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It's 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. let's 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, here's one on one. the president can use his power to undo any of barack obama's executive orders. but what he cannot do on his own is repeal any law that...

Throughout kansas, there was a time i knew every one of them, but they're 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 you're confirmed. doctors used to spend 10o 15 minuwith patients. it's 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 there's a lack of understanding of our provider shortages in our rural areas. we're just hanging on by a thread. and how these one-size regulat...

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 more formal rule making process but some of that went through less extensive rule making process. >> he...

Like a tremendously sweeping document so i'm 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 burden on families, health care providers, patient recipients, etc., etc." the key thing about the para...

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, we're 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 the number has grown to that number? >> it sounds like a lot and i have heard from the republican s...