Trump and GOP would seek to unravel administrative state after years of Biden-era rulemaking

Former President Donald Trump and Republicans would work to dismantle many of the federal rules imposed under President Joe Biden should they gain control of the government in November.

Trump allies and congressional Republicans have been plotting how to undo the rulemaking under the Biden administration and roll back the expansion of the administrative state, a term used to describe executive branch agencies that have the power to write and enforce rules with little input or direction from Congress.

The effort would be multi-faceted. Trump would unilaterally try to revise, revamp, and toss out Biden-era rules through the power of executive orders. Congress and Trump jointly would attempt to scrap rules passed during Biden’s last year using the Congressional Review Act, a tool that allows

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