AGRICULTURE/CONGRESS/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Implementing the new farm bill — whenever Congress finishes one — could prove to be a major test case for Trump’s deregulatory agenda, according to USDA’s chief lawyer. Stephen Vaden, the principal deputy general counsel, said the sweeping legislation will especially test a Trump administration executive order that each department or agency’s regulatory activity comply with a cost cap — a version of the regulatory budgeting that conservatives have wanted for years. Red tape rules: The provision was part of Trump’s January 2017 executive order that more notably requires agencies to strike two existing regulations for every new one. Vaden said the lesser-known regulatory budget is a ‘more powerful tool’ for enforcing deregulation across the federal government — and it will be on full display once Trump signs a new farm bill and the administration starts putting it into action.”
–Ryan McCrimmon, “Farm bill to test Trump’s deregulatory push,” Politico, October 29, 2018 10:00 am