Arguing that the committee did not have a quorum and that he had other means of guarding against damage, Mr. Kempthorne not only refused to obey the committee's order but proposed to rescind the departmental rule requiring him to obey it.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has worried global health experts by proposing to rescind agencies' Ebola funding left over from the last major outbreak and ousting his top global health security adviser the same week as the new outbreak was declared.
When Romney released his education plan last month it was consistent with his earlier false assertion that Full Sail and other for-profits are a great deal for students: He proposed to rescind the reforms undertaken by the Obama administration to protect students and taxpayers from waste, fraud, and abuse by the for-profit college industry.
As part of this new strategy, the EPA also proposes to rescind an earlier decision to phase in 100 monitors in cities with populations of more than 500,000 people.
One way, as McCain proposed, is to rescind the tax exemption for some workers who receive health care benefits from their employers; Baucus is open to at least capping the exemption, but labor unions are adamantly opposed, and Rangel has publicly renounced it (though he and other House Democrats appear to be re-evaluating that stance).
The industry is also pledging to address criticism that some insurers have inappropriately canceled policies, by proposing that decisions to rescind coverage be subject to third-party review.
The O&P Alliance has also started a "We the People" Petition on the White House website to galvanize support to rescind this proposed policy.
In exchange for granting Mr. Bloomberg control of the schools, Mr. Silver expected him to rescind $358 million in proposed cuts to the Board of Education, and the mayor has hinted that he would do so.
Three policy options were proposed: to update; to maintain (keep the status quo); or to rescind the current Policy Guideline.
Democrats said they also proposed a list of previously approved spending to rescind, but Republicans rejected it.
