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In her latest article at The Daily Caller, Elizabeth Letchworth, a 26-year veteran of the US Senate (Secretary to the Senate) and founder of GradeGov.com tackles Obama’s out of control regulators:
According to a George Washington University study, the Obama administration issued 16,200 regulations in 2009. In comparison, just 28,400 regulations were issued in the period from April 1996 through December 2000.
If this doesn’t get your jaw dropping, a 57% increase in the staffing and the federal funds devoted to developing and enforcing federal regulations should have you shaking your head.
Also, in order to get an accurate picture of regulators run amok, you need to add to these 16,200 regulations the thousands of regulations included in the financial reform bill, the food safety bill and the health care bill, all passed in 2010.
Finally, a full picture of regulators on steroids can be plainly seen if you also add the final weeks in December 2010, when Obama’s regulators continued to issue rules and vote on regulations that had been defeated or vigorously opposed in Congress.
Read more: The Daily Caller
Show producer Thirdwavedave writes:
Our regular Wednesday segment features our Capitol Hill insider, The Honorable Elizabeth Letchworth of GradeGov.com.
This evening we have many items on the docket. Below I’m highlighting two that will be of particular interest to you:
First, do you know what the Congressional Review Act is? For those of you who don’t, Letchworth will give you the background and why it will play a big part after the 112th congress is seated. In a nutshell, the CRA can be used to halt the over-reaching of Obama’s regulatory agencies.
Second, you’ve no doubt heard of “earmarking,” but are you familiar with “lettermarking?” I just found out about it and it’s been in use for years. Basically, it’s a work-around to the earmarking process. But taxpayers wouldn’t know about it because it isn’t discussed openly in congress or the media. Letchworth will be giving us a history lesson on this stealthy spending process as well. Those connected with “lettermarking” will not be happy about its exposure to the tax paying public, especially those connected with the Tea Party Movement and Caucus.
