HEDGE, David <br/><br/>
The plot that failed :  the Republican revolution and congressional control of the bureaucracy 

 -  2002 
<br/><br/> The Republican capture of the U.S. Congress following the 1994 midterm elections provides a unique oportunity to examine congressional control of the bureaucracy. Under the leardership of House Majority Whip Tom Delay (R-TX), Republican waged an all-out assaut on regulation reminiscent of the Reagan years. Toward that end, House leaders relied on a mix  of control mechanisms including budget cut and a variety of deck stancking strategies. While the bulk of the Re£blican regulatory agenda failed to pass, evidence from four federal agencies that were targeted by those efforts suggests that the congressional challenge had an immediate, if short-lived, effect. In each instance, there was an immediate decline in regulatory vigor that lasted in most cases just one or two years