Undoing Obama
How an Obscure Law Gave Trump
and the GOP Quick Victories
During the spring of 2017, Nia Prater and David Jordan worked on a three-month, research-intensive reporting project on the Congressional Review Act and its recent revival in Congress under the Trump administration.
The CRA allowed Republicans to overturn Obama-era rules that affected areas ranging from the environment to labor to education. At the end of it all, Congress repealed 14 regulatory rules, wielding a serious blow to Obama's legislative legacy.
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![Congressional review act may not help Donald Trump](https://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/01_blurb.jpg)
![Deadline passes on law Trump used to reverse Obama-era regulations](https://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/02_blurb.jpg)
![Republicans targeted environmental regulations with the CRA](https://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/03_blurb.jpg)
![Democrats push to repeal Congressional Review Act](https://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/04_blurb.jpg)
![Labor regulations faced strong Republican opposition](https://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/05_blurb.jpg)