House Republicans have once again introduced legislation to abolish the ATF.
Are the days numbered for the alphabet agencies?
This from libertynation.com.
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida introduced a similar bill in 2023 that went nowhere—but under the Obiden Regime and a communist/globalist majority in the Senate, what chance did the bill stand? Now, however, the political climate in the Swamp is not the same, to sat the least.
President-elect Donald Trump has expressed his desire to abolish the Department of Education, and some GOP lawmakers indicate that executive agencies and others are also in the crosshairs.
Could the 119th Congress pass legislation that abolishes the ATF—or ED, or EPA, or all of the above as well as other alphabet agencies?
After the ATF policy change in February of 2023 that turned legally owned pistols equipped with legally owned stabilizing braces into short barrel rifles, which are more heavily regulated, Rep. Gaetz introduced his legislation. It was simple—a one-page bill that declared the ATF abolished. It never saw a vote. Even if it had gone to vote—even if the House had passed it—it would have been a symbolic action only. The anti-gun communist/globalist majority in the Senate would never have let the bill reach the president’s desk, and the team of Obama-Biden—who ordered the agency to issue new rulings as an alternative to the strict gun control they could not get from Congress—would never have signed it.
This new version, introduced by Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Eric Burlison (R-MO), technically stands a better chance, but it is still a tall order. That is assuming it makes it out of the House. Let us not overlook, Republicans held a House majority last time and it never even came up for a vote. But say it does. Even a 53-47 lead in the Senate most likely will not be enough. Even if every Republican backed the measure, they would still need half a dozen from the Left to cross the aisle to achieve the necessary 60 votes. That said, if Congress actually voted on and passed such a bill, it may be a “drain the Swamp” sort of thing Donald Trump would sign.
Pulling funding for the ATF and other agencies like it, however, might be achieved more easily through budget reconciliation, which is immune to filibusters and requires just a simple majority to clear the Senate. As well, Trump can always direct policy changes just as [Obiden] did, but in the opposite ideological direction.
This attack on the ATF is just one piece of a larger movement. Other bills have already been introduced in the House to abolish the IRS and end income tax, as well as to get rid of OSHA. Lawmakers who co-sponsored the ATF abolition bill have also called for an end to the EPA and the Department of Education—something Trump has also supported.
Perhaps Congress can abolish the ATF and other three-letter agencies. Maybe funding can be cut or redirected, or the president can alter agency policy. Even if nothing ultimately comes of these bills, the fact that Trump and congressional Republicans are on the same page about draining the Swamp comes through loud and clear—and the bureaucrats who run these powerful entities are on notice.
God speed to the Trump-Vance team.
