
Report: Federal Agencies Passed 39 New Regulations For Every One Law
For every one law Congress passed in 2015, federal agencies passed 39 new rules and regulations.

For every one law Congress passed in 2015, federal agencies passed 39 new rules and regulations.

The Federal Register, which is the official journal for government regulations, contains 81,611 pages with only one more day left before the new year. In 2014, there were 77,687. The previous record high was in 2010 with 81,405.