Senate GOP to target Biden student loan forgiveness

Republican senators announced on Friday they will be introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution in another attempt to foil President Biden's student debt relief program, which is already facing potential termination at the Supreme Court...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3905296-senate-gop-to-target-biden-student-loan-forgiveness/ 

Senate Votes to Make American Auto-Lending Racist Again - New York Magazine

The GOP found a way to repeal regulations with 51 Senate votes. First up, weakening protections against discrimination in car loans. ...
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/senate-votes-to-make-american-auto-lending-racist-again.html

GOP maneuver could roll back decades of regulation - POLITICO

Consumer advocates warn that the move could "open up a Pandora's box" on eliminating rules. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/17/congressional-review-act-fallout-485426

Senate Democrats to propose a bill trying to halt Republican deregulation blitz -- Business Insider

Democrats are striking back at the regulation-cutting blitz in the U.S. Congress and White House, as Republicans ratchet up attacks on rules they say hurt business and give bureaucrats too much power.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat, on Tuesday will introduce legislation to kill the Congressional Review Act (CRA), a law Republicans used over the span of three months this year to repeal 14 regulations enacted by former President Barack Obama, also a Democrat, according to documents seen by Reuters....
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-exclusive-democrats-in-us-senate-try-to-slow-republican-deregulation-2017-5

Republicans Are Using An Arcane Tool To Handcuff Federal Agencies (The Huffington Post)

While President Donald Trump distracts the public with his angry tweets, Republicans in Congress have been busy undoing federal regulations that agencies have been working on for years. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-cra-federal-agencies_us_58a7776ae4b045cd34c1a44c?

The Newt Gingrich time bomb Republicans are using to destroy everything good

It took the current crop of Republicans to realize the destructive intent Newt Gingrich had for American government. Back in 1996, when he was speaker of the House, Gingrich got the Congressional Review Act passed. This law gives Congress the chance to undo any regulation finalized in the last 60 legislative days. It also means the rules can never be reinstated, unless Congress writes the the undone regulation into new law. It gives a whole new perspective on the do-nothing Congress of last year. By hardly ever showing up to work, they extended their 60-day legislative window dramatically. The law had been used once, in the brand-new George W. Bush administration to undo worker-safety regulations meant to reduce repetitive motion injuries. It took the Trump/Ryan/McConnell triumvirate, however, to fully detonate this time-bomb....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1635966