Order Seeks More Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent

[cigaretteman]

• Executive power: One of the executive orders President Trump signed Tuesday seeks to extend his authority over regulatory agencies that Congress made independent from direct White House control. The order requires agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to send proposed regulations to the White House for review, and declares that they must accept the president’s and the Justice Department’s interpretation of the law. Read more ›

 

[Aardvark86]

• Executive power: One of the executive orders President Trump signed Tuesday seeks to extend his authority over regulatory agencies that Congress made independent from direct White House control. The order requires agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to send proposed regulations to the White House for review, and declares that they must accept the president’s and the Justice Department’s interpretation of the law. Read more ›

discussed in another thread; that said I am not sure that i realized that independent agency proposed rules did not undergo WH review.

 

[BelemNole]

Nothing to see here, between this and the only trump can speak on laws we're clearly moving to a more equal democracy.