Congress can amend or repeal it
Federal statutes generally require new legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President, or enacted over a veto.
How do we change it?
“Vote” is not a legal mechanism.
Different actions require different remedies. The tracker identifies who has the authority to act and how difficult reversal is likely to be.
A future President can rescind it
Many executive orders and presidential directives can be replaced by a later administration, within the limits of federal law.
An agency can replace the rule
Final regulations usually require a new notice-and-comment process under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Courts are reviewing it
Courts can block, narrow, or uphold government action. Every case needs its own docket, ruling, scope, and appeal status.
States can respond
State governments may act where federal law preserves state authority or creates implementation choices.
Funding must change
Congress may restore, restrict, redirect, or rescind funding through appropriations and other legislation.
Reversibility
A practical classification—not an ideological score.
- Easier to reverse
- Executive action generally replaceable by a future administration.
- Moderate
- Regulation or policy requiring formal administrative process.
- Difficult
- Federal statute requiring Congress and the President.
- Structural
- Long-term institutional, financial, or personnel consequences.