Senate Republicans are laying the groundwork for how they will “reclaim legislative authority” following a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
More than a dozen GOP senators are forming an official “working group” that will come up with recommendations and best practices for legislating after the court’s decision to overturn the so-called Chevron doctrine.
That decades-old doctrine gave agencies deference when interpreting ambiguous laws. While Democrats say Chevron’s fall will give judges more power to overrule agency experts, Republicans say it will return policymaking responsibilities to Capitol Hill.
“For far too long, the deck has been stacked against citizens while these all-powerful alphabet soup agencies run roughshod,” said Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), who is taking a leading role in the working group, in a statement Tuesday.
