Hill May 5, 2024
Nathaniel Weixel

President Biden’s administration is working overtime to ensure his health care priorities are protected from a potential second Trump White House.

In recent weeks, regulatory agencies have been racing against the clock to finalize some of their most consequential policies, such as abortion data privacy, antidiscrimination protections for transgender patients and nursing home minimum staffing.

At issue is the Congressional Review Act (CRA), a fast-track legislative tool that allows lawmakers to nullify rules even after the executive branch has completed them. The CRA also bars agencies from pursuing “substantially similar” rules going forward, unless Congress orders it.

Rules can be protected if they are finished before the “look-back” window opens in the last 60 legislative days of...

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