Will Trump Stand in the Way of Regulatory Reform?

By Chris Opfer, Bloomberg BNA

Republican lawmakers want to limit the White House’s regulatory authority in the next year, but to do so, they’ll have to convince the man they just helped elect president to curb his own power.

“The test for the Trump administration will be one of restraint,” Jonathan Turley, a lawyer who recently represented House Republicans in a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act, told Bloomberg BNA. “It may seem counterintuitive, but a president who works with the approval of Congress has greater power.”

GOP members are pushing a package of bills ...