While the administration makes a phony show of caring about the economy, peddling non-solutions like Obama’s Jobs Bill, behind the curtain the real job creators in America are being thwarted by punitive, runaway regulations – courtesy of the executive branch.
It’s high time to rein in the massive unaccountable federal bureaucracy. The REINS Act (H.R. 10 / S. 299), introduced by Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY), is aimed at doing just that.
The REINS Act (Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny) was passed by the House on Wednesday and now moves on to the Senate where it’s supported by Jim DeMint (my hero) and Rand Paul.
Michigan’s Democrat senators are no doubt as duplicitous as the rest of their party, but at least they’ll be hearing from me on this critical issue ~
It appears that the private sector is (deliberately?) being swamped by massive job-killing regulation. In the past year alone, thousands of new restrictive regulations, pushed mainly by special interest groups, have been issued by 60 different federal agencies. The Small Business Administration estimates that these will cost the private sector 1.7 trillion annually – that’s $10,000 per household!
The U.S. economy is in dire straits, yet unelected bureaucrats, many of whom are overly-influenced by special interest groups, have been given sweeping authority to effectively punish the private sector. And why has Congress abdicated their constitutional legislative responsibility in this matter? How is it that a bunch of anonymous “ruler-makers” are suddenly unaccountable to the American people?
How can the federal government be remotely serious about improving the economy when job creators are buried under mountains of costly regulations imposed on them by a bunch of faceless bureaucrats?
If you would sincerely like to demonstrate to your constituents that you’re committed to job growth, you can start by helping to pass the REINS Act (H.R. 10 / S. 299).
Thank-you for your support of this critical issue,
Designs on the Truth
Related:
Representative Geoff Davis’ fact page on the REINS Act.
Who REINS in Washington Anyway? @ the Foundry:
Congress rarely considers a bill that would change the way Washington works. But this is exactly what the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act would do. The REINS Act (H.R.10) would require Congress to approve all “major” regulations—those costing $100 million or more annually—before they take effect. On December 7, it passed the House of Representatives by an impressive vote of 241–184. It is now headed for consideration in the Senate.
