Seeing unbridled expansion of presidential power and wishing to start restoring the office to its Constitutional limits, Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY) has introduced the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. The REINS Act would require Congressional authorization for any new Major Rule proposed by the executive branch. It now has now has 57 cosponsors, including Ron Paul!

Under REINS, the numerous proposed regulations pertaining to health care, climate change, energy, financial regulation, and our economy would have to be submitted to Congress for approval. REINS would continue to allow the executive agencies charged with writing rules to propose draft rules, but would end the delegation of Congressional authority that has enabled these agencies to enact them unilaterally.

I have been disappointed at national coverage for this important bill. Recalling the old adage "if you want something done right, do it yourself," I wrote a column on this for BigGovernment.com. It's at http://biggovernment.com/rmuny/2010/...xecutive-power. I submitted it to Digg at http://digg.com/political_opinion/Ti...xecutive_Power.