First appearance on Fox: Sen. Eric Schmidt (R-Missouri) is using the opportunity now that Republicans control the Senate to update two major bills to align with an upcoming advisory committee known as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). are.
DOGE was previously announced by President-elect Donald Trump, who named billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to spearhead the government’s efforts to eliminate waste.
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Sen. Eric Schmidt originally introduced the bill in the last Congress. (Reuters/Mike Seeger)
The ERASER Act would target regulation by requiring agencies to repeal three rules before issuing a new major rule and ensure that the new rule does not exceed the cost of the repealed rule. It is. The Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA) addresses administrative procedure law by eliminating the administrative deference standard and allowing courts to consider arguments without deference to either party.
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President-elect Donald Trump focused on cutting regulations during his first presidency. (Getty Images)
“Cutting down an out-of-control administrative state has long been one of my top priorities, and I will continue to work with the incoming Trump administration to [accomplish] Our common goal is to dismantle the administrative state, take power out of the hands of nameless bureaucrats and return it to the people,” Schmidt told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“The ERASER Act would require any government agency that seeks to enact a new regulation to take three regulations off its books, and the Separation of Powers Restoration Act would allow courts to defer to the agency’s interpretation of the regulations. It will end the process and institute stricter scrutiny. It will put power back where it belongs, in the hands of the people…This is a decisive one-two punch to the bloated administrative state.”
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is a co-sponsor of the ERASER Act. SOPRA is co-sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-Ky., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Iowa, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Sen. Ted Budd, R-Iowa. It is also sponsored by Councilor Marcia Blackburn. , Republican of Tennessee, Katie Britt, Republican of Alabama, and Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee.
These bills were introduced by Schmidt in the last Congress, but were never considered on the floor by Democrats in the Senate.
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But with Republicans in control of the Senate and an increasing focus on government efficiency, the bill has a much better chance of being voted on. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R.S.D.) is already expected to increase votes on other reintroduced Republican bills that didn’t get voting time.
