President Obama, on a path to issuing more regulatory red tape this year than ever, last week turned out one new rule every two hours, 27 minutes and is being encouraged to stump the incoming Trump administration with even more.
After a week in which his team issued 85 new regulations and filled 2,292 pages in the Federal Register, Obama is being pressured to ban oil drilling in the Arctic.
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According to the Competitiveness Enterprise Institute, Obama’s regulatory machine is on hyper-drive as President-elect Trump gets ready to take control of the government. He has pledged to erase two current regulations for every new one he issues.
Obama has given him thousands of new targets this year.
CEI said, for example, that Obama has already surpassed his total for last year and still has two months to go in office.
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Race to the finish: 1 new Obama regulation every 147 minutes https://t.co/V0GWHyXKP5 pic.twitter.com/1t073UDAws
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 29, 2016
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