Senate Panel Advances Measure to Give Trump Reorganization Authority, With Caveats

Government Executive: A Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a measure to ease the process for President Trump to reorganize the federal government, but lawmakers included a provision to ensure any such reforms would require bipartisan support.

The 2018 Reforming Government Act would begin the legislative process for the Trump administration to implement the proposals the White House unveiled this summer in its reorganization plan, which included 32 distinct recommendations for reshaping an array of federal agencies. Congress has not granted a president reorganization authority since 1984, and President Carter was the last to actually use the power.

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