I just heard on CNN about Bush’s ‘midnight regulations’ – a nightmare scenario where an exiting President pushes through regulations within 60 days of leaving office.

The law contains a clause determining that any regulation finalized within 60 legislative days of congressional adjournment is considered to have been legally finalized on the 15th legislative day of the new Congress, likely sometime in February. Congress then has 60 days to review it and reverse it with a joint resolution that can’t be filibustered in the Senate.

In other words, any regulation finalized in the last half-year of the Bush administration could be wiped out with a simple party-line vote in the Democrat-controlled Congress.

btw: I see that Politico.com had the midnight regulations story out over a week ago, so yea, I’m subscribed to them now.

* Update: The CommonDreams.org News Center article President for 60 More Days, Bush Tearing Apart Protection for America’s Wilderness has more on the subject, including listing specific actions Bush is rushing through before he goes off into the sunset.