Yesterday politics-as-usual in the U.S. Senate derailed a seemingly moderate and consensus-driven gun control bill. One of the saddest parts of this ordeal, though, is that even if the law had passed, it likely still would have faced continued erosion through the rulemaking process. While this article is in the context of financial reform, it nevertheless demonstrates how the process of formulating regulation can be manipulated to weaken or eliminate key elements of important legislation.
"He Who Makes the Rules" by Haley Sweetland Edwards
Published in the Washington Monthly, March/April 2013
Eric
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