Title: Congressional authority to delegate power
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Congressional authority to delegate power
Brendan Bukalski , Attorney at Law/Ask the Lawyer
Sep. 22, 2013 Updated: Nov. 1, 2016 2:35 p.m.
Question: I know that Congress has created a lot of administrative agencies in order to make their own work load easier. But aren't we awash with them by now? Each year, these administrative agencies pass more and more rules and regulations that make it harder and harder to do anything. Personally, I think that they are one of the reasons why it is harder to do business in this country, and that that is one reason why so many businesses and corporations transfer jobs overseas, where there are fewer regulations. I was debating it with a friend of mine the other day, who feels similarly, and we both got to wondering why is it that we have administrative agencies at all. After all, wasn't Congress created for the purpose of passing laws? And if Congress wanted to pass all these laws, they could. So, how is it that administrative agencies can pass laws without being elected to office?