From the start of his presidency, Donald Trump has championed less government regulation, taking pride in killing numerous rules adopted by his predecessor.
Using a seldom-utilized 1996 law, Trump and the GOP-led Congress overturned 14 Obama-era regulations in a number of areas, including the environment and guns.
The Congressional Review Act expedites the process to overturn rules adopted by a previous administration. If used during the first 60 days of a new legislative session, it allows Congress to kill regulations passed in the final months of a previous administration _ after June 2016 in this case _ with a simple majority vote, avoiding the usual 60 votes needed to avoid a Senate filibuster.
The law had only been used successfully once before the 115th Congress took full advantage of its power.
Here's what the repeal of these regulations will mean:
