Senate GOP Prepares Assault on Regulations After Chevron Ruling

Aug. 13, 2024, 9:30 AM UTC

Senate Republicans are quietly targeting a broad swath of agency rules after the Supreme Court eliminated a longstanding precedent on judicial review.

Senators plan to propose more than a dozen bills aimed at cementing the relationship between the three branches of government following the court’s decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine, under which courts deferred to reasonable federal agency interpretations of unclear laws, according to aides to Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.).

Possibilities include creating a separate regulatory office on Capitol Hill and expanding the statutory exceptions to the filibuster for agency rules, the aides to Schmitt, who’s leading the group ...

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