GOP Presses White House To Explain Delay In Issuing Spring Reg Agenda, Citing 'Uncertainty'

A group of House Republicans has launched a bid to pressure the Obama administration into explaining why it has still not published a unified regulatory agenda that was due this spring, citing “uncertainty” about regulations that the lawmakers say drags down the economy. The representatives do not cite OSHA rules specifically but did copy Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on at least one letter to the Office of Management and Budget complaining about the delays. GOP leaders on the House Education and the Workforce Committee are behind the pressure on the administration. They suggest in one recent le