Congress vs. Bureaucracies

In the Smoking and Politics book, we read about how Congress stripped some of the FTC's authority by constructing the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to supercede state and local laws. Now, The Huffington Post is describing how GOP congressmen

are proposing legislation to disrupt the EPA's regulatory abilities:

"In just the year since the GOP took control of the House, there have been at least 159 votes held against environmental protections -- including 83 targeting the Environmental Protection Agency -- on the House floor alone...Some of the efforts are broad-based, like the TRAIN Act, which would install overseers for the EPA and require cost considerations to trump health and science concerns for new rules. Another such effort is the REINS Act, which essentially requires Congress to approve all new regulations, essentially granting each chamber the ability to veto the executive branch."