The answer is the Congressional Review Act, which Republicans in a second Trump presidency could use to further attack the administrative state. Finalizing rules early protects them from this fate.
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Mitch McConnell, Senate Arsonist
Today on TAP: The longtime leader of Senate Republicans did more damage to his elected body than anyone in history.
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Jeff Merkley vs. the Senate
The Oregon senator’s new book harnesses 15 years of fighting to end the filibuster.
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America Is Not a Democracy
The movement to save democracy from threats is too quick to overlook the problems that have been present since the founding.
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Reconciliation Is Available to End Debt Limit Hostage-Taking
With the GOP likely to take over the House, Democrats can use the lame duck to effectively eliminate the debt limit and the leverage Republicans would wield.
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President Biden Is Right About MAGA Republicans
A Trump-appointed judge is attempting to protect the former president from a criminal investigation.
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On Health Care, the Filibuster Means We Get Medicare for All or Nothing
Time to ditch this nonsensical fake tradition.
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Mitch McConnell Once Again Takes Advantage of Democratic Fecklessness
Today on TAP: Senate Democrats can’t move because they’re standing on their own feet.
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How the Senate—Once, Long Ago—Banned Assault Weapons
Today on TAP: Courage and common sense were necessary but not sufficient. Here’s how it passed.
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The Senate Has Forfeited Its Right to Exist
Not even 19 butchered children can break through its idiotic traditions.
