This is exquisite, magnificent, beautiful and glorious

Heading the Most Equal Comrade off at the pass:

President Obama will not have any “Be sure to do this last thing before you turn out the lights” moments.

At least, not if the House has their say.

The House on Thursday passed legislation letting Congress overturn by a single vote any regulations finalized in the final days of the Obama administration.

Despite Democratic opposition, the Midnight Rule Relief Act passed largely along party lines by a 240-179 vote. The bill amends the Congressional Review Act to allow Congress to overturn rules en bloc by way of a resolution.

Representative Bob Goodlatte, of Virginia, made the case to his colleagues that this was the will of the American people, that President Obama not be allowed to put a final, parting dagger into the back of the nation.

“This bill guarantees that Congress can prevent any and all last-minute defiance of the people’s will by midnight regulations that stubbornly seem to entrench the last pieces of the administrations bipartisan agenda.”

And earlier in the week, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy warned the federal agencies in a letter not to finalize any pending rules or regulations from now to the inauguration. Those that are, he assured, will be scrutinized and — if appropriate — overturned.

This will come as a comfort to many who have been sounding the alarms about what President Obama might do in the last hours of his presidency, as one, final overreach of power.

Good on ya, Goodlatte.

Let's see ample amounts of this robust spirit in the Congress that takes its seat in January.