House Passes Bill to Streamline Congress’s Ability to Undo Biden-Era Regulation

The House of Representatives passed legislation on Feb. 12 that would increase the powers of Congress to undo regulations pushed through in the final year of the Biden administration. Dubbed the Midnight Rules Relief Act, the bill would extend powers already provided to Congress by the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which permits both chambers to pass joint resolutions to repeal regulations passed in the last 60 days of the previous Congress. Under the act, these resolutions would not require a 60-vote supermajority approval in the Senate to pass but would require the president’s signature to take effect. Currently, as the bill acknowledges, the CRA only allows joint resolutions to disapprove one regulation at a time....