NEW: Trump and Republicans in Congress are rigging the rules to reward big donors.
A new CSS memo documents the vectors of these attacks, which harm the public to benefit wealthy donors and corporate interests aligned with MAGA and the GOP.
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Proponents of deregulation ignore what regulation is really about: protecting people, saving lives, making markets more fair, said CSS Executive Director Rachel Weintraub.
This is a good overview of the right's deregulatory agenda as it is playing out in the states.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
Trump’s EPA repealing the Endangerment Finding ignores bedrock scientific evidence on the harms to public health posed by greenhouse gasses and climate change.
Since it was established that scientific evidence has only gotten stronger.
All of us will suffer as a result of this dangerous decision.
NEW: Public participation is key to improving the federal regulatory process.
Prior to the Trump administration, many federal agencies were making big strides in public outreach -- improving the effectiveness and responsiveness of rules.
More details here: sensiblesafeguards.org/press/public...
NEW: CSS leaders endorsed the EXPERTS Act, reintroduced today by @jayapal.house.gov and @warren.senate.gov.
The bill would restore and modernize the federal regulatory system, which has been corrupted by Trump, the courts, and corporate lobbyists.
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Another big conclusion: Biden admin didn't take seriously enough the regulatory state's sclerosis. They were too naive about courts and unprepared to wage war in them.
The report proposes Dems stand for major regulatory *and* court reform going forward:
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Check out my latest for @lpeblog.bsky.social: I trace the rise of a new form of politicized regulatory relief emanating from the White House, how it departs from centralized regulatory review at OIRA, and what it means for the political economy of the modern presidency lpeproject.org/blog/the-ris...
NEW: CSS just released this fact sheet on the impact of the government shutdown on pending rulemakings and enforcement.
At the bottom, there's also an index of shutdown contingency plans from various departments and agencies.
sensiblesafeguards.org/factsheets/g...
Along with @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social we take a deep dive on the recently published Regulatory Agenda, and compare it with Biden’s last Agenda, by matching every regulatory action to track changes from Fall 24 to Spring 25
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NEW: 120+ groups called on the GSA to restore the POST API tool on Regulations.gov, which allows the public to submit comments on rulemakings via third party organizations.
Public input is indispensable to a fair, open, and inclusive regulatory process.
sensiblesafeguards.org/press/120-gr...
NEW: Trump's historically late Spring 2025 Unified Agenda is a deregulatory nightmare for the American people.
It’s yet another manifestation of the worst corporate favoritism since the Gilded Age.
sensiblesafeguards.org/press/spring...
NEW: Trump is unlawfully keeping the public in the dark about his deregulatory priorities.
By law, the Unified Agenda must be published twice a year, and must contain the full list of rules that agencies expect to propose or finalize in the next 6-12 months.
sensiblesafeguards.org/press/vanish...
NEW: The Trump admin is trying to shut down public participation in the federal rulemaking process.
This is completely unlawful.
In Trump’s first term, courts routinely ruled against him for refusing to follow the APA's notice and comment requirements.
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Congress just gutted years of environmental protections FAST. 💔 Through the CRA, rules on climate, clean energy & public health were erased w/ zero public input. Big Polluters win. Communities lose.
🔗 Read a new analysis by Federico Holm and James Goodwin.
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The @progressivereform.bsky.social joined 36 other members of @sensiblesafeguards.bsky.social in opposing these measures last week. For more on the dangers they posed, see our letter of opposition: sensiblesafeguards.org/outreach/css...
NEW from CSS: A healthy, functioning economy depends on regulation.
Regulations foster more competitive markets, greater consumer welfare, increased innovation, and greater productivity.
sensiblesafeguards.org/press/a-heal...
If Republicans overrule the parliamentarian tonight, nothing will be safe from partisan overreach.
There will be chaos in the Senate if laws & rules are simply ignored whenever a majority wants.
This is like nuking the filibuster in the most arbitrary & corrupt way possible.
The good news is that if the Senate uses the Congressional Review Act against the California waivers it will effectively nullify the CRA.
The bad news is that will be the case because the CRA *will effectively replace* regular order lawmaking in the Senate. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Senate Republicans are considering a backdoor nuclear option to repeal California's Clean Air Act waivers.
If they do it, there will be nothing to stop them from doing it over and over again with policies that would harm Americans and destabilize our democracy.
www.citizen.org/news/senate-...
Today is the last day Congress can use the Congressional Review Act to strike down Biden era health, safety, workers, consumer, financial, and environmental protections.
But over the past few months, Congress has repeatedly abused the CRA in ways that are completely lawless.
That must end now.
Good news! The Congressional Review Act carryover period ends May 8th.
That means Congress can no longer use the CRA to strike down regulatory safeguards finished in the final months of the Biden administration.
But will Congress follow the law?
sensiblesafeguards.org/press/the-co...
With the CA/EPA waiver issue moving to the Senate, check out a new fact sheet from our allies at @sensiblesafeguards.bsky.social. The fact sheet explores what happens if senators ignore the parliamentarian and violate the CRA. sensiblesafeguards.org/factsheets/b...
Joyce Beatty (OH-03) Steven Horsford (NV-04) Pat Ryan (NY-18) Sanford Bishop (GA-02) Julie Johnson (TX-32) Hillary Scholten (MI-03) Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Terri Sewell (AL-07) Janelle Bynum (OR-05) Tim Kennedy (NY-26) Darren Soto (FL-09) Lou Correa (CA-46) Greg Landsman (OH-01) Tom Suozzi (NY-03) Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Susie Lee (NV-03) Sri Thanedar (MI-13) Sharice Davids (KS-03) Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) Bennie Thompson (MS-02) Don Davis (NC-01) Joe Morelle (NY-25) Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) Shomari Figures (AL-02) Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) Marc Veasey (TX-33) Laura Gillen (NY-04) Frank Mrvan (IN-01) Gene Vindman (VA-07) Jared Golden (ME-02) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) George Whitesides (CA-27) Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) Josh Riley (NY-19)
The Congressional Review Act doesn't even apply to waivers, but Republicans and these 35 Dems love pollution so much that they voted to repeal the waiver that CA got from the EPA to require zero-emissions vehicles by 2035.
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LTE in the NYTimes: If the Trump administration succeeds in its efforts to gut America's system of safeguards, a horrifying future awaits.
Decades-old rules could be on the chopping block, no matter how fundamental they are to the health and wellness of our society.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Webinar alert! 🖥️ Tired of federal rollbacks? Join us & @sensiblesafeguards.bsky.social on May 1 for a webinar on how the public interest community can begin reclaiming government from Trump by building a people-powered regulatory agenda. 📬 RSVP here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Come join me for a timely @progressivereform.bsky.social and @sensiblesafeguards.bsky.social webinar on how the public interest community can begin reclaiming their government from Trump by building their own People's Regulatory Agenda. Thursday, May 1. 11 am ET. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
NEW: Trump's latest deregulatory EO is a lawless, unconscionable attempt to roll back commonsense protections for workers, consumers, families, civil rights, our environment, and more.
We will challenge this blatantly unlawful effort at every step.
www.citizen.org/news/trumps-...
NEW: The Senate parliamentarian just reaffirmed that California’s Clean Air Act waivers are ineligible for repeal using the Congressional Review Act’s expedited process.
Abusing the CRA to target policies far outside its reach would be a calamity.
www.citizen.org/news/senate-...
The Congressional Review Act is like a shortcut. You can evade the filibuster with a CRA resolution that nullifies certain rules from the last administration. So now Republicans want to expand the definition of a "rule" to nullify a whole lot more stuff. From @emmarjanssen.bsky.social:
NEW: Congressional Review Act resolutions are paybacks to industry.
Next week, the House will vote on a pair of giveaways to banks and digital payment apps that already passed the Senate.
Both resolutions will harm consumers.
sensiblesafeguards.org/press/cra-re...
