Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 79
Temporary moratorium on all new federal regulations
Partial“[paraphrase] A requirement that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated, and a temporary moratorium on new regulations.”
- Promised
- , "Contract with the American Voter," Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Stated deadline
- “day one” → October 23, 2016
- Overdue by
- 9 years, 10 months as of September 22, 2026
- Re-promised
- 6 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Economy & prices
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
A January 20, 2017 memo froze pending rules and Executive Order 13771 of January 30, 2017 imposed the two-for-one requirement, but no blanket moratorium on new regulations was maintained and agencies continued issuing rules. PolitiFact rated the promise a compromise, finding Trump essentially held the line.