If they had everything they wanted, there would have been no tax increases and a few trillion in cuts. Remember, they offered to do temporary measures to get more time but Obama said no. Only the most extremist partisan can lay blame on the GOP only.

Also, I dont know much about REINS - but it looks like a good idea. The Office of President was not designed to operate as a dictatorship. If the Executive wants to add massive new regulations, getting congress to sign off on it sounds like a pretty good idea really.

Though I will say I would have to read it and think it through before I could say anything for certain, so even though your blurb about it made it sound like a good idea I cant say that the actual legislation as written makes sense.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)