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Like an unindicted co-conspirator, the bureaucracy is the unofficially acknowledged fourth branch of government. In the centuries since the Constitution was passed, it has grown exponentially in both size and power. Congress has freely delegated power to ruling technocrats to such a degree that it is at least constitutionally questionable. With this in mind:

There is an effort by Rand Paul requiring “both houses of Congress to sign off on all major rules, which are defined as any regulation with a total yearly impact of $100 million or more.”

There’s also a growing effort to rein in the EPA, the most flagrant of extra-constitutional regulatory bodies.

I can only hope that these renewed efforts to rein in various regulatory bodies bears fruit.

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