{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-introduces-legislation-stop-ever-growing-bureaucracy", "Newhouse Introduces Legislation to Stop Ever-Growing Bureaucracy, Burdensome Federal Regulations", "2023-01-11", "2023", "2023-01", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act alongside Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) and over 170 of his Republican colleagues. This legislation would require every \u201cmajor rule\u201d proposed by federal agencies be approved by Congress before going into effect.\n\n\u201cUnelected bureaucrats in Washington D.C. have far too much unchecked and unaccountable power over the American people,\u201d said Rep. Newhouse. \u201cIt is paramount that Congress fulfills its constitutional mandate and holds our federal agencies accountable. The REINS Act would restore Congress\u2019 legislative authority and remove the excessive, costly, and job-killing regulations of the executive branch from off the backs of the American people.\u201d\n\nRead the full text of the REINS Act here.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe REINS Act would require every \u201cmajor rule\u201d proposed by federal agencies to be approved by Congress before going into effect.\n\n\u201cMajor rule\u201d is defined as any federal rule or regulation that may result in:\n\nan annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more;\n\na major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, government agencies, or geographic regions; or\n\nsignificant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises.\n\nThe bill would also provide a procedure for Congress to disapprove of all nonmajor rules.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:08:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-introduces-legislation-stop-ever-growing-bureaucracy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8819578215479851, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}