things like our country growing in land sizes. What Congress today thinks is they are law makers all day all the time. We have so many applicable laws on teh books they should just point to those and alter them if need be, not add in reams of new legalese.

[Ryan Ruck]

A highly valid point and something that has always stuck in my craw but... These are all regulations and rule changes that need no Congressional involvement. Just like Obama's Czardom he built after taking office which didn't need Congressional oversight like the Cabinet did/does. His entire presidency has been about bypassing Congress and consolidating power.

[American Patriot]

I don't like it, never have, never will. I ignore a lot of them now.