The Center for Progressive Reform, Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, and Public Citizen hosted a webinar on December 4 to discuss the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and how it’s likely to be weaponized at the beginning of the next Congress and the second Trump administration.
The recent election results have put the CRA back in the spotlight, as president-elect Donald Trump and Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress will have the opportunity to take advantage of the law’s unique “lookback” provisions to rescind health, safety, climate, environmental, and financial rules issued late in the Biden administration.
This webinar provided an introduction to the CRA, with a particular focus on how the lookback period works. Panelists also addressed the controversies surrounding the CRA’s potential aggressive use in the next Congress and identified rules that may be targeted for rescission.
A recording of this webinar is available on YouTube.
Related Resources
- Coalition for Sensible Safeguards CRA Fact Sheet
- Congressional Research Service Brief Overview of the CRA
- Public Citizen CRA Tracker
- Center for Progressive Reform report, The Congressional Review Act: The Case for Repeal
Our Panelists
Thomas McGarity, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Administrative Law, University of Texas in Austin, and Center for Progressive Reform Member Scholar
James Goodwin, Policy Director, Center for Progressive Reform
Rob Weissman, Co-President, Public Citizen
Rachel Weintraub, Executive Director, Coalition for Sensible Safeguards
