A major deregulatory proposal that Republican hardliners had hoped to include in their party-line megabill was cut in the Senate.
Absent from a new section of the GOP budget reconciliation bill released Thursday is language from the “Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act,” which would have given Congress final approval over certain agency rules and would have expanded Congress’ ability to undo rules already in place.
Initial versions of the House reconciliation bill included parts of the “REINS Act.” But House leadership slashed it at the eleventh hour, replacing it instead with a blanket appropriation for the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to conduct deregulatory actions.
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s portion of the megabill, released Thursday night, included no mention of “REINS Act,” and also excluded the funding the House wanted for the budget office.
