Former Freedom Caucus maniac Mulvaney steadily taking all the White House jobs

Joan McCarter 
Daily Kos Staff
Wednesday March 28, 2018 · 3:33 PM EDT

Former Freedom Caucus nutjob Mick Mulvaney's apparent goal of doing all the jobs at the White House continues apace. Not only is he the director of the Office of Management and Budget and the part-time, interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (assuming Trump means to ever appoint someone permanently—which is doubtful), but now he's taking over key jobs from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

The White House is poised to give its budget office greater control over some of the Treasury Department's regulations, handing budget director Mick Mulvaney a victory in a months-long power struggle with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according to three sources familiar with the discussions.

The move, which could come in the next few weeks, would end the autonomy the Treasury Department has enjoyed since the 1980s when it comes to issuing tax rules, while giving greater power to one of Trump's favorite Cabinet members at the expense of another.

The highly sensitive debate has consumed the attention of top officials at both agencies. At stake is the final say over IRS regulations—and the implementation of the Republicans' tax law.

It seems like this is more turf battle than anything—a power grab by Mulvaney. The IRS has all the expertise and experience it needs to issue the tax rules. It's creating a lot of concern that the regulation-writing process stemming from the new law is going to have to run through two processes, at Treasury and at OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). The prospect is not making lobbyists happy.

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