Fact Checker Analysis: Has the Trump administration repealed 22 regulations for each new one?

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Go ahead; guess.

I should add: anyone can propose eliminating a regulation. Actually eliminating a regulation is another thing entirely.

Fact Checker Analysis
Has the Trump administration repealed 22 regulations for each new one?

By Glenn Kessler August 3 at 3:00 AM Email the author

“This president has actually repealed 22 federal regulations for every new federal rule put on the books. He’s repealed more federal regulations than any president in American history. It’s true.”
—Vice President Pence, remarks in St. Louis, July 19, 2018

“We’ve gotten rid of more regulations than any president in the history of the United States. And that’s done in less than two years.”
—President Trump, remarks during a rally in Tampa, July 31, 2018

One of the Trump administration’s favorite talking points has been that the president has repealed more federal regulations than any president in history. Another favorite is that the president has repealed 22 federal regulations for every new regulation placed on the books. This supposedly exceeds a campaign promise to repeal two regulations for every one implemented.

But, as we have reported before, the claim of eliminating more regulations than any previous president simply cannot be verified, as there is not enough data to support this statement. There is data that indicates that growth in regulations has slowed significantly under President Trump, but that’s apparently not a good-enough story to tell, from the administration’s perspective.

Meanwhile, this 22-to-1 claim was debunked by experts after Trump announced it last December, yet the administration refuses to drop it. Let’s explore.

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Glenn Kessler has reported on domestic and foreign policy for more than three decades. Send him statements to fact check by emailing him, tweeting at him, or sending him a message on Facebook. Follow https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP

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1. Is anyone collecting the most critical ones

that are being eliminated or never adopted?