“Midnight Rules” at the Dawn Of a New Administration

What Can Congress and the Obama Administration do with Regulations Promulgated at the End of the Bush Administration?

From new limitations on employee leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to changes in federal agency responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act to new requirements for Medicaid outpatient services, the Bush Administration promulgated a series of controversial regulations in its waning days. Many interest groups have attacked the substance of these so-called “midnight rules” and Democrats in the new 111th Congress have vowed to overturn them. A similar sequence of events played out at the end of the Clinton Administration, but with the roles reversed: then, it was Republicans who vowed to overturn the decisions of a Democratic President.

On February 26, at Hunton & Williams in Washington, D.C. a panel of experts will discuss the authorities Congress and the Obama Administration could use to seek to reverse or undo these prior executive branch decisions, including the Congressional Review Act, appropriations riders, free-standing legislation, and administrative actions.

Holland & Hart's Administrative Partner, Kelly Johnson will serve as the event's moderator.

For more information about the event including speakers, cost, contact, and registration, please click here.