# Trump-" "Require for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated." **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 22, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-require-for-every-new-federal-regulation-two-existing-regulations-must-be-eliminated/769410 "2016-10-22T23:06:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-require-for-every-new-federal-regulation-two-existing-regulations-must-be-eliminated/769410/61 "2016-10-28T23:41:03Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > The first one is a good idea, the rest poor or unconstitutional. I hate to break it to you, but they are all gimmicks and bad laws. This is like a candy lineup where I put out 10 pieces of candy for you to identify, but they all turn out to be Twix because its a setup. That you fell for it doesn’t bode well for your seriousness ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-require-for-every-new-federal-regulation-two-existing-regulations-must-be-eliminated/769410/62 "2017-02-02T14:08:40Z")
:smack: I alwys thought this was just a rhetorical flourish intended, like a clown’s fart to appeal to the weakest intellects among voters. But now we see [QUOTE=Donald J. Trump] January 30, 2017 EXECUTIVE ORDER REDUCING REGULATION AND CONTROLLING REGULATORY COSTS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: … Sec. 2. Regulatory Cap for Fiscal Year 2017. (a) Unless prohibited by law, whenever an executive department or agency (agency) publicly proposes for notice and comment or otherwise promulgates a new regulation, it shall identify at least two existing regulations to be repealed… [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-require-for-every-new-federal-regulation-two-existing-regulations-must-be-eliminated/769410/63 "2017-02-02T14:29:28Z")
I see a loophole here… It doesn’t specify that they have to identify two existing regulations to be repealed \*from within the same department \* proposing the new regulation. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-require-for-every-new-federal-regulation-two-existing-regulations-must-be-eliminated/769410/64 "2017-02-02T15:01:37Z")
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