One of the issues that are continually brought up by 'regulation' is that there are hundreds of thousands of pages of regulations in the Federal Register that are not enacted by Congress, but enacted by the agency that does the regulation. Congress usually says, "And Agency such and such will be responsible for crafting regulations surrounding this power we just gave them" and then we're at the mercy of unelected bureaucrats.<p>This is done for a few reasons:<p>1. If Congress had to actually pass laws that would include an implementation, they'd have to pass a lot less laws and they'd be politically responsible for stupid regulations. Right now, Republicans can rail against regulation and still enable it, all at the same time!<p>2. At some point, all bureaucracies become enamored with sustaining the bureaucracy. There is a lot of political pressure involved in letting unelected bureaucrats make law.<p>So while the change in this regulation may be a net win for us; it can be changed back at any time, as long as they warn the public and give us a chance to 'comment' on it.<p>The deeper question is why we're letting unelected bureaucrats make law in the first place?