Biden Administration Increased Government Spending without Congressional Appropriations

Joe Biden wants to be remembered as a record-breaking president. He made that clear on Monday at the Democratic National Convention, all but claiming that his unprecedented expansion of government power has brought America back from the brink. But the president never mentioned one of the most concerning records that he’s set. He isn’t just the most regulation-happy president in modern history, undermining the economy in profound ways. He has also abused rulemaking to spend more than a trillion dollars of taxpayer money without any say from Congress.

That’s the conclusion of my newest study, which found that since Biden took office, his administration has issued a nonstop deluge of what we’ll call “major regulations,” defined as those with an annual economic impact of more than $100 million. Biden’s first three years saw 196 major regulations, with dozens more released this year or forthcoming before he leaves office in January. By comparison, the Obama White House issued 176 such regulations over eight years, while the Trump administration rolled out 118 in four years.

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Liesel Crocker is a senior research fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability.

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Joe Biden wants to be remembered as a record-breaking president. He made that clear on Monday at the Democratic National Convention, all but claiming that his unprecedented expansion of government power has brought America back from the brink. But the president never mentioned one of the most concerning records that he’s set. He isn’t just the most regulation-happy president in modern history, undermining the economy in profound ways. He has also abused rulemaking to spend more than a trillion dollars of taxpayer money without any say from Congress.

That’s the conclusion of my newest study, which found that since Biden took office, his administration has issued a nonstop deluge of what we’ll call “major regulations,” defined as those with an annual economic impact of more than $100 million. Biden’s first three years saw 196 major regulations, with dozens more released this year or forthcoming before he leaves office in January. By comparison, the Obama White House issued 176 such regulations over eight years, while the Trump administration rolled out 118 in four years.