


Republicans are planning votes to repeal at least 10 regulations implemented late in President Biden’s term, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday.
They will do it through the Congressional Review Act, or CRA, a process that allows lawmakers to roll back administration regulations they oppose, but only if they act within a limited time window.
With the clock ticking on a 60-day window for introducing CRA measures to undo Biden regulations, Republicans have begun planning for a flurry of activity to help President Trump thin out the government bureaucracy.
“Be assured that we will use our time when we’re not working on nominees to do everything we can to repeal a lot of the heavy-handed, onerous, burdensome regulations of the Biden administration, which we think are strangling our economy and making it harder for businesses in this country to develop great jobs,” said Mr. Thune, South Dakota Republican.
The limited timeline the CRA process provides lawmakers to undo regulations means Republicans can only repeal Biden administration rules enacted since August and that they’ll have to act in the early half of this year.
Mr. Thune said Republicans are discussing potential action on 10 to 15 joint resolutions of disapproval to repeal Biden rules using the CRA process, but what moves first is still up for discussion among House and Senate Republicans and the White House.
“A lot of times those CRAs originate in the House and then come over here, but we’ll see,” Mr. Thune said. “There’s a lot of consideration being given right now to which candidates are eligible for CRAs and how to prioritize them.”
• Lindsey McPherson can be reached at lmcpherson@washingtontimes.com.