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Its called the congressional review act or congressional republicans are now turning this relatively obscure law into a powerful tool to try to undo some of the regulations issued by the obama administration. just weeks before the 44th president left the white house. lets bring in cnn government regulation correspondent rene marsh. i guess the bottom line, what is the congressional review act and how are republicans using it? >> right, so, heres one on one. the president can use his power to und...

Throughout kansas, there was a time i knew every one of them, but theyre scratching their heads over regulations coming out of hhs, it used to be hew, and the story goes on and on. and all the other agencies you oversee if youre confirmed. doctors used to spend 10o 15 minuwith patients. its now down to two or three immediately on what was going on. the 96-hour rule for critical access hospitals, numerous other documentation requirements, seems to me theres a lack of understanding of our provider...

Provision of the requirement of the act that would impose a fiscal burden on a state or cost, fee, regulatory burden on families, health care providers, patient recipients, etc., etc." the key thing about the paragraph is everything about to the maximum extent permitted by law is you can do whatever you want. the question is what does the law abide? >> this law had a thousand clauses that said the secretary shall, the secretary shall, the secretary shall. so some of that went through sort of mor...

Like a tremendously sweeping document so im going to quote one section for you that gives you a sense of it. "to the maximum extent permitted by law," and that claus will be important "secretary of hhs, heads of all other departments and agencies with authorities under the act shall exercise all authority and discretion of them for-to-waive, defer, grant exemptions from or delay any provision of the requirement of the act that would impose a fiscal burden on a state or cost, fee, regulatory burd...

Rule-making environmental rules, that kind of thing come have to go through the public hearing process. there is a rule making process that has to be followed, so not just the stroke of a pen, commutation in things like that are a done deal. >> jon: in the meantime, were getting a new count on the number of democrats who have decided not to attend the inauguration. there are going to be 53 democrats, democrat members of congress, who are boycotting the trumpet inauguration. does it surprise you ...

Said there will be an educational period. is there a point sometime during this year when there will be a crackdown or when exactly does the enforcement start? >> well, certainly the guidance will begin to be implemented today and that is one of the benefits of the presidents proposal, that these are actions that can be -- that arent subject to a protracted rule-making process but rather changes that can go into effect and begin being implemented today. as for how it is enforced down the line, y...

Certainly wouldnt be surprised if it makes an appearance during the presidents state of the union address that will be covered by all of your networks next tuesday. okay? jordan. >> reporter: thanks, josh. were legal concerns one of the reasons that the background check measure was issued as guidance rather than a rule, and are there concerns that a republican white house could quickly reverse something like that, even more quickly than if you had issued it as a new rule or regulation? >> well, ...

Can smoke. kind of in the way you see in airports and in other places. so in this rule making process, were going to consider the ability of public housing authorities to do things like that that are effective and for folks who do smoke if theyre addicted to smoking. outlines a play place where theyre able to do that but the hallways, corridors, the rooms that people live in, we believe that those ought to be smoke-free. >> would they be able to smoke outside of the building? >> reporter: they w...

>> right now its the wild, wild west for e-cigarettes. were very concerned about this. >> reporter: the fda getting involved hoping to regulate the health and safety of the product. >> we are in the middle of a rule-making process. we have a public goal of trying to complete this rule making by the end of june of this year. >> reporter: the fda is also still evaluating the impact they could have on your health. as for the explosions, the smoke-free alternatives trade association tells us while t...

Understands what they could do wrong to make the product dangerous. >> right now its the wild, wild west for e-cigarettes. were very concerned about this. >> reporter: the fda getting involved hoping to regulate the health and safety of the product. >> we are in the middle of a rule-making process. we have a public goal of trying to complete this rule making by the end of june of this year. >> reporter: the fda is also still evaluating the impact they could have on your health. as for the explos...