#Trump #REACH Article I of the U.S. Constitution exclusively grants the power to pass laws to the legislative branch, but over the last century, Congress has increasingly delegated its legislative authority to executive branch agencies. It passes statutes with broad aspirational goals, using language that everyone can support, like “Clean Air” or “Affordable Care,” but then assigns to regulatory agencies the responsibility for issuing regulations to achieve them. Once constituents begin to feel the negative impacts of the regulations that implement those laws, their representatives rail against the unelected bureaucracy. From a legislator’s perspective, this is a win-win situation; they get credit when they pass the laws, and again when they blame unaccountable bureaucrats for the costs of implementing them. But it has led to a regulatory system that is not accountable to voters. https://www.forbes.com/sites/susandudley/2017/03/07/crazy-after-all-these-years-extending-the-reach-of-the-congressional-review-act/#11fc7f7524b8