Republicans plan to use a familiar playbook to eliminate Biden-era rules when they take over Congress and the White House — but the outgoing administration has made that job harder.
The next Congress will be empowered to scrap recently finalized rules under the Congressional Review Act. Federal agencies completed work on many regulations earlier this year so they would be outside the review window.
Some of the Democratic administration’s landmark rulemakings, like prescription drug transparency and limits on noncompete clauses, are out of the reach of Congress under the law.
“Some of the highest-priority regulations that a conservative government would ...