The number of new rules proposed by federal agencies within the first 10 months of President Trump's presidency is down approximately 75 percent, compared with comparable periods during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. For example, during President George W. Bush's first 10 months, federal agencies submitted 250 significant final rules to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). During the same period of the Obama administration, this number jumped to 280. At the end of President Trump's first 10 months, that number had plummeted to 72. Further, the number of proposals and notices submitted to OIRA have followed similar trajectories. Federal agencies in the Bush administration submitted 465 regulatory actions; in the Obama administration, 547; and in the Trump administration, 172. Interestingly, however, with respect to nonsignificant administrative rules, the amount of final rules published by the three administrations were roughly comparable to each other. Final rules published in the first 10 months of the Bush administration totaled 3,503, compared to 2,887 under Obama and 2,734 in the Trump administration.

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