{"id":3388,"date":"2016-07-14T14:10:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T18:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=3388"},"modified":"2016-07-14T14:10:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T18:10:46","slug":"will-congress-claw-back-power-from-the-regulatory-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/will-congress-claw-back-power-from-the-regulatory-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Congress Claw Back Power from the Regulatory State?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Red-Tape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2984\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/congress-looks-to-reduce-the-regulatory-behemoth\/red-tape\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Red-Tape.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1140,500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Scissors cutting red tape&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Brand X Pictures&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;78364330&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Red Tape\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Red-Tape-300x132.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Red-Tape-1024x449.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2984\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Red-Tape-1024x449.jpg\" alt=\"Scissors cutting red tape\" width=\"610\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Red-Tape-1024x449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Red-Tape-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Red-Tape.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One upside of either a Trump or a Clinton presidency, given the historically low popularity ratings of both candidates, could be renewed interest within Congress to serve as a bulwark of the Constitution in the best interests of the American people. Neither presumptive nominee can plausibly be called a strict constructionist. Our representatives should take this opportunity to turn a sow\u2019s ear into a silk purse by pursuing a reform agenda that restores Congress\u2019s primacy in the U.S. governance system. It would be a positive development in what has otherwise been a disappointing election season&#8230;.(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/437859\/cut-regulations-restore-congressional-power-senator-lee-leads-way\">Read more at National Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One upside of either a Trump or a Clinton presidency, given the historically low popularity ratings of both candidates, could be renewed interest within Congress to serve as a bulwark of the Constitution in the best interests of the American people. Neither presumptive nominee can plausibly be called a strict constructionist. Our representatives should take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[160,167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress","category-regulation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pBCzY-SE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3389,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3388\/revisions\/3389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}