The January order did not apply to the independent agencies
The move is the latest White House attempt to bolster its herve exotic print bandage dress standing in the eyes of the business community. The president announced a government-wide review of regulations in January.
The outreach on regulations has angered liberal groups and unions, which question why the administration has made killing regulations a priority at a time of high unemployment.
Congressional Republicans have been clamoring for the elimination of federal rules they say have discouraged hiring and prolonged the national jobs crisis.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called the new White House order “constructive” and “a step in the right direction.” Still, he said, there’s plenty more white and coral herve leger dress that policymakers can do to weed out unnecessary federal requirements.
“We must … do more than just examine rules and regulations — we must cut and fix where necessary and also solve problems that are identified in the rulemaking process in general,” Issa said in a statement. “Doing this will have an immediate impact on job creators and will help put us on the path to real economic recovery.”
Adding urgency to the jobs debate, the Labor Department on Friday reported that the economy created only about 18,000 jobs in June, as governments shed 39,000 workers and private-sector hiring lagged.
In January, the White House issued a similar order requiring all executive agencies to review their rules in search of inefficiencies or redundancies that could put unnecessary burdens on businesses — a process that led to 30 separate agency proposals to streamline government rules.
The January order did not apply to the independent agencies, Sunstein said, for the simple reason that they operate separately from the White House. The success of the initial program, however, convinced administration officials to expand their reach.
“That process was extraordinarily successful,” Sunstein said. “They’re producing immediate benefits in the form of millions of hours of paperwork burdens eliminated and over $1 billion in annual regulatory costs eliminated.”
The White House has asked the independent agencies to come up with streamlining plans within 120 days. The plans would then be subject to a public comment period.
Among the other independent agencies the White House is targeting are the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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