First on Fox: Sen. Eric Schmidt, R-Mo., is seizing the opportunity to renew two key bills in line with the upcoming advisory council, known as Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Now that the Republican Party controls the Senate.
DOGE was previously announced by President-elect Donald Trumpwhich has appointed billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the charge in eliminating government waste.
Senator Eric Schmitt introduced the bills for the first time in the last Congress. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
The eraser code will Regulations targeted by the claim Agencies to rescind three rules before issuing any major new rule and to ensure that the new rule does not exceed the cost of the rescinded rules. The Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA) would address the Administrative Procedure Act by ending standards for executive deference and allowing courts to weigh arguments without regard to either party.
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President-elect Donald Trump focused heavily on cutting regulations during his first presidency. (Getty Images)
He added: “Reining in an out-of-control administrative state has long been one of my top priorities, and I look forward to working alongside the incoming Trump administration (to achieve) the common goal of destroying and scarifying the administrative state.” “We want to take power out of the hands of faceless bureaucrats and return it to the people,” Schmidt told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“The Eraser Act would require agencies that wish to enact a new regulation to take three regulations off the books. The Separation of Powers Restoration Act would put an end to the courts’ deference to agency interpretation of regulations and enact more stringent review, returning power to the hands of the people, where it belongs… This is a decisive blow to the administrative state.” “Bloated.”
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is a co-sponsor of the Eraserhead Act. SOPRA also has the support of co-sponsors Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Marsha Blackburn. , R-Tenn., Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn.
Schmitt introduced the bills for the first time in the last Congress, but they were not considered at all due to Democratic leadership in the Senate.
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However, with Republicans leading the Senate, and an increased focus on government efficiency, these measures are likely to be voted on. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is already expected to canvass votes on two other bills reintroduced by the GOP that did not get time for debate.
