President Theodore Roosevelt's Regulatory Agencies

For years no one person or group controlled regulatory agencies that were until with President Theodore Roosevelt started to try to hold them accountable. This was fought with a lot of resistance by Congress. President Theodore Roosevelt was followed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover, however, this was also meet with resistance. Congress always shot down their attempts to set regulation. This was due largely to the facts the regulatory agencies were part of the executive branches of government (Bethel, 2017). In 1980 when Ronald Reagan became the president for the first time that a president was able to put some kind of regulations on the agencies. President Reagan cut the agency budget in an effort to force both agencies to lay-off staff members and limit their activities. For a short time, due to this executive order and the 12291 Executive Order, new regulations declined sharply. This was the first time that any president was able to put any kind of regulations and control of the agencies. Unfortunately, by the end of President

W. Bush focused on putting relations on foreign events. The Adaminstrain used the orders put in place by President Reagan but also appointing a special commission to review existing and new regulations. The commission was able to not only rejected some rules but it also repealed some. When President Bill Clinton continued with even more efforts to put regulations on the agency during his two terms. Exclusive Order 12866, replaced the initials order put in place by President Reagan. President Clinton Basically kept the same rules set up by President Regan but added the provisions that the agency write the regulations in an easier, simpler version. This way they were more easily understood (Bethel, 2017). President Clinton wanted to be more open with not only the agency but also with the public. President George H. W. Bush and President Reagan kept their program a secret (Duffy,