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Bill would require the Government Accountability Office to submit various reports to Congress.
Top House Democrats introduced a bill on Tuesday that would bolster congressional oversight of last minute or “midnight regulations” by an outgoing presidential administration.
The legislation from four members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee comes as the presidential transition is underway and the Trump administration is rushing through many regulation changes, after four years of massive deregulation.
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., chairman of the Government Operations Subcommittee, first mentioned the measure during a hearing last week to examine how transition laws can be improved. The General Services Administration waited 16 days after the news outlets called the presidential race for Joe Biden to ascertain him as the apparent winner and a